DOCUMENT AND USER METADATA STORAGE

• US 20140279893A1
• Filed: 03/14/2013
• Published: 09/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ivanti, Inc. (Ivanti Software, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Appsense Incorporated
• Inventors: BRANTON, Paul Keith
• Granted Patent: US 9,367,646 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/634
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/904 Browsing; Visualisation therefor for navigating the web G06F16/954; browsing optimisation for the web G06F16/957

Abstract

Techniques are disclosed for providing services to a client device via a shared cloud service. In one embodiment, a method is disclosed that includes storing information on a first device relating to a subject, saving the stored information in a serialized format data file to the shared cloud service, the data file having a filename generated as a function of the subject, providing authenticated access to the data file for a second device via the shared cloud service, synchronizing a copy of the data file via the shared cloud service to the second device, the copied data file reflecting a single up-to-date state of the data file in the shared cloud service, and de-serializing the serialized format data file at the second device.

Claims

1. A computerized method for providing services to a client device via a shared cloud service, the method comprising:

storing information on a first device relating to a subject;

saving the stored information in a serialized format data file to the shared cloud service, the data file having a filename generated as a function of the subject;

providing authenticated access to the data file for a second device via the shared cloud service;

synchronizing a copy of the data file via the shared cloud service to the second device, the copied data file reflecting a single up-to-date state of the data file in the shared cloud service; and

de-serializing the serialized format data file at the second device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the subject comprises one of a user and a file.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising copying the de-serialized data into a database at the second device.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising collecting the information relating to the subject at the first device.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising sharing the data file among a plurality of users of the shared cloud service.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising identifying the associated user or file using a globally-unique identifier, wherein the globally-unique identifier is embedded in a filename of the serialized format data file, thereby identifying the subject of the data file by the filename, such that the information can be located in a particular location on the shared cloud service using the filename.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising saving the stored information in the serialized format data file in a metadata directory in a file hierarchy at the shared cloud service.

8. A cloud data storage system, comprising:

a per-user file-based cloud data store, for performing synchronization, authentication and storage functions for a data file stored at a remote computing device;

a database at a local computing device for storing information pertaining to a subject;

a file synchronization module at the local computing device for copying the data file from the remote computing device to the local computing device;

a data export module at the local computing device for serializing the information from the database into the data file to be stored on the cloud data store; and

a data import module at the local computing device for de-serializing the data file to recreate the information and for importing the recreated information into the database.

9. The cloud data storage system of claim 8, wherein the subject comprises one of a user and a file.

10. The cloud data storage system of claim 8, wherein the data import module is for de-serializing a plurality of data files created by a plurality of users and shared among the plurality of users by the cloud data store, such that the data import module is for recreating information from a plurality of users to import information from multiple users into a single database.

11. The cloud data storage system of claim 8, further comprising a data collection module for collecting information relating to a subject at the local computing device.

12. The cloud data storage system of claim 10, wherein the subject is associated with a globally-unique identifier, and wherein the data export module is configured to use a Javascript Object Notation (JSON) data format for serializing the information.

13. The cloud data storage system of claim 8, wherein the data export module is configured to store the data file in a metadata directory in a file hierarchy at the cloud data store.

14. A networked computing system comprising:

a processor;

a network interface coupled to the processor for communicating with a cloud data service;

a data storage device coupled to the processor; and

a memory coupled to the processor and including computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to;

store information relating to an subject at the data storage device,

save the stored information in a serialized format data file to the cloud data service via the network interface, the data file having a filename generated as a function of the subject,

synchronize the serialized format data file with a plurality of networked computing devices via the cloud data service;

de-serialize the serialized format data file to recreate the information relating to the associated user or file, and

store the recreated information at the data storage device.

15. The networked computer system of claim 14, wherein the subject comprises one of a user and a file.

16. The networked computing system of claim 14, the computer-readable instructions further causing the processor to copy the de-serialized data into a database.

17. The networked computing system of claim 14, the computer-readable instructions further causing the processor to collect the information relating to the subject.

18. The networked computing system of claim 14, the computer-readable instructions further causing the processor to share the data file among a plurality of users of the cloud data service.

19. The networked computing system of claim 14, the computer-readable instructions further causing the processor to identify the associated user or file using a globally-unique identifier, and to embed the globally-unique identifier in a filename of the serialized format data file, thereby allowing the information to be located in a particular location on the cloud data service using the filename.

20. The networked computing system of claim 14, the computer-readable instructions further causing the processor to save the stored information in the serialized format data file in a metadata directory in a file hierarchy at the cloud data service.