Cloud computing appliance

• US 20110289310A1
• Filed: 05/20/2011
• Published: 11/24/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/20/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: MyMail Technology, LLC
• Original Assignee: MyMail Technology, LLC
• Inventors: Cutrer, Jonathan, Selgas, Thomas D.
• Application Number:
  US13/112,931
• Publication Number:
  US 20110289310A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 713/150
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2209/60 Digital content management, e.g. content distribution
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/0825 using asymmetric-key encryption or public key infrastructure [PKI], e.g. key signature or public key certificates
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/0894 Escrow, recovery or storing of secret information, e.g. secret key escrow or cryptographic key storage

Abstract

A cloud computing appliance is provided in exemplary embodiment. The cloud computing device includes a computer server. The computer server is configured to receive a user file having a user filename and a user data content. The computer server is further configured to record an index record for the user file including the user filename and a dynamically generated storage name. The computer server is further configured to encipher the user data content with a symmetric key, encipher the symmetric key with an asymmetric key, and transmit a cloud file having a filename of the dynamically generated storage name and a data content of the enciphered user data content and the enciphered symmetric key.

Claims

1. A cloud computing appliance comprising a computer server configured to:

receive a user file comprising;

a filename comprising a user filename; and

a data content comprising a user data content;

record an index record for the user file, the index record comprising;

the user filename; and

a dynamically generated storage name;

encipher the user data content with a symmetric key;

encipher the symmetric key with an asymmetric key; and

transmit, over a network connection, a cloud file comprising;

a filename comprising the dynamically generated storage name; and

a data content comprising the enciphered user data content and the enciphered symmetric key.

2. The cloud computing appliance of claim 1, wherein:

the user file further comprises a path and one or more attributes; and

the index record further comprises the path and the one or more attributes.

3. The cloud computing appliance of claim 1, wherein:

the index record further comprises an index of the user data content; and

the computer server is further configured to search the index of the user data content without accessing the cloud file.

4. The cloud computing appliance of claim 1, wherein:

the computer server is further configured to compress the data content; and

the enciphered user data content comprises enciphered compressed user data content.

5. The cloud computing appliance of claim 1, wherein the computer server is further configured to generate the symmetric key.

6. The cloud computing appliance of claim 1, wherein the computer server is further configured to retrieve the asymmetric key from a paired key store.

7. The cloud computing appliance of claim 1, wherein the asymmetric key comprises a public key.

8. The cloud computing appliance of claim 1, wherein the computer server is further configured to simulate the storage of the user file on a local mounted file system.

9. A cloud computing appliance comprising a computer server configured to:

receive, over a network connection, a cloud file comprising;

a filename comprising a dynamically generated storage name; and

a data content comprising an enciphered user data content and an enciphered symmetric key;

retrieve an index record comprising;

a user filename; and

the dynamically generated storage name;

decipher the enciphered symmetric key with an asymmetric key;

decipher the enciphered user data content with the symmetric key; and

create a user file comprising;

a filename comprising the user filename; and

a data content comprising the user data content.

10. The cloud computing appliance of claim 9, wherein:

the index record further comprises a path and one or more attributes; and

the user file further comprises the path and the one or more attributes.

11. The cloud computing appliance of claim 9, wherein:

the enciphered user data content comprises enciphered compressed user data content; and

the computer server is further configured to decompress the compressed user data content.

12. The cloud computing appliance of claim 9, wherein the computer server is further configured to retrieve the asymmetric key from a paired key store.

13. The cloud computing appliance of claim 9, wherein the asymmetric key comprises a private key.

14. The cloud computing appliance of claim 9, wherein the computer server is further configured to simulate access to the user file on a local mounted file system.

