UTILIZING CONTENT VIA PERSONAL CLOUDS

• US 20130297739A1
• Filed: 01/28/2011
• Published: 11/07/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Faihe, Yassine, Kowalski, Francois-Xavier, Puranik, Rajiv, Medico, Yves Del, Thonet, Agnieszka, Penkler, David
• Granted Patent: US 9,723,052 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/101 Collaborative creation, e.g. joint development of products or services
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/00 Information and communication technology [ICT] specially adapted for implementation of business processes of specific business sectors, e.g. utilities or tourism healthcare informatics G16H
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]

Abstract

Example embodiments disclosed herein relate to processing content using a personal cloud. One of a plurality of content items respectively associated with a plurality of devices of a personal cloud is determined. A processing to be performed on the one content item is determined. The processed version of the one content item is determined.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, if executed by a processor of a device, cause the processor to:

determine one of a plurality of content items respectively associated with a plurality of devices of a personal cloud;

determine a processing to be performed on the one content item;

determine one of the devices to retrieve a processed version of the one content item from based on a devices profile including respective capabilities of the devices; and

receive the processed version of the one content item from the one device.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, further comprising instructions that, if executed by the processor, cause the processor to:

update a local index store of metadata describing the content items and the availability of the content items on the devices,

wherein the one device is determined because the one device includes a capability to produce the processed version, includes the one content item, or a combination thereof.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the respective capabilities include processing capabilities, software capabilities, power capabilities, or a combination thereof.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the processed version is based on profile information of the device.

5. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 4, wherein the profile includes a size of a screen of the device, an ability of the device to present the content, or a combination thereof.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 4, further comprising instructions that, if executed by the processor, cause the processor to

transmit a request for the one content item to the one device, wherein the request includes the profile information.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, further comprising instructions that, if executed by the processor cause the processor to:

manage metadata describing the content items and the availability of the content items on the devices;

determine respective scores for retrieving the processed version of the one content item based, at least in part, on the metadata and the capabilities for the respective devices,

wherein the determination of the one device is based on the respective scores; and

transmit a request to the one device to for the processed version.

8. A computing device comprising:

a processing module;

an interface to receive a request for a processed content item, from one of a plurality of devices of a personal cloud that the computing device belongs to, the request specifying one of a plurality of content items respectively associated with the devices; and

a metadata manager module to determine the location of the content item based on a local index of metadata describing the content items,

wherein the processing module is caused to process the one content item based on profile information of the one device to generate the processed content item, and

wherein the interface is cause to transmit the processed content item to the one device.

9. The computing device of claim 8, further comprising:

a metadata manager module to determine another one of the devices that includes the one content item based on the metadata,

wherein the interface is caused to request the one content item from the other one device, and

wherein the interface receives the one content item.

10. The computing device of claim 8, wherein the profile information includes an ability of the one device to present content, wherein the processed version of the one content item is formatted based on the ability.

11. The computing device of claim 8, further comprising:

a devices manager module to determine a form factor for another one of the devices,

wherein the processing module is caused to process the one content item based on the form factor to generate another processed version of the one content item; and

a content cache to store the other processed version of the one content item.

12. A method comprising:

updating, at a device, a local index of metadata describing a plurality of content items respectively associated with a plurality of devices of a personal cloud;

determining one of the content items;

determining a type of processing to be performed;

determining one of the devices of the personal cloud, based on the metadata, that includes the one content item;

determining another one of the devices of the personal cloud based on a profile of the other device that indicates that the other device includes the processing type; and

receiving a processed version of the one content item from the other device.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

determining a usage pattern of a use of the device,

wherein the one content item is determined based on the usage pattern.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

prefetching the processed version of the one content item;

caching the processed version of the one content item;

receiving a request for the one content item from a program of the device; and

providing the one content item from the cache.

15. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

determining a usage pattern of a user of the device;

determining a set of the content items based on the usage pattern;

retrieving the set from at least one of the devices to store in a cache;

receiving a request for the one content item; and

determining that the one content item is not within the cached set,

wherein the requesting of the one content item based on the determination that the content item is not within the cached set.