STORAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

• US 20150355855A1
• Filed: 02/13/2015
• Published: 12/10/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/04/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Grandios Technologies, LLC
• Original Assignee: Grandios Technologies, LLC
• Inventors: Cronin, John
• Granted Patent: US 9,619,159 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0605 by facilitating the interaction with a user or administrator
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0619 in relation to data integrity, e.g. data losses, bit errors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0647 Migration mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/065 Replication mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0653 Monitoring storage devices or systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/067 Distributed or networked storage systems, e.g. storage area networks [SAN], network attached storage [NAS]

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for managing memory associated with a mobile electronic device by using a combination of one or more selections input by a user. The user may enter these selections through an interface displayed on a mobile electronic device. The user interface may be integrated into at least a portion of the operating system software of the mobile electronic device, or the user interface may be included in an application installed on the mobile electronic device. The application, in certain instances, presents a virtual user interface provided by an external electronic device. Memory may be managed on a mobile electronic device according to various settings. Data managed on a user'"'"'s electronic device may be moved or copied to one or more other electronic devices according to the user settings.

Claims

1. A method for managing memory on a mobile device, the method comprising:

storing information in memory regarding a plurality of files on the mobile device, wherein the stored information for each file of the plurality of files comprises one or more parameters and a user device identified as a destination device;

executing a storage management application stored in the memory, wherein execution of the storage management application by a processor;

monitors a current storage state of the mobile device,

identifies that the current storage state of the mobile device has fallen below a threshold, and

retains or removes an identified file of the plurality of files based on the parameters associated with the identified file, wherein the mobile device retains a copy of the identified file when the mobile device is a laptop, and wherein the mobile device removes the identified file and does not retain any copy when the mobile device is a smartwatch; and

transmitting the identified file over a communication network to the identified destination device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the identified destination device is associated with a same user as the mobile device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the identified destination device is at least one of a smart device and a computing device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein a user of the mobile device is associated with a plurality of destination devices including the identified destination device, and further comprising generating a display that lists files on the mobile device and files on each of the destination devices including the identified destination device.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the display comprises a plurality of fields, and one or more of the fields of the plurality of fields is edited by the user.

6. The method of claim 4, further comprising receiving information sent over the communication network from each of the destination devices including the identified destination device regarding a respective set of files stored thereon.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the parameters include at least one of frequency of use, file size, permissions for moving, permissions for copying, thumbnails, file type, and file extension.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving user input identifying the destination device.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising updating the stored information regarding the identified file, wherein the update indicates that the identified file is currently located at the identified destination device.

10. An apparatus for managing memory on a mobile electronic device, the apparatus comprising:

memory that stores information regarding a plurality of files on the mobile device, wherein the stored information for each file of the plurality of files comprises one or more parameters and a user device identified as a destination device;

a processor that executes a storage management application stored in the memory, wherein execution of the storage management application by the processor;

monitors a current storage state of the mobile device,

identifies that the current storage state of the mobile device has fallen below a threshold, and

retains or removes an identified file of the plurality of files based on the parameters associated with the identified file, wherein the mobile device retains a copy of the identified file when the mobile device is a laptop, and wherein the mobile device removes the identified file and does not retain any copy when the mobile device is a smartwatch; and

a communication interface that transmits the identified file to the identified destination device.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the identified destination device is associated with a same user as the mobile device.

12. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the identified destination device is at least one of a smart device and a computing device.

13. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein a user of the mobile device is associated with a plurality of destination devices including the identified destination device, and wherein the processor executes the storage management application to generate a display that lists files on the mobile device and files on each of the destination devices including the identified destination device.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the display comprises a plurality of fields, and one or more of the fields of the plurality of fields is edited by the user.

15. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the communication interface further receives information sent over the communication network from each of the destination devices including the identified destination device regarding a respective set of files stored thereon.

16. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the parameters include at least one of frequency of use, file size, permissions for moving, permissions for copying, thumbnails, file type, and file extension.

17. The apparatus of claim 10, further comprising a user interface that receives user input identifying the destination device.

18. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the memory updates the stored information regarding the identified file, wherein the update indicates that the identified file is currently located at the identified destination device.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, having embodied thereon a program executable by a processor to perform a method for managing memory on a mobile device, the method comprising:

storing information in memory regarding a plurality of files on the mobile device, wherein the stored information for each file of the plurality of files comprises one or more parameters and a user device identified as a destination device;

executing a storage management application stored in the memory, wherein execution of the storage management application by a processor;

monitors a current storage state of the mobile device,

identifies that the current storage state of the mobile device has fallen below a threshold, and

retains or removes an identified file of the plurality of files based on the parameters associated with the identified file, wherein the mobile device retains a copy of the identified file when the mobile device is a laptop, and wherein the mobile device removes the identified file and does not retain any copy when the mobile device is a smartwatch; and

transmitting the identified file over a communication network to the identified destination device.