Storing content items

• US 10,397,330 B2
• Filed: 05/15/2018
• Issued: 08/27/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/24/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Mo, Vincent, Wyglendowski, Christian, Khare, Indrajit, Lieb, David, Tungseth, Shaun, Esakki, Venkatesan, Miguel Anorga, Juan Carlos, Ikemoto, Leslie, Steiner, Matthew
• Primary Examiner(s): Higa, Brendan Y
• Application Number:
  US15/980,309
• Publication Number:
  US 20180262570A1
• Time in Patent Office: 469 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0608 Saving storage space on storage systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0647 Migration mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0649 Lifecycle management
• 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 67/1097 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: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/5682 Policies or rules for updating, deleting or replacing the stored data

Abstract

Implementations generally relate to storing content items. In some implementations, a method includes receiving content items on a mobile device. The method includes storing the content items on local storage on the mobile device. The method includes determining available local storage capacity of the mobile device. The method includes uploading content items to secondary storage, and selecting content items to remove from the local storage or add to the local storage based on predetermined criteria, for example, when the available local storage capacity meets a threshold available local storage capacity.

Claims

1. A system for management of local storage on a mobile device, comprising:

one or more processors; and

a tangible medium with instructions stored thereon, the instructions when executed cause the one or more processors to;

determine available local storage capacity of a local storage of a mobile device;

determine that the available local storage capacity meets a threshold available local storage capacity;

in response to a determination that the available local storage capacity meets the threshold available local storage capacity, select one or more selected content items of content items to store in the local storage based on a ranking of the content items using predetermined criteria, wherein the predetermined criteria include at least one of;

determination that the one or more selected content items were captured at an event, or a score that represents a degree of a social affinity between a user of the mobile device and one or more persons associated with the one or more selected content items;

download the one or more selected content items to the mobile device from a secondary storage; and

store the one or more selected content items in the local storage on the mobile device.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the instructions further cause the one or more processors to create a placeholder copy of at least one content item of the one or more selected content items on the mobile device.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the secondary storage comprises cloud storage that is remote from the mobile device.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the instructions further cause the one or more processors to remove from the local storage, one or more content items that were not selected.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the mobile device is a wearable device, wherein the predetermined criteria include access of the content items from the wearable device, and wherein the secondary storage is storage on a smart phone distinct from the mobile device.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the predetermined criteria are selected based on a user profile.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the instructions further cause the one or more processors to remove from the local storage, one or more locally stored content items to achieve the threshold available local storage capacity.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the instructions further cause the one or more processors to upload one or more of the content items from the mobile device to the secondary storage.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the predetermined criteria further comprises one or more of temporal data associated with creation of the content items or frequency of access of the one or more selected content items.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the threshold available local storage capacity is determined, at least in part, on historical usage by a user of the mobile device.

11. A computer implemented method for management of local storage on a mobile device, the method comprising:

determining available local storage capacity of a local storage of a mobile device;

determining that the available local storage capacity meets a threshold available local storage capacity;

in response to a determination that the available local storage capacity meets a threshold available local storage capacity, selecting one or more selected content items of content items to store in the local storage based on a ranking of the content items using predetermined criteria, wherein the predetermined criteria include at least one of;

determination that the one or more selected content items were captured at an event, or a score that represents a degree of a social affinity between a user of the mobile device and one or more persons associated with the one or more selected content items;

downloading the one or more selected content items to the mobile device from secondary storage; and

storing the one or more selected content items in the local storage on the mobile device.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the predetermined criteria further comprises one or more of temporal data associated with creation of the content items or frequency of access of the one or more selected content items.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising removing from the local storage, one or more locally stored content items to achieve the threshold available local storage capacity.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein removing of one or more locally stored content items is based on removal predetermined criteria comprising one or more of temporal data associated with creation of the content items, frequency of access of the one or more selected content items, detection of an event associated with creation of the one or more selected content items, or a score calculated to represent a degree of a social affinity between a user of the mobile device and one or more persons associated with the one or more selected content items.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the threshold available local storage capacity is determined, at least in part, on historical usage by a user of the mobile device.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

determine available local storage capacity of a local storage of a mobile device;

determine that the available local storage capacity meets a threshold available local storage capacity;

in response to a determination that the available local storage capacity meets a threshold available local storage capacity, select one or more selected content items of content items to store in the local storage based on a ranking of the content items using predetermined criteria, wherein the predetermined criteria include at least one of;

determination that the one or more selected content items were captured at an event, or a score that represents a degree of a social affinity between a user of the mobile device and one or more persons associated with the one or more selected content items;

download the one or more selected content items to the mobile device from a secondary storage; and

store the one or more selected content items in the local storage on the mobile device.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the predetermined criteria further comprises one or more of temporal data associated with creation of the content items or frequency of access of the one or more selected content items.

18. The computer-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the instructions further cause the one or more processors to remove from the local storage, one or more locally stored content items to achieve the threshold available local storage capacity.

19. The computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein removing of one or more locally stored content items is based on removal predetermined criteria comprising one or more of temporal data associated with creation of the content items, frequency of access of the one or more selected content items, detection of an event associated with creation of the one or more selected content items, or a score calculated to represent a degree of a social affinity between a user of the mobile device and one or more persons associated with the one or more selected content items.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the threshold available local storage capacity is determined, at least in part, on historical usage by a user of the mobile device.