ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,499,014, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co. Ltd. (Beijing).

"Method and apparatus for system backup, memory, and electronic device" was invented by Shan Gao (Beijing), Chihming Lin (Beijing) and Yingmei Zhang (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for a system backup, includes: backing up a system mapping table before a system file is updated, wherein the system mapping table includes at least one first storage address, and each first storage address corresponds to an address where first system file data is currently stored in a memory; retaining, in response to that the system file is updated...