DATA BACKUP TO AND RESTORE FROM TRUSTED DEVICES

摘要

Multiple computing devices (102, 122) transfer data and otherwise communicate directly with one another, and do so in the absence of any intervening devices such as devices accessed over the Internet or other wide-range network. A user of a particular device can select which other devices, if any, are to be trusted by the particular device. Once another device is trusted by the particular device, data from the particular device is backed up to the trusted device while the two devices are in close physical proximity to one another. In the event that data on the particular device is lost, the lost data can be restored from the trusted device to the particular device while the two devices are in close physical proximity to one another.

主权项

1. A method implemented in a first computing device, the method comprising:
determining that the first computing device is in close physical proximity to a second computing device; receiving, at the first computing device, a user input indicating to make the second computing device a trusted device; maintaining, at the first computing device, an indication that the second computing device is a trusted device; and backing up, while the second computing device is in close physical proximity to the first computing device, data from the first computing device to the second computing device by wirelessly transferring the data directly from the first computing device to the second computing device.