Patent ID: 6990533

Claim:
A method of restoring basic functionality to a device comprising the steps of: a) making a connection between a bootstrap server and a portable computer system; b) synchronizing said bootstrap server with said portable computer system, wherein said server uses synchronization software which is compatible with a core set of communication functions stored in said portable computer system's non-volatile memory; c) transferring first software from said bootstrap server to a volatile memory unit of said portable computer system, wherein said portable computer system regains basic functionality for connecting to an enterprise server; d) said portable computer system connecting to and transferring information with said enterprise server using said first software, said information transferred with said enterprise server and said first software from said bootstrap server retainable in said portable computer system upon powering off and retrievable from said portable computer system upon powering on; and e) said enterprise server transferring data to said portable computer system, wherein said data was backed up on said enterprise server from a previous synchronization between said enterprise server and said portable computer system.