System and method for storing and accessing data

• US 8,099,520 B2
• Filed: 01/08/2007
• Issued: 01/17/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/23/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: IDrive Inc.
• Original Assignee: IDrive Inc.
• Inventors: Kulkarni, Raghavendra
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Phuoc
• Assistant Examiner(s): John, Clarence
• Application Number:
  US11/620,936
• Publication Number:
  US 20070299932A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,835 Days
• Field of Search: 709/208, 709/228, 709/247, 709/220
• US Class Current: 709/247
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0241 Advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0251 Targeted advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0277 Online advertisement

Abstract

This disclosure generally may disclose a web-based online network drive that may be utilized by many users. Furthermore, this disclosure may provide for an efficient, web-based file system, which may be available as a network drive on a local computer.

Claims

1. A method of manipulating data, comprising:

creating a shell interface configured to transmit information between a client computing device and a web-based data store, wherein the web-based data store comprises at least one database of commonly stored user data, each database containing different categories of file types;

connecting the web-based data store to the shell interface;

receiving a data file from the web-based data store at the shell interface, the data file comprising blocks of data;

detecting one or more manipulated blocks of data in the data file, wherein at least one or more different blocks of data in the data file are not manipulated;

compressing the manipulated blocks of data, wherein the manipulated blocks of data are compressed at least in part block by block;

transmitting only the compressed manipulated blocks of data to the web-based data store, at least in part via the Internet; and

implementing the manipulated blocks of data only to corresponding blocks of data at the web-based data store.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising displaying the data file.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the compressing further comprises on-the-wire compression.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising editing the data file at the web-based data store.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising caching the data file on the client computing device.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the shell interface is configured to appear similar to a drive/folder/file interface, such that the web-based data store appears as a local drive/folder/file.

7. The method according to claim 1, further comprising receiving content from a content provider, wherein the content comprises advertising-type information displayed by the shell interface.

8. The method according to claim 1, further comprising encrypting the manipulated blocks of data.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the blocks of data that are not manipulated are not transmitted to the web-based data store.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein the manipulated blocks of data include user-edits to the data file.

11. The method according to claim 1, further comprising displaying advertising content in the shell interface.

12. A hardware implemented computer readable storage medium having instructions embodied on it that, if executed by a computing platform, result in data manipulation by:

creating a shell interface configured to transmit information between a client computing device and a web-based data store, wherein the web-based data store comprises at least one database of commonly stored user data, each database containing different categories of file types;

connecting the web-based data store to the shell interface;

receiving a data file from the web-based data store at the shell interface, the data file comprising blocks of data;

detecting one or more manipulated blocks of data in the data file, wherein at least one or more different blocks of data in the data file are not manipulated;

compressing the manipulated blocks of data, wherein the manipulated blocