Dynamic Storage Enabler For Service Delivery HUB On A Mobility Network

• US 20120030478A1
• Filed: 07/30/2010
• Published: 02/02/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/30/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Dunmire, David, Keith, Chad C., Owenby, Clifford Marcus
• Application Number:
  US12/847,635
• Publication Number:
  US 20120030478A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 713/189
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0428 wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1097 for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/562 Brokering proxy services

Abstract

A system includes a hub having interfaces to an application service provider and a portal in communication with an end user, a storage enabler connected to the hub, the storage enabler having application programming interfaces configured to receive a request for a storage facility from the application service provider and to allocate the storage facility based on the request for storage, and wherein the hub provides a single interface for the application service provider to request the storage facility when servicing the end user without regard to a location of the end user. The storage enabler is further configured to track data stored by one of the end user and the application service provider and to further provide encryption functionality.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a hub having interfaces to an application service provider and a portal in communication with an end user;

a storage enabler connected to the hub, the storage enabler having application programming interfaces configured to receive a request for a storage facility from the application service provider and to allocate the storage facility based on the request for storage; and

wherein the hub provides a single interface for the application service provider to request the storage facility when servicing the end user without regard to a location of the end user.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the storage enabler is further configured to track data stored by one of the end user and the application service provider.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein the storage enabler is further configured to provide encryption to stored data.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein the storage enabler is further configured to allocate storage for content received from the end user when receiving the request using short codes.

5. A system comprising:

a hub having interfaces to an application service provider and a portal in communication with an end user;

a storage enabler connected to the hub, the storage enabler having application programming interfaces configured to receive a request for a storage facility from the application service provider and to allocate the storage facility based on the request for storage; and

wherein the hub provides a single interface for the end user to request the storage facility for use with the application service provider.

6. The system of claim 5 wherein the end user requests the storage facility for use with a plurality of application service providers.

7. The system of claim 6 wherein the plurality of application service providers track the storage facility requested by the end user.

8. The system of claim 5 wherein the storage enabler is further configured to provide encryption to stored data.

9. The system of claim 5 wherein the storage enabler is further configured to allocate storage for content received from the end user when receiving the request using short codes.