Rebranding a portable electronic device while maintaining user data

摘要

A portable electronic device may be rebranded, this rebranding may cause a plurality of data files in a user memory partition on the portable electronic device to be deleted when the device is returned to factory settings or otherwise wiped during the rebranding. Rebranding may be desirable in order for the user to receive better and/or more cost-effective services from a telecommunications service provider. Therefore, a user may want to rebrand their device without losing the data in the user memory partition. The user may specify or configure the device to copy or move the plurality of data to a carrier memory partition or a system memory partition on the device, or to a remote server, or to a removable memory such as an SD card.

主权项

1. A system for rebranding a portable electronic device comprising:
a portable electronic device associated with a service brand comprising:
a processor;a removable memory;a memory comprising:
a system memory partition associated with a manufacturer of the portable electronic device,a user memory partition comprising a plurality of data, anda carrier memory partition associated with a telecommunications service provider; andan application stored in the carrier memory partition, that when executed by the processor:
receives a file comprising a rebranding command,executes the rebranding command,in response to executing the rebranding command, moves at least some data of the plurality of data in the user memory partition at least one storage location other than the user memory partition,subsequent to moving the at least some data to the at least one storage location, rebrands the portable electronic device to a different service brand, wherein the rebranding resets at least the user memory partition, andin response to rebranding the portable electronic device to the different service brand, receives the at least some data from the at least one storage location and stores the at least some data back in the user memory partition.