ABSTRACTED AND OPTIMIZED ONLINE BACKUP AND DIGITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT SERVICE

• US 20080052328A1
• Filed: 07/10/2007
• Published: 02/28/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 07/10/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: ElephantDrive, Inc.
• Original Assignee: ElephantDrive, Inc.
• Inventors: Fisher, Michael, Widhelm, Benjamin
• Application Number:
  US11/775,809
• Publication Number:
  US 20080052328A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/204
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/188 Virtual file systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0428 wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/1408 by monitoring network traffic monitoring network traffic per se H04L43/00

Abstract

A system and method for providing online storage and security. Digital assets are sent from client applications to server applications. The server implements an algorithm that optimizes the storage of digital assets. The server extracts the meta-data from digital assets and stores the meta-data in a relational database. The storage of digital assets will depend on analyzing the meta-data; factors such as file type, frequency of usage, and frequency of access are considered by the storage destination optimizing algorithm. The server also implements an algorithm that protects the digital assets from unauthorized network access. Upon detection of network intrusion by the security algorithm, the digital assets of the compromised users will be frozen, then either be destroyed or render unreadable by the unauthorized user. The security algorithm may then send an instance of the digitals assets to the compromised user to ensure that the digital assets remain accessible.

Claims

1. An online backup and object management system comprising:

a relational file system, wherein said relational file system stores information pertaining to a relationship that can exist between an object and an end-user, and

a server application that binds said object with said relational file system.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein said relational file system abstracts metadata from object data of said object.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein said object comprises a digital asset.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein said relational file system further stores information pertaining to a relationship that can exist between said object and another object.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein said relational file system identifies one or more attributes of said object.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein said one or more attributes include a physical location of said object.

7. The system of claim 1, further comprising a client program, wherein said client program interfaces users with said online backup and object management system.

8. The system of claim 2, wherein said server application binds said metadata with said relational file system and oversees the deposit of said object into a storage repository.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein said server application comprises a web server application.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein said server application retrieves information from said relational file system delivers it to said client program.

11. The system of claim 7, wherein said server application receives requests from said client program to perform actions on said relational file system, execute said actions, and return confirmations or error messages to said client program.

12. The system of claim 7, wherein said server application delivers access information to said client program so that it can locate, request, and receive said object.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein said system further comprises an algorithm to optimize storage destination.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein said algorithm is implemented on said server application.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein said server application deposits said object into one or more storage repositories.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein said object is encrypted by said security mechanism prior to deposit of said object in one or more storage repositories.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein said server application moves said object from one storage repository to another and updates said relational file system accordingly.

18. The system of claim 1, wherein said online backup and object management further comprises a security mechanism that detects unauthorized access and activates security measures upon unauthorized access.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein one of said security measures is to delete all digital assets pertaining to the end user upon an unauthorized access to any of the digital assets pertaining to the end user.

20. The system of claim 18, wherein one of said security measures is to delete any digital assets the unauthorized access attempts to access.

21. The system of claim 18, wherein one of said security measures is to encrypt all binary objects pertaining to the end user upon an unauthorized access to any of the digital assets pertaining to the end user.

22. The system of claim 19 or 20, wherein the server application sends a copy of deleted digital assets to the end user.

23. A method to managing digital assets and backing up data online comprising the steps of

receiving of binary objects and metadata to a server application,

decoupling information pertaining to a relationship that can exist between an object and an end-user, and

storing said information in a relational database.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein said server application retrieves information from said relational file system delivers it to said client program.

25. The method of claim 23, wherein said server application receives requests from said client program to perform actions on said relational file system, execute said actions, and return confirmations or error messages to said client program.

26. The method of claim 23, wherein said server application delivers access information to said client program so that it can locate, request, and receive said object.

27. The method of claim 23, wherein said relational file system extracts metadata from object data of said object.

28. The method of claim 23, wherein said objects comprises a digital asset.

29. The method of claim 23, wherein the client application can be accessed remotely by the end user.

30. The method of claim 23, wherein said relational file system identifies one or more attributes of said object.

31. The method of claim 23, wherein said server application binds said metadata with said relational file system and oversees the deposit of said object into a storage repository.

32. The method of claim 23, wherein said server application moves said object from one storage repository to another and updates said relational file system accordingly.

33. The method of claim 23, wherein said server application implements an algorithm to optimize storage destination.

34. A method to prevent unauthorized access to objects in an online backup and object management system comprising the steps of

applying an algorithm in a security mechanism to detect unauthorized access to the said system, and

identifying the end users whose data objects are compromised by unauthorized access to said system.

35. The method in claim 34, wherein objects comprises of digital assets.

36. The method in claim 34, wherein all access to the object pertaining to an identified end user upon unauthorized access to said system are prohibited.

37. The method in claim 34, wherein all objects pertaining to identified end users in said system are deleted upon unauthorized access to said system.

38. The method in claim 34, wherein a copy of all objects deleted is sent electronically to the end user.