METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM FOR UPLOADING DATA

• US 20140201233A1
• Filed: 01/12/2014
• Published: 07/17/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/15/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: PING, FENG
• Application Number:
  US14/153,036
• Publication Number:
  US 20140201233A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/769
• 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]

Abstract

Methods, devices, and systems for uploading data are provided. A request for uploading data sent from a user terminal can be received by a proxy server. The request for uploading data contains index information of data to be uploaded. The proxy server can determine whether the data to be uploaded are stored on a storage server, according to the index information of the data to be uploaded. When the proxy server determines that the data to be uploaded are stored on the storage server, a feedback message can be sent by the proxy server to the user terminal that the data to be uploaded are stored on the storage server.

Claims

1. A processing method for uploading data, comprising:

receiving, by a proxy server, a request for uploading data sent from a user terminal, wherein the request for uploading data comprises index information of data to be uploaded;

determining, by the proxy server, whether the data to be uploaded are stored on a storage server, according to the index information of the data to be uploaded; and

sending, by the proxy server, a feedback message to the user terminal that the data to be uploaded are stored on the storage server, when the proxy server determines that the data to be uploaded are stored on the storage server.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining whether the data to be uploaded are stored on the storage server according to the index information of the data to be uploaded comprises:

searching for the index information of the data to be uploaded from stored index information corresponding to uploaded data and providing search results; and

according to the search results, determining whether the data to be uploaded have been stored on the storage server.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein determining whether the data to be uploaded are stored on the storage server according to the index information of the data to be uploaded comprises:

sending a request for searching index information to an index server, wherein the request for searching index information comprises the index information of the data to be uploaded for the index server to search for the index information of the data to be uploaded and to provide search results;

receiving the search results from the index server; and

according to the search results, determining whether the data to be uploaded have been stored on the storage server.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein, after determining whether the data to be uploaded are stored on the storage server, the method further comprises:

sending an uploading instruction to the user terminal, when the data to be uploaded are determined not stored on the storage server;

receiving the data to be uploaded from the user terminal;

sending the data to be uploaded to the storage server for the storage server to store the data to be uploaded; and

storing the index information of the data to be uploaded.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein, after determining whether the data to be uploaded are stored on the storage server, the method further comprises:

sending an uploading instruction to the user terminal, when the data to be uploaded are determined not stored on the storage server;

receiving the data to be uploaded from the user terminal;

sending the data to be uploaded to the storage server for the storage server to store the data to be uploaded; and

storing the index information of the data to be uploaded.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein, after determining whether the data to be uploaded are stored on the storage server, the method further comprises:

sending an uploading instruction to the user terminal, when the data to be uploaded are determined not stored on the storage server;

receiving the data to be uploaded from the user terminal;

sending the data to be uploaded to the storage server for the storage server to store the data to be uploaded; and

sending to an index server a storing instruction for storing the index information of the data to be uploaded for the index server to store the index information of the data to be uploaded.

7. The method of claim 3, wherein, after determining whether the data to be uploaded are stored on the storage server, the method further comprises:

sending an uploading instruction to the user terminal, when the data to be uploaded are determined not stored on the storage server;

receiving the data to be uploaded from the user terminal;

sending the data to be uploaded to the storage server for the storage server to store the data to be uploaded; and

sending to the index server a storing instruction for storing the index information of the data to be uploaded for the index server to store the index information of the data to be uploaded.

8. A proxy server for uploading data, comprising:

a receiving unit configured to receive a request for uploading data from a user terminal, the request for uploading data comprising index information of data to be uploaded;

a determining unit configured, according to the index information of the data to be uploaded received by the receiving unit, to determine whether the data to be uploaded are stored on a storage server; and

a sending unit configured, when the determining unit determines that the data to be uploaded are stored on the storage server, to send a feedback message to the user terminal that the data to be uploaded are stored on the storage server.

9. The server of claim 8, wherein the determining unit comprises:

a searching sub-unit configured to search for the index information of the data to be uploaded from stored index information corresponding to uploaded data and to provide search results; and

a first determining sub-unit configured to determine whether the data to be uploaded have been stored on the storage server, according to the search results from the searching sub-unit.

10. The server of claim 8, wherein the determining unit comprises:

a sending sub-unit configured to send a request for searching index information to an index server, wherein the request for searching index information comprises the index information of the data to be uploaded for the index server to search for the index information of the data to be uploaded;

a receiving sub-unit configured to receive search results from the index server; and

a second determining sub-unit configured, according to the search results received from the receiving sub-unit, to determine whether the data to be uploaded have been stored on the storage server.

11. The server of claim 8, further comprising a storing unit, wherein:

the sending unit is further configured to send an uploading instruction to the user terminal, when the determining unit determines that the data to be uploaded are not stored on the storage server;

the receiving unit is further configured to receive the data to be uploaded from the user terminal, wherein the sending unit is further configured to send the data to be uploaded to the storage server for the storage server to store the data to be uploaded; and

the storing unit is configured to store the index information of the data to be uploaded, after the sending unit sends the data to be uploaded.

12. The server of claim 9, further comprising a storing unit, wherein:

the sending unit is further configured to send an uploading instruction to the user terminal, when the determining unit determines that the data to be uploaded are not stored on the storage server;

the receiving unit is further configured to receive the data to be uploaded from the user terminal, wherein the sending unit is further configured to send the data to be uploaded to the storage server for the storage server to store the data to be uploaded; and

the storing unit is configured to store the index information of the data to be uploaded, after the sending unit sends the data to be uploaded.

13. The server of claim 8, wherein:

the sending unit is configured to send an uploading instruction to the user terminal, after the determining unit determines that the data to be uploaded are not stored on the storage server;

the receiving unit is configured to receive the data to be uploaded from the user terminal; and

the sending unit is configured to send the data to be uploaded to the storage server for the storage server to store the data to be uploaded, and to send a storing instruction for storing the index information of the data to be uploaded to an index server for the index server to store the index information of the data to be uploaded.

14. The server of claim 10, wherein:

the sending unit is configured to send an uploading instruction to the user terminal, after the determining unit determines that the data to be uploaded are not stored on the storage server;

the receiving unit is configured to receive the data to be uploaded from the user terminal; and

the sending unit is configured to send the data to be uploaded to the storage server for the storage server to store the data to be uploaded, and to send a storing instruction for storing the index information of the data to be uploaded to the index server for the index server to store the index information of the data to be uploaded.

15. A processing system for uploading data;

comprising;

a storage server; and

a proxy server, wherein the proxy server comprises;

a receiving unit configured to receive a request for uploading data from a user terminal, the request for uploading data comprising index information of data to be uploaded;

a determining unit configured, according to the index information of the data to be uploaded received by the receiving unit, to determine whether the data to be uploaded are stored on a storage server; and

a sending unit configured, when the determining unit determines that the data to be uploaded are stored on the storage server, to send a feedback message to the user terminal that the data to be uploaded are stored on the storage server.

16. The processing system of claim 15, wherein the determining unit comprises:

a searching sub-unit configured to search for the index information of the data to be uploaded from stored index information corresponding to uploaded data and to provide search results; and

a first determining sub-unit configured to determine whether the data to be uploaded have been stored on the storage server, according to the search results from the searching sub-unit.

17. A processing system of claim 15, further comprising:

an index server.

18. A processing system of claim 15, further comprising:

an index server.