DATA BACKUP TO AND RESTORE FROM TRUSTED DEVICES IN CLOSE PHYSICAL PROXIMITY

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.