15. A computer program product for cloud computing, the computer program product embodied on a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the computer program product comprising:

computer code for receiving a user file comprising;

a filename comprising a user filename; and

a data content comprising a user data content;

computer code for recording an index record for the user file, the index record comprising;

the user filename; and

a dynamically generated storage name;

computer code for enciphering the user data content with a symmetric key;

computer code for enciphering the symmetric key with an asymmetric key; and

computer code for transmitting, over a network connection, a cloud file comprising;

a filename comprising the dynamically generated storage name; and

a data content comprising the enciphered user data content and the enciphered symmetric key.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein:

the user file further comprises a path and one or more attributes; and

the index record further comprises the path and the one or more attributes.

17. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein:

the index record further comprises an index of the user data content; and

further comprising;

computer code for searching the index of the user data content without accessing the cloud file.

18. The computer program product of claim 15, further comprising:

computer code for compressing the data content; and

wherein

the enciphered user data content comprises enciphered compressed user data content.

19. The computer program product of claim 15, further comprising computer code for generating the symmetric key.

20. The computer program product of claim 15, further comprising computer code for retrieving the asymmetric key from a paired key store.

21. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the asymmetric key comprises a public key.

22. The computer program product of claim 15, further comprising computer code for simulating the storage of the user file on a local mounted file system.

23. A computer program product for cloud computing, the computer program product embodied on a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the computer program product comprising:

computer code for receiving, over a network connection, a cloud file comprising;

a filename comprising a dynamically generated storage name; and

a data content comprising an enciphered user data content and an enciphered symmetric key;

computer code for retrieving an index record comprising;

a user filename; and

the dynamically generated storage name;

computer code for deciphering the enciphered symmetric key with an asymmetric key;

computer code for deciphering the enciphered user data content with the symmetric key; and

computer code for creating a user file comprising;

a filename comprising the user filename; and

a data content comprising the user data content.

24. The computer program product of claim 23, wherein:

the index record further comprises a path and one or more attributes; and

the user file further comprises the path and the one or more attributes.

25. The computer program product of claim 23, wherein:

the enciphered user data content comprises enciphered compressed user data content; and

further comprising computer code for decompressing the compressed user data content.

26. The computer program product of claim 23, further comprising computer code for retrieving the asymmetric key from a paired key store.

27. The computer program product of claim 23, wherein the asymmetric key comprises a private key.

28. The computer program product of claim 23, further comprising computer code for simulating access to the user file on a local mounted file system.

29. A cloud computing appliance comprising a computer server configured to:

receive, from a secure network connection to a user device, a user file comprising;

a filename comprising a user filename;

a path comprising a user path;

one or more attributes comprising one or more user attributes; and

a data content comprising a user data content;

record an index record for the user file, the index record comprising;

the user filename;

the user path;

the one or more user attributes;

an index of the user data content; and

a dynamically generated storage name;

compress the user data content;

generate a symmetric key;

encipher the compressed user data content with the symmetric key;

retrieve a public asymmetric key from a secure network connection to a paired key store;

encipher the symmetric key with the public asymmetric key;

transmit, over a secure network connection to a cloud, a cloud file comprising;

a filename comprising the dynamically generated storage name; and

a data content comprising the enciphered compressed user data content and the enciphered symmetric key;

simulate, to the user device, the cloud as a local mounted file system;

search the index of the user data content without accessing the cloud file;

receive, from the secure network connection to the user device, a request to access the user file;

request the cloud file on the cloud by the digitally generated storage name;

receive, from the network connection to the cloud, the cloud file;

retrieve the index record by the dynamically generated storage name;

retrieve a private asymmetric key from the secure network connection to the paired key store;

decipher the enciphered symmetric key with the private asymmetric key;

decipher the enciphered compressed user data content with the symmetric key;

decompress the compressed user data content; and

reconstruct the user file, the reconstructed user file comprising;

a filename comprising the user filename;

a path comprising the user path;

one or more attributes comprising the one or more user attributes; and

a data content comprising the user data content;

transmit, over the secure network connection to the user device, the reconstructed user file.