OFFSITE CENTRALIZED DATA CENTER PROVIDING CLIENT FUNCTIONALITY

• US 20080140802A1
• Filed: 12/08/2006
• Published: 06/12/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/08/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: LeCroy, Jonathan Robert, Pearson, Malcolm Erik, Rottsolk, Margaret Elisabeth, McColgan, Charles, Levy, Marc
• Application Number:
  US11/608,509
• Publication Number:
  US 20080140802A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2209/509 Offload
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5055 considering software capabilities, i.e. software resources associated or available to the machine

Abstract

A server adapted to provide client functionality may include an offsite centralized data center and a local client functionality component that may be stored in the offsite centralized data center. The offsite centralized data center may remotely host the local client functionality component such that information stored in the local client functionality component appears local to a client. The server may further include a client interface that receives local client information from the client. The local client information may be replicated by the client before being received by the client interface and remotely hosted by the offsite centralized data center.

Claims

1. A server adapted to provide client functionality, comprising:

an offsite centralized data center; and

a local client functionality component stored in said offsite centralized data center, wherein said offsite centralized data center remotely hosts said local client functionality component.

2. The server of claim 1, further comprising:

a first client in communication with a network, wherein said first client establishes a first relationship with said offsite centralized data center via said network; and

a second client in communication with said network, wherein said second client establishes a second relationship with said offsite centralized data center, wherein said offsite centralized data center shares said local client functionality component with said second client interface if said first relationship corresponds to said second relationship.

3. The server of claim 2, wherein said first relationship and said second relationship comprises at least one of the following:

common industry, common business practices, and common security authorization.

4. The server of claim 2, wherein said local client functionality component remotely hosted at said offsite centralized data center appears local to said first and second client.

5. The server of claim 1, wherein said local client functionality component comprises data.

6. The server of claim 5, wherein said data comprises at least one of the following:

electronic messages, calendars, contacts, documents, passwords, domain names, and instant messages.

7. A method for providing server functionality, comprising:

receiving a replicated local client information at an offsite centralized data center; and

hosting said replicated local client information at said offsite centralized data center.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

establishing a first relationship with a first client, wherein said first client is in communication with a network;

establishing a second relationship with a second client, wherein said second client is in communication with said network; and

sharing said replicated local client information remotely hosted at said offsite centralized data center with said first client and said second client, if said first relationship corresponds to said second relationship.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein said replicated local client information remotely hosted at said offsite centralized data center appears local to said first and second clients.

10. The method of claim 7, further comprising an on-premise network in communication with said offsite centralized data center, wherein said on-premise network comprises a client in communication with a client server.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein said client server comprises:

a client replication component adapted to collect a local client information from said client, wherein said client replication component produces said replicated local client information using said collected local client information; and

a server replication component adapted to provide feedback to said client replication component, wherein said feedback includes whether said offsite centralized data center received said replicated local client information.

12. The method of claim 7, further comprising archiving said replicated local client information at said offsite centralized data center.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein said replicated local client information comprises at least one of the following:

electronic messages, calendars, contacts, documents, passwords, domain names, and instant messages.

14. A server adapted to provide client functionality, comprising:

a client interface, wherein said client interface receives a replicated local client information from a first client; and

an offsite centralized data center adapted to remotely host said replicated local client information in communication with said client interface, wherein said offsite centralized data center receives said replicated local client information from said client interface.

15. The server of claim 14, wherein said replicated local client information remotely hosted at said offsite centralized data center appears local to said first client.

16. The server of claim 14, wherein said replicated local client information is pushed to said offsite centralized data center via a network to reduce security risks to said first client.

17. The server of claim 14, further comprising:

a client server in communication with said first client, wherein said client server comprises a client replication component adapted to collect a local client information from said first client, and wherein said client replication component produces said replicated local client information using said collected local client information; and

a server replication component adapted to provide feedback to said client replication component, wherein said feedback includes whether said offsite centralized data center received said replicated local client information.

18. The server system of claim 14, wherein said first client establishes a first relationship with said offsite centralized data center via a network;

and

a second client in communication with said network, wherein said second client establishes a second relationship with said offsite centralized data center via said network, wherein said offsite centralized data center shares said replicated local client information with said second client if said first relationship corresponds to said second relationship.

19. The server of claim 14, wherein said offsite centralized data center archives said replicated local client information.

20. The server system of claim 19, wherein said replicated local client information comprises at least one of the following:

electronic messages, calendars, contacts, documents, passwords, domain names, and instant messages.