System and method for backing up computer files over a wide area computer network
CA 2323522 A1 · Owner: Mickelsen, Stephen Peter · Inventors: Mcclain, Fred W.; Bolt, Thomas B.; Mickelsen, Stephen Peter
Overview
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A laptop computer back up logic system (300) copies user selected files or automatically selected files for back up as the laptop computer (24) is being used. Changed files are backed up and stored in a hold area of the laptop computer (24). When the laptop computer (24) senses a network connection and the network (14) is idle, the blocks of the changed files are transmitted from the hold area to a remote facility (12) via the network (14). The backing up process can be triggered within the laptop computer (24) when the screen saver of the laptop computer (24) is invoked.
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- Filed March 11, 1999. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended March 11, 2019.
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