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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2019
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Jenny J. He, Chandler's Ford, GB;
Jane C. Mitchell, Waterlooville, GB;
Gwydion Tudur, Eastleigh, GB;
Ernest Bartosevic, Southampton, GB;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A computer implemented method is provided for restoring a device from a backup copy. If the device has a messaging application installed on the device, then a list of contacts for the messaging application on the device is extracted. A request is transmitted to each contact in the list of contacts, the request comprising a user id for the messaging application and a timestamp for the backup copy. One or more replies are received back from one or more of the contacts, each reply comprising messaging content, and the received messaging content is combined with content present in the messaging application on the device.