VIRTUAL FILE SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED DATA REPLICATION AND REVIEW

• US 20140310241A1
• Filed: 04/12/2013
• Published: 10/16/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/12/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Alterante LLC
• Original Assignee: Alterante LLC
• Inventors: Goyen, Alejandro
• Granted Patent: US 9,311,326 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/634
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/178 Techniques for file synchronisation in file systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/188 Virtual file systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/27 Replication, distribution or synchronisation of data between databases or within a distributed database system; Distributed database system architectures therefor

Abstract

Various of the disclosed embodiments relate to systems and methods for reviewing, maintaining, and replicating data across a plurality of devices. For example, in some embodiments the system may replicate data across a plurality of internal and external storage devices connected to various computer systems in a home network. The user can review and direct replication via an interface in certain embodiments. In some embodiments, the user may use an email system to control and/or monitor the replication.

Claims

1. A computer system comprising:

a display;

a processor; and

a memory comprising instructions, the instructions, in conjunction with the processor, configured to;

receive a checksum associated with a file from a separate device; and

receive a plurality of metadata associated with the file from the separate device.

2. The computer system of claim 1, the instructions, in conjunction with the processor, further configured to:

receive a copy of the file from the separate device.

3. The computer system of claim 1, the instructions, in conjunction with the processor, further configured to:

display a Graphical User Interface (GUI) to a user.

4. The computer system of claim 1, further comprising a central repository.

5. The computer system of claim 4, wherein the central repository comprises a table storing metadata and a table for performing searches of the metadata.

6. The computer system of claim 5, wherein the search table indicates a correspondence between a metadata term and one or more checksums.

7. The computer system of claim 6, wherein the one or more checksums comprise keys in the table storing metadata.

8. A computer system comprising:

a processor;

a data storage comprising a file system; and

a memory comprising instructions, the instructions, in conjunction with the processor, configured to;

determine a change to the file system;

transmit a checksum associated with the change to a server system; and

transmit a plurality of metadata associated with the change to the server system.

9. The computer system of claim 8, wherein the change comprises the creation of a new file.

10. The computer system of claim 9, wherein the checksum comprises a checksum of at least a portion of the new file.

11. The computer system of claim 10, wherein the checksum is an MD5 checksum.

12. The computer system of claim 8, wherein to transmit a checksum comprises to transmit data through a firewall.

13. A method for managing a file system comprising:

receiving a user command from a user;

determining a first action requirement based on the user command;

receiving a first connection from a first client system; and

transmitting the first action requirement to the first client system using the first connection.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the user command comprises a request to view a portion of a file system.

15. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

receiving a second connection from a second client system; and

transmitting a second action requirement to the second client system using the second connection.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the action requirement comprises an instruction to copy a file.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the first action command comprises a command to create a copy of a file on the first client system and the second action command comprises a command to create a copy of the file on the second client system.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein determining a first action requirement comprises determining a replication factor.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the replication factor is greater than two.

20. The method of claim 13, wherein determining a first action requirement comprises determining a replication factor.