Access to Disparate Cloud Services

• US 20160323381A1
• Filed: 04/30/2015
• Published: 11/03/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Quest Software, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Dell Software, Inc. (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Inventors: Huang, Zhiguo, Gong, Liang, Ah Kioon, Mary Cindy, Leach, Andrew John, Brisebois, Michel Albert
• Granted Patent: US 10,771,553 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/14 Details of searching files based on file metadata
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/183 Provision of network file services by network file servers, e.g. by using NFS, CIFS network file access protocols H04L67/1097
• 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 and information handling systems for managing at least one of storage of data to or access to data from a plurality of cloud storage drives coupled to user devices over a network. An information handling system includes a processing device and a memory that stores one or more program modules executable by the processing device to receive a request to store data from a user device, the request may lack information pertaining to where to store the data, to determine which of the cloud drives of the plurality of cloud drives will store the data in and to save the data to the cloud drive based on the determination.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by an information handling system, a request to store data from a user device;

in response to the request, determining, by the information handling system, one or more cloud drives of a plurality of cloud drives in which to store the data; and

in response to the determination, saving, by the information handling system, the data to the one or more cloud drives based on the determination.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the information handling system from the user device, a request for data stored at one of the plurality of cloud drives;

in response to the request, determining, by the information handling system, which of the cloud drives of the plurality of cloud drives is storing the requested data; and

in response to the determination, retrieving, at the information handling system, the requested data from the cloud drive determined to be storing the requested data.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating, by the information handling system, an index of data files stored at the plurality of cloud drives; and

receiving, by the information handling system, a search query from the user device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of drives comprises at least one cloud drive of a first entity associated with a user of the user device.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the saving and the retrieving of the data is based on one or more rules defined by the first entity.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the plurality of drives comprises at least one second drive associated with the user of the user device.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the saving and the retrieving of the data is based on one or more rules defined by at least one of the user of the user device or the first entity.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

causing, by the information handling system, a user interface to be displayed on the user device, the user interface showing a plurality of cloud drives made available to the user device.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

receiving, by the information handling system, one or more selections of cloud drives from the user interface; and

associating, by the information handling system, one or more cloud drives to the user of the user device based on the received one or more selections.

10. An information handling system comprising:

a processing device; and

memory configured to store one or more program modules executable by the processing device to;

receive a request to store data from a user device;

in response to the request, determine one or more cloud drives of the plurality of cloud drives in which to store the data; and

in response to the determination, save the data to the one or more cloud drives based on the determination.

11. The information handling system of claim 10, wherein the one or more modules are further executable by the processing device to:

receive from the user device a request for data stored at one of the plurality of cloud drives;

in response to the request, determine which of the cloud drives of the plurality of cloud drives is storing the requested data; and

in response to the determination, retrieve the requested data from the cloud drive determined to be storing the requested data.

12. The information handling system of claim 10, wherein the one or more modules are further executable by the processing device to:

generate an index of data files stored at the plurality of cloud drives; and

receive a search query from a user device.

13. The information handling system of claim 10, wherein the plurality of drives comprises at least one cloud drive of a first entity associated with a user of the user device.

14. The information handling system of claim 13, wherein saving and retrieving the data is based on one or more rules define by the first entity.

15. The information handling system of claim 13, wherein the plurality of drives comprises at least one second drive associated with the user of the user device.

16. The information handling system of claim 15, wherein saving and retrieving the data are based on one or more rules define by at least one of the user of the user device or the first entity.

17. The information handling system of claim 15, wherein the one or more modules are further executable by the processing device to:

cause a user interface to be displayed on the user device, the user interface showing a plurality of cloud drives made available to the user device.

18. The information handling system of claim 17, wherein the one or more modules are further executable by the processing device to:

receive one or more selections of cloud drives from the user interface; and

associate one or more cloud drives to the user of the user device based on the received one or more selections.

19. A method comprising:

at a memory device, storing a plurality of user account information, the user account information comprising information regarding a particular user'"'"'s access to at least one first cloud drive and at least one second cloud drive; and

at an information handling system,

receiving a request to store data from a user device;

in response to the request, determining one or more cloud drives in which to store the data based on the user account information;

in response to the determination, saving the data to the one or more cloud drives based on the determination;

receiving from the user device, a request for data stored at one of the plurality of cloud drives;

in response to the request, determining which of the cloud drives of the plurality of cloud drives is storing the requested data; and

in response to the determination, retrieving the requested data from the cloud drive determined to be storing the requested data.

20. The method of claim 19, further comprising:

at the information handling system,

generating an index of data files stored at the cloud drives associated with the user;

receiving a search query from a user device; and

causing a user interface to be displayed on the user device, the user interface showing a plurality of cloud drives made available to the user device.