ON-DEMAND MAILBOX SYNCHRONIZATION AND MIGRATION SYSTEM

• US 20110264748A1
• Filed: 12/06/2010
• Published: 10/27/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: BitTitan Incorporated (Idera, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: BitTitan Incorporated (Idera, Inc.)
• Inventors: Pouzin, Dominic Justin, Yip, Geeman
• Granted Patent: US 8,938,510 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/214 Database migration support
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/27 Replication, distribution or synchronisation of data between databases or within a distributed database system; Distributed database system architectures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5011 the resources being hardware resources other than CPUs, Servers and Terminals
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/42 Mailbox-related aspects, e.g. synchronisation of mailboxes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/48 Message addressing, e.g. address format or anonymous messages, aliases
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/025 for remote control or remote monitoring of applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes

Abstract

A system for managing physical and logical resources to provide on-demand synchronization or migration of mailboxes and their corresponding content. Physical resources are managed by automatically assigning mailbox processing tasks to either reserved computing resources, or computing resources dynamically obtained from cloud computing services. Authentication resources are managed by automatically requesting credentials from users, accepting submitted credentials, and initiating mailbox processing tasks

Claims

1. A method for migrating a plurality of mailbox accounts from a source messaging system to a target messaging system, comprising:

configuring the source messaging system and the destination messaging system for migration of a plurality of identified mailbox accounts;

obtaining credentials for accessing each mailbox account that is identified on the source messaging system for migration to the destination messaging system;

dynamically obtaining computing resources for processing the migration of the plurality of identified mailbox accounts;

dynamically associating the computing resources for processing the migration of the plurality of identified mailbox accounts; and

employing the obtained credentials and the associated computing resources to migrate each identified mailbox account from the source messaging system to the destination messaging system, wherein the computing resources are dynamically associated for tasks employed in the migration.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein configuring further comprises determining at least one of a location, messaging system type, and number of identified mailbox accounts for migration.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein associating computing resources further comprises prioritizing the computing resources to process the migration of the plurality of identified mailbox accounts based on at least one of cost, geographic location, bandwidth, availability, security, type, and speed.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein dynamically obtaining computing resources further comprises enabling bidding by a third party to dynamically provide computing resources for processing the migration of the plurality of identified mailbox accounts, wherein the bidding is based on at least one of cost, geographic location, bandwidth, availability, security, type, and speed.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining credentials further comprises requesting a credential for accessing the mailbox account from each user of each identified mailbox account.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining credentials further comprises receiving a request for migration from each user of each identified mailbox account, wherein the request includes at least a credential.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein further comprising providing a status of computing resources employed to process the migration from the source messaging system to the destination messaging system.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising synchronizing content for the plurality of identified mailbox accounts that are migrated from the source messaging system to the destination messaging system, wherein the synchronization is based on at least one of a period of time or an event.

9. An apparatus for migrating a plurality of mailbox accounts from a source messaging system to a target messaging system, comprising:

a memory component; and

a processing component that is arranged to operate on data to enable actions, comprising;

configuring the arrangement of the source messaging system and the destination messaging system for migration of a plurality of identified mailbox accounts;

obtaining credentials for accessing each mailbox account that is identified on the source messaging system for migration to the destination messaging system;

dynamically obtaining computing resources for processing the migration of the plurality of identified mailbox accounts;

dynamically associating the computing resources for processing the migration of the plurality of identified mailbox accounts; and

employing the obtained credentials and the associated computing resources to migrate each identified mailbox account from the source messaging system to the destination messaging system, wherein the computing resources are dynamically associated for tasks employed in the migration.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein configuring further comprises determining at least one of a location, messaging system type, and number of identified mailbox accounts for migration.

11. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein associating computing resources further comprises prioritizing the computing resources to process the migration of the plurality of identified mailbox accounts based on at least one of cost, geographic location, bandwidth, availability, security, type, and speed.

12. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein dynamically obtaining computing resources further comprises enabling bidding by a third party to dynamically provide computing resources for processing the migration of the plurality of identified mailbox accounts, wherein the bidding is based on at least one of cost, geographic location, bandwidth, availability, security, type, and speed.

13. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein obtaining credentials further comprises requesting a credential for accessing the mailbox account from each user of each identified mailbox account.

14. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein obtaining credentials further comprises receiving a request for migration from each user of each identified mailbox account, wherein the request includes at least a credential.

15. The apparatus of claim 9, further comprising synchronizing content for the plurality of identified mailbox accounts that are migrated from the source messaging system to the destination messaging system, wherein the synchronization is based on at least one of a period of time or an event.

16. A system, comprising:

a storage device for storing and managing task and configuration information; and

one or more computing devices having at least a scheduler operating within at least one processor, for performing actions using in part the stored task and configuration information, including;

configuring the arrangement of the source messaging system and the destination messaging system for migration of a plurality of identified mailbox accounts;

obtaining credentials for accessing each mailbox account that is identified on the source messaging system for migration to the destination messaging system;

dynamically obtaining computing resources for processing the migration of the plurality of identified mailbox accounts;

dynamically associating the computing resources for processing the migration of the plurality of identified mailbox accounts; and

employing the obtained credentials and the associated computing resources to migrate each identified mailbox account from the source messaging system to the destination messaging system, wherein the computing resources are dynamically associated for tasks employed in the migration.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein configuring further comprises determining at least one of a location, messaging system type, and number of identified mailbox accounts for migration.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein associating computing resources further comprises prioritizing the computing resources to process the migration of the plurality of identified mailbox accounts based on at least one of cost, geographic location, bandwidth, availability, security, type, and speed.

19. The system of claim 16, wherein dynamically obtaining computing resources further comprises enabling bidding by a third party to dynamically provide computing resources for processing the migration of the plurality of identified mailbox accounts, wherein the bidding is based on at least one of cost, geographic location, bandwidth, availability, security, type, and speed.

20. The system of claim 16, wherein obtaining credentials further comprises requesting a credential for accessing the mailbox account from each user of each identified mailbox account.