SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STORING AND ACCESSING DATA

• US 20070299932A1
• Filed: 01/08/2007
• Published: 12/27/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/23/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: IDrive Inc.
• Original Assignee: IDrive Inc.
• Inventors: Kulkarni, Raghavendra
• Granted Patent: US 8,099,520 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0241 Advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0251 Targeted advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0277 Online advertisement

Abstract

This disclosure generally may disclose a web-based online network drive that may be utilized by many users. Furthermore, this disclosure may provide for an efficient, web-based file system, which may be available as a network drive on a local computer.

Claims

1. A method of manipulating data, comprising:

creating a shell interface capable of transmitting/receiving information from a client computing device, and/or a web-based data store;

connecting the web-based data store to the shell interface;

compressing data to be transmitted/received data to/from the web-base data store, wherein the data is compressed at least in part block by block; and

transmitting the compressed data to/from the web-based data store, at least in part via the Internet.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising displaying the information and/or data.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the compressing further comprises on-the-wire compression.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising editing the information and/or data.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the editing comprises editing a file at the web-based data store.

6. The method according to claim 4, wherein the editing comprises manipulating blocks of data and only transmitting manipulated blocks of data.

7. The method according to claim 1, further comprising caching the information and/or data.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the shell interface is configured to appear generally similar to a drive/folder/file interface, such that the web-based data store appears as a local drive/folder/file.

9. The method according to claim 8, further comprising receiving content from a content provider, wherein the content comprises advertising-type information displayed by the shell interface.

10. A system capable of manipulating data, comprising:

a client device;

a web-based data store; and

a shell interface module capable of transmitting/receiving data from the client device, and/or a web-based data store at least in part via the Internet,

wherein the shell interface is configured with an appearance similar to a drive/file/folder user interface, and the web-based data store appears generally as a local drive/folder/file,

wherein the client device is capable of compressing data to be transmitted at least in part block by block.

11. The system according to claim 10, wherein the shell interface is further capable of receiving and displaying content from a content provider.

12. The system according to claim 10, wherein the shell interface is further capable of displaying the information and/or data.

13. The system according to claim 10, wherein the client device is further capable of compressing the data to be transmitted at least in part via on-the-wire compression.

14. The system according to claim 10, wherein the shell interface is further capable of manipulating the data.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the manipulating comprises editing a file at the web-based data store.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the editing comprises manipulating blocks of data and only transmitting manipulated blocks of data.

17. The method according to claim 10, wherein the client device is further capable of caching frequently manipulated data.

18. The method of claim 10, wherein the shell interface is further capable of receiving content from a content provider, wherein the content comprises advertising-type information displayed by the shell interface.

19. A method of displaying data, comprising:

providing a shell interface configured generally similar to a drive/file/folder user interface;

connecting the shell interface to the Internet; and

receiving content from a content provider via the network,

wherein the content is display by the shell interface generally in open areas of the shell interface.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the content comprises advertising-type information.

21. The method according to claim 19, wherein the shell interface is configured to appear generally similar to a drive/folder/file interface, such that a web-based data store appears as a local drive/folder/file.

22. A computer program product having instructions that, if executed by a computing platform, result in data manipulation by:

creating a shell interface capable of transmitting/receiving information from a client computing device, and/or a web-based data store;

connecting the web-based data store to the shell interface;

compressing data to be transmitted/received to/from the web-base data store, wherein the data is compressed at least in part block by block; and

transmitting the compressed data to/from the web-based data store, at least in part via the Internet.

23. The computer program product according to claim 22, wherein the compressing further comprises on-the-wire compression.

24. The computer program product according to claim 22, further comprising editing the information and/or data.

25. The computer program product according to claim 24, wherein the editing comprises editing a file at the web-based data store.

26. The computer program product according to claim 24, wherein the editing comprises manipulating blocks of data and only transmitting manipulated blocks of data.

27. The computer program product according to claim 22, further comprising caching the information and/or data.

28. The computer program product according to claim 22, wherein the shell interface is configured generally similar to a drive/folder/file interface, such that the web-based data store appears as a local drive/folder/file.