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Apple Wants To Store Your History In the Cloud

Posted by samzenpus on from the putting-ideas-in-thin-air dept.

bizwriter writes "Most online backup is about keeping the latest and greatest version of what resides on a device, whether a PC, tablet, or smartphone. Three recent patent filings suggest that Apple has a super version of backup on its mind. Someone would be able to go into an application (like iTunes or the App Store), find what material was available at a previous time, and recover any or all of what once was there without having to use a separate recovery program."

3 of 99 comments (clear)

  1. So it's just Time Machine in the cloud? by Gavin+Scott · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Well duh, Time Machine already does this for local or NAS storage, so any extension of this into the "cloud" would obviously include the same functionality.

    Inflammatory summary is inflammatory.

    G.

  2. Re:Wait... by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Here's a drinking game that will(briefly, before it kills you) make you feel better about the state of the software/business method patent system:

    1. When you see a bullshit 'on the internet' or 'in the cloud' patent, ask yourself "Could I have done exactly the same thing over a leased line somewhere between 1970 and 1985, if I'd had a checkbook big enough for IBM?".

    2. If yes, take a shot.

  3. Re:Wait... by gig · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Apple is not a patent troll. They have sued over patents only a few times even though they've been widely copied. They obviously have to patent this before they ship to protect themselves against patent trolls.