Data storage system

• US 7,660,821 B2
• Filed: 07/31/2003
• Issued: 02/09/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Johnson, Steven C., Bhatti, Shahzad H., Marx, Martin J., Siuta, Raymond A., Garcia, Ricardo F., Altree, Michael F., Andujar, Jorge L., Mejia, Robert, de Brebisson, Cyrille
• Primary Examiner(s): Mizrahi; Diane
• Application Number:
  US10/631,609
• Publication Number:
  US 20050027706A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,385 Days
• Field of Search: 707 1- 10, 707100-1041, 707200-206, 717/101, 717/108, 717/120, 717/121, 709/212, 709/213, 709/245, 703/22, 703/24, 703/25, 715/826, 714/38, 714/763, 713/200, 725/138, 719/238
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/10 File systems; File servers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/289 Object oriented databases
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99948 Application of database or data structure, e.g. distributed, multimedia, or image

Abstract

Object-oriented data storage. A system and method is disclosed for enhanced data storage. A system for object-oriented data storage may comprise an intelligent object editor capable of accessing data content and a destination storage device coupled to the intelligent object editor. The intelligent object editor can link associated information to data content to create a storage object. The storage object can then be stored to the destination storage device.

Claims

1. A system for object-oriented data storage, comprising:

an intelligent object editor including a graphical user interface for creating a storage object, the creation of the storage object comprising;

accessing data content via the graphical user interface;

linking at least one attribute that describes the data content to the data content via the graphical user interface; and

linking at least one function selected from a plurality of functions that can be applied to the data content to the data content via the graphical user interface, the plurality of functions including at least one digital signal processing function;

a destination storage memory device coupled to the intelligent object editor for storing the created storage object.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a source storage memory device from which the intelligent object editor accesses the data content.

3. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a secure content server that manages access to the data content wherein the intelligent object editor couples to the secure content server to access the data content.

4. The system of claim 1 further comprising:

an accessing device that requests access to the data content;

wherein the intelligent object editor receives the request from the accessing device, accesses the storage object having the data content from the destination storage memory device, and provides the accessing device with access to the storage object.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the creation of the storage object at the intelligent object editor further comprises linking an event to the data content via the graphical user interface, wherein an occurrence of the event initiates application of one of the at least one functions on the associated data content of the storage object.

6. The system of claim 1 wherein the creation of the storage object at the intelligent object editor further comprises linking a security level to limit access to the storage object.

7. The system of claim 1 wherein the creation of the storage object at the intelligent object editor further comprises linking an arithmetic operation function to the data content.

8. The system of claim 1 wherein the at least one attribute provides information about the data content so the intelligent object editor can search and identify the storage object.

9. A system for object-oriented data storage, comprising:

an intelligent object editor for accessing data content and storage objects;

a destination storage memory device coupled to the intelligent object editor; and

a user interface, presented to a user, for operating the intelligent object editor to;

(1) link at least one attribute that describes the data content to the data content to create a new storage object that is stored to the destination storage memory device, and (2) edit an existing storage object by modifying one of at least one function that is linked to the data content and is performed on the existing storage object when an event initiates the one of at least one function, the at least one function including a digital signal processing function.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the user interface operates the intelligent object editor further to:

(3) search for existing storage objects, and (4) select a destination storage memory device to store the new storage object.

11. The system of claim 9 wherein the user interface presents the user with data content and associated information for the user to select for linking to the data content of a storage object.

12. The system of claim 9 wherein the user interface comprises lists from which the data content and associated information are selected.

13. The system of claim 9 wherein the intelligent object editor enables previously created storage objects to be modified by the user.

14. The system of claim 9 wherein the intelligent object editor is a component of the destination storage memory device.

15. The system of claim 9, further comprising:

a backup destination storage memory device for storing a backup copy of the storage object.

16. A method for object-oriented data storage, comprising:

accessing data content from a source storage memory device;

selecting, from plural different functions, at least one function to be performed on the data content when a user selects an event associated with the data content via an intelligent object editor system, the plural different functions including a digital signal processing function;

selecting, from plural different attributes, at least one attribute that identifies the data content via the intelligent object editor system;

linking associated information, including the at least one function and the one attribute, to the data content to create a storage object; and

storing the storage object to a destination storage memory device.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

storing the plural different functions on multiple storage devices;

presenting, on a screen, a list of the plural different functions.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the intelligent object editor system includes a user interface further comprising:

inputting, through the user interface, filter criteria for searching storage objects;

searching for storage objects matching the filter criteria via the intelligent object editor system;

displaying, on the user interface, discovered storage objects.

19. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

interfacing with an accessing device seeking access to the data content.

20. The method of claim 19, further comprising:

providing the accessing device with access to the storage object having the data content.

21. The method of claim 19, further comprising:

controlling the access given to the accessing device.

22. The method of claim 19, further comprising:

initiating an action on the data content based on the associated information.

23. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

searching a plurality of storage objects using the associated information.

24. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

sorting a plurality of storage objects using the associated information.

25. A method comprising:

selecting data content from a source storage memory device;

linking, from input through a graphical user interface of an intelligent object editor system, at least one of function to be performed on the data content, the at least one function being selected from a plurality of functions including at least one digital signal processing function;

linking associated information, including the at least one function, to the data content to create a storage object via the graphical user interface;

storing the storage object to a destination storage memory device; and

performing the at least one function on the data content when a user initiates an event that accesses the data content.

26. The method of claim 25 further comprising

linking, from input through the graphical user interface of the intelligent object editor system, an attribute that identifies the data content in order to identify types of data content in storage objects stored in the destination storage memory device.

27. The method of claim 25 wherein linking associated information to the data content to create a storage object via the intelligent object editor system, comprises:

linking a security level to limit access to the storage object.

28. The method of claim 25 wherein linking associated information to the data content to create a storage object via the intelligent object editor system comprises:

linking an attribute to the data content.

29. The method of claim 25, wherein linking associated information to the data content to create a storage object via the intelligent object editor system comprises:

linking a function to the data content.

30. A system for object-oriented data storage, comprising:

means for displaying plural functions on a screen of an intelligent object editor system, the functions being performable on data content when a user selects an event associated with the data content, the plural functions including a digital signal processing function;

means for displaying on the screen plural attributes that identify the data content;

means for linking at least one displayed function and at least one displayed attribute to the data content to create a storage object at the intelligent object editor system; and

means for storing the storage object to a destination storage memory device.

31. The system of claim 30 further comprising:

means for a user to select associated information to link to the data content to create a storage object via the intelligent editor system.

32. The system of claim 30 further comprising:

means for controlling access to the storage object stored at the destination storage memory device.

33. The system of claim 30 further comprising:

means for accessing the storage object stored at the destination storage memory device using the associated information.