System and method for wireless device access to external storage

• US 10,015,254 B1
• Filed: 12/21/2015
• Issued: 07/03/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/04/2003
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: SynKloud Technologies, LLC (SY Ventures)
• Original Assignee: Sheng Tai Tsao
• Inventors: Tsao, Sheng Tai (Ted)
• Primary Examiner(s): Elmore, Reba I
• Application Number:
  US14/977,509
• Time in Patent Office: 925 Days
• Field of Search: 711118, 711154, 711171, 709219, 709226, 710 36, 712225, 712245
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/13 File access structures, e.g. distributed indices arrangements of input from, or output to, record carriers G06F3/06
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0604 Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. storage management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0605 by facilitating the interaction with a user or administrator
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0631 by allocating resources to storage systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0643 Management of files
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0644 Management of space entities, e.g. partitions, extents, pools
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/067 Distributed or networked storage systems, e.g. storage area networks [SAN], network attached storage [NAS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1097 for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/76 Television signal recording

Abstract

Traditionally, wireless device, such as cell phone or personal data assistant device (PDA), has relatively smaller storage capacity. Therefore, it is quite often that a user of the wireless device has difficulty to find more storage space for storing ever increased personal data, such as storing message, and multiple Gig bytes of multimedia data including digital video, music, or photo picture etc. Instant application disclosed a system and method for a storage system providing storage service to the wireless device for the wireless device remotely storing personal data into an external storage space allocated exclusively to a user of the wireless device by the storage system.

Claims

1. A wireless device accessing a remote storage space, the wireless device comprising:

at least one cache storage for caching data received from the Internet, and

one computer-readable storage device comprising program instructions which, when executed by the wireless device, configure the wireless device accessing the remote storage space, wherein the program instructions comprise;

program instructions for the wireless device establishing a communication link for accessing the remote storage space served by a first server;

program instructions for the wireless device displaying the remote storage space upon receiving information of the remote storage space from the first server; and

program instructions for the wireless device coupling with the first server to carry out a requested operation for accessing the remote storage space in response to a user, through the remote storage space displayed on the wireless device, performing the operation,

wherein the operation being carried out for accessing the remote storage space comprises from the wireless device storing data therein or retrieving data therefrom, the storing data comprising to download a file from a second server across a network into the remote storage space through utilizing information for the file cached in the cache storage in the wireless device.

2. The wireless device of claim 1, wherein said downloading a file from a second server comprises:

program instructions for the wireless device obtaining the information for the file from the second server, and

transmitting the information for the file cached in the wireless device to the first server to cause the first server, in accordance with the information for the file, to download the file from the second server into the remote storage space.

3. The wireless device of claim 1, wherein said information for the file cached in the wireless device comprises at least the name of the file and the internet protocol (“

IP”

) address of the second server.

4. The wireless device of claim 3, wherein said displaying the remote storage space further comprises program instruction for the wireless device displaying information of the remote storage space in a web browser on the wireless device for accessing the remote storage space or accessing the Internet.

5. The wireless device of claim 1, wherein the wireless device is one of a cell phone, or a personal data assistant and management device (“

PDA”

).

6. The wireless device of claim 1, wherein said operation for accessing the remote storage space comprises:

from the wireless device and via a wireless link creating a folder, or a layered folder or directory structure in the remote storage space.

7. The wireless device of claim 6, wherein said operation for access the remote storage space comprises:

from the wireless device moving, copying, deleting or renaming a data object in respect to the layered folder or directory structure, wherein said data object is a file or folder.

8. The wireless device of claim 1, wherein said operation for accessing the remote storage space comprises:

from the wireless device and via a wireless link storing therein or retrieving therefrom a data object of a message, or a digital video, music, or picture file.

9. A server for delivering storage service, comprising:

a plurality of storage spaces residing among a plurality of storage devices; and

a computer-readable storage device comprising program instructions that, when executed by the server, configure the server to control delivering the storage service;

wherein the program instructions comprise;

program instructions for the server establishing a communication link for a first wireless device remotely accessing a first one of the storage spaces;

program instructions for the server sending information of the first one of the storage spaces to the first wireless device for causing display of the information on the first wireless device; and

program instructions for the server updating the first one of the storage spaces according to a requested operation received from the first wireless device upon a user thereof, through the displayed information of the first one of the storage spaces performing the operation for remotely accessing the first one of the storage spaces,

wherein said operation for remotely accessing the first one of the storage spaces comprises from the first wireless device storing data therein or retrieving data therefrom, wherein the storing data further comprises program instructions for the server downloading a file from a remote server across a network into the first one of the storage spaces through utilizing information for the file cached in a cache storage in the first wireless device.

10. The server of claim 9, wherein said downloading a file through utilizing information for the file cached in the first wireless device comprises program instructions for the server receiving the information for the file from the first wireless device, and sending a request of downloading the file to the remote server according to the information for the file received.

11. The server of claim 9, wherein the server presents a second one of the storage spaces to a user on a second wireless device for facilitating the user to perform operations for remotely accessing the second one of the storage spaces.

12. The server of claim 9, wherein said causing display of the first one of the storage spaces further comprises:

causing display of the first one of the storage spaces in a web browser on the first wireless device for accessing the first one of the storage spaces.

13. The server of claim 9, wherein said program instructions configuring the server to control delivering the storage service comprise program instructions for the server to send information of said plurality of storage devices to a web console for partition each of said storage devices for creating the storage spaces.

14. The server of claim 9, wherein said operation further comprises:

from the first wireless device remotely creating a folder or a layered folder or directory structure in the first one of the storage spaces, or remotely deleting, moving, copying or renaming a data object in respect to the layered folder structure, wherein the data object is a file, a folder, where the file includes digital picture, music or video file.

15. The server of claim 9, wherein said operation for accessing the first one of the storage spaces comprises:

from the wireless device and via a wireless link storing therein or retrieving therefrom a data object of message, digital video, digital music, or digital picture.

16. A method for a wireless device accessing a remote storage space, the method comprising actions performed by the wireless device, including:

establishing a communication link for accessing the remote storage space served by a first server;

displaying the remote storage space on the wireless device upon receiving information of the remote storage space from the first server; and

coupling with the first server to carry out a requested operation for accessing the remote storage space in response to a user, through the remote storage space displayed on the wireless device, performing the operation,

wherein the operation being carried out for accessing the remote storage space comprises from the wireless device storing data therein or retrieving data therefrom, the storing data comprising to download a file from a second server across a network into the remote storage space through utilizing information for the file cached in a cache storage in the wireless device.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein said downloading a file from a second server comprises:

the wireless device obtaining the information for the file from the second server,

transmitting the information for the file cached in the cache storage in the wireless device to the first server, and

causing the first server in accordance with the received information for the file to download the file from the second server into the remote storage space.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein said wireless device displaying the remote storage space further comprises displaying the remote storage space in a web browser for accessing the remote storage space.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein said operation for accessing the remote storage space comprises:

from the wireless device and via a wireless link creating a folder, or a layered folder or director structure in the remote storage space.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein said operation for accessing the remote storage space comprises:

from the wireless device and via a wireless link moving, copying, deleting, or renaming a data object of file or folder in respect to the layered folder or director structure.