Patent ID: 8417671
Filing Date: 2013-04-09
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A system comprising: a client computer system; a privately accessible primary backup server computer system accessible to the client computer system via a virtual private network (VPN); and an alternate backup server computer system accessible to the client computer system via the Internet; wherein a first set of data is scheduled to be backed up from the client computer system to the primary backup server computer system via the VPN at a particular time, wherein the client computer system is configured to backup the first set of data to the alternate backup server computer system via the Internet at the particular time instead of backing up the first set of data to the primary backup server computer system via the VPN in response to determining that the client computer system is not able to access the VPN at the particular time; wherein the alternate backup server computer system is configured to notify the primary backup server computer system that the first set of data was backed up to the alternate backup server computer system in response to the client computer system backing up the first set of data to the alternate backup server computer system, wherein in said notifying the primary backup server computer system, the alternate computer system is configured to transmit identification information identifying the first set of data to the primary backup server computer system, wherein the identification information includes information identifying the client computer system and information indicating the particular time when the first set of data was backed up to the alternate backup server computer system; and wherein the primary backup server computer system is configured to: