Patent ID: 7477575

Claim:
A method of backup timing comprising: a. defining one or more time increments e i , i an integer from 1 to N; b. setting a timer CT 0 to count a time T 0 , wherein setting the timer CT 0 is in response to an initiation of an application running on a device external to the timer CT 0 ; c. setting one or more timers CT i , i the integer from 1 to N, to count a time T i =T i-1 +e i ; d. after the earliest time that a timer CT j completes counting its time, j being an integer from 0 to N, i. causing an event E that includes causing the application to change an operational state; and ii. causing an event F with regard to at least one timer in a group of timers CT k , k being an integer from j+1 to N.