TRANSPARENT ADAPTIVE FILE TRANSFORM

• US 20130268545A1
• Filed: 04/10/2013
• Published: 10/10/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/10/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dell Products LP (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Dell Inc. (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Inventors: Burchett, Christopher, Robbins, Warren, Burke, James Michael, Testerman, James Darrell, Consolver, David Albert
• Granted Patent: US 9,110,963 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/754
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/254 Extract, transform and load [ETL] procedures, e.g. ETL data flows in data warehouses
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/258 Data format conversion from or to a database
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/84 Mapping; Conversion
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/986 Document structures and storage, e.g. HTML extensions

Abstract

Embodiments of methods, systems, and services for transparent adaptive file transform are described. In one embodiment a method for transparent adaptive file transform is performed by a data processing device. The method may include automatically detecting a data transfer addressed to an external data storage. The method may also include redirecting data associated with the data transfer to a data transformer. Additionally, the method may include applying one or more data transforms to the data associated with the data transfer to generate a transformed data set. In an embodiment, the method may also include transferring the transformed data set to the external data storage. In one embodiment, the external data storage is a cloud storage facility.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

in a data processing device;

automatically detecting a data transfer addressed to an external data storage;

redirecting data associated with the data transfer to a data transformer;

applying one or more data transforms to the data associated with the data transfer to generate a transformed data set; and

transferring the transformed data set to the external data storage.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the external data storage is a cloud storage facility.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein automatically detecting further comprises filtering data configured for transmission by a network interface according to a predefined filtering criteria, the filtering criteria being used to automatically identify data that is designated for external storage.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the predefined filtering criteria is that the data transfer is addressed to a network address in a set of network addresses associated with external data storage.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the predefined filtering criteria is that the data transfer is configured to be conducted on a network interface port in a predefined set of network interface ports configured to communicate with external data storage.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein automatically detecting further comprises denoting an application which originated the data transfer and automatically redirecting data associated with data transfers from the denoted application to the data transformer.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more data transforms are selected from a predefined list of data transforms.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the predefined list of data transforms is customizable for an application originating the data transfer.

9. A tangible computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable code that, when executed by a data processing device, causes data processing device to perform operations comprising:

automatically detecting a data transfer addressed to an external data storage;

redirecting data associated with the data transfer to a data transformer;

applying one or more data transforms to the data associated with the data transfer to generate a transformed data set; and

transferring the transformed data set to the external data storage.

10. The computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the external data storage is a cloud storage facility.

11. The computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein automatically detecting further comprises filtering data configured for transmission by a network interface according to a predefined filtering criteria, the filtering criteria being used to automatically identify data that is designated for external storage.

12. The computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the predefined filtering criteria is that the data transfer is addressed to a network address in a set of network addresses associated with external data storage.

13. The computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the predefined filtering criteria is that the data transfer is configured to be conducted on a network interface port in a predefined set of network interface ports configured to communicate with external data storage.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein automatically detecting further comprises denoting an application which originated the data transfer and automatically redirecting data associated with data transfers from the denoted application to the data transformer.

15. The computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the one or more data transforms are selected from a predefined list of data transforms.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the predefined list of data transforms is customizable for an application originating the data transfer.

17. A system comprising:

a network filter configured to automatically detect a data transfer addressed to an external data storage;

a file system filter configured to redirect data associated with the data transfer to a data transformer;

a data transformer configured to apply one or more data transforms to the data associated with the data transfer to generate a transformed data set; and

a network interface coupled to the call-back file system configured to transfer the transformed data set to the external data storage.

18. The system of claim 17, further comprising a data protection controller configured to store a list of one or more applications denoted for originating a data transfer to an the external data storage.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein the data protection controller is configured to designate one or more data transforms to be performed on the data by the data transformer.

20. The system of claim 17, wherein the network filter is integrated with a network software stack for controlling transfers to data to remote devices.