REMOTELY ACCESSING DATA ON A SECURED SERVER

• US 20160308841A1
• Filed: 04/13/2016
• Published: 10/20/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/18/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: DvSum LLC
• Original Assignee: DvSum LLC
• Inventors: Singhvi, Aashish
• Granted Patent: US 10,397,192 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/44 Program or device authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0281 Proxies
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0428 wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32

Abstract

An assistant computing device communicates with a remote computing device, and a requesting computing device. The remote computing device in communication with a dataset resides in a secured data center. The requesting computing device: employs credentials to communicate remote instructions to the remote computing device over an external network and through a firewall; and receive query results generated by the remote computing device executing the remote instructions. The assistant computing device: receives requests from the requesting computing device to query the dataset, generates access credentials and remote processing instructions executable by the remote computing device to satisfy the request; encrypts and communicates the access credentials and remote processing instructions to the requesting computing device; receives results from the requesting computing device; generates a report of the results; and communicates the report to the requesting computing device.

Claims

1. A non-transitory tangible machine readable medium comprising instructions configured to cause at least one processor on an assistant computing device to perform a process comprising:

a) receiving a request over a network from a requesting computing device to query a dataset located on a remote computing device, the remote computing device residing in a physically secured data center, the remote computing device not directly accessible to the assistant computing device;

b) identifying access credential requirements to allow the requesting computing device to access the remote computing device identified in the request;

c) identifying remote processing requirements for the remote computing device to access the dataset identified in the request;

d) generating access credentials, employing at least in part, the access credential requirements;

e) generating remote processing instructions, employing at least in part, the remote processing requirements, the remote processing instructions configured to be executable by the remote computing device to satisfy the request;

f) encrypting the access credentials to generate encrypted access credentials;

g) encrypting the remote processing instructions to generate encrypted remote processing instructions;

h) communicating the encrypted remote processing instructions to the requesting computing device;

i) communicating the encrypted access credentials to the requesting computing device;

j) receiving at least one set of encrypted results from the requesting computing device;

k) decrypting the encrypted results to obtain results;

l) generating a report of results; and

m) communicating the report to the requesting computing device.

2. The medium according to claim 1, wherein the encrypted results are in a Flexible Data Representation (FODR) format.

3. The medium according to claim 1, wherein the requesting computing device and assistant computing device are configured to communicate via an external network.

4. The medium according to claim 1, wherein the requesting computing device and assistant computing device are configured to communicate via a wide area network WAN.

5. The medium according to claim 1, wherein the requesting computing device and assistant computing device are configured to communicate via a virtual private network (VPN) connection.

6. The medium according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the assistant computing device and remote computing device comprises a server.

7. The medium according to claim 1, wherein the remote computing device is only electronically accessible through a firewall.

8. The medium according to claim 1, wherein the remote computing device is only electronically accessible through a security appliance.

9. The medium according to claim 1, wherein the process further comprises downloading interface instructions.

10. The medium according to claim 1, wherein the process further comprises downloading a software appliance.

11. The medium according to claim 1, wherein the physically secured data center is only electronically accessible through a firewall.

12. The medium according to claim 1, wherein the physically secured data center is only electronically accessible through a security appliance.

13. The medium according to claim 1, wherein the encrypted access credentials are further configured to comprise at least one of the following:

a) remote login instructions;

b) remote computing device information name;

c) remote computing device login password;

d) remote computing device port number;

e) remote computing device data store name;

f) remote computing device login name;

g) physically secured data center information name;

h) physically secured data center access password;

i) physically secured data center port number;

j) physically secured data center login name; and

k) a cryptographic key.

14. The medium according to claim 1, wherein the dataset comprises at least one of the following:

a) a relational database dataset;

b) a non-relational database dataset;

c) a web service query responsive dataset;

d) an application specific query responsive dataset;

e) a comma-separated-values (CSV) dataset;

f) a spreadsheet dataset; and

g) a plain text dataset.

15. The medium according to claim 1, wherein the dataset is located, at least in part, on a network accessible drive.

16. The medium according to claim 1, wherein the dataset is located, at least in part, within the remote computing device.

17. The medium according to claim 1, wherein the process further comprises employing at least one of the following when decrypting the encrypted access credentials:

a) a symmetric cypher; and

b) an asymmetric cypher.

18. The medium according to claim 1, wherein the process further comprises employing at least one of the following when decrypting the encrypted remote instructions:

a) a symmetric cypher; and

b) an asymmetric cypher.

19. The medium according to claim 1, wherein the process further comprises employing at least one of the following when encrypting the query results:

a) a symmetric cypher; and

b) an asymmetric cypher.

20. The medium according to claim 1, wherein the process further comprises converting the query results into a Flexible Data Representation (FDR) format.

21. The medium according to claim 1, wherein the report further comprises additional information, the additional information comprising at least one of the following:

a) logic;

b) trending information;

c) template information;

d) intelligence information;

e) benchmark information;

f) data quality information;

g) decision support information; and

h) data analysis information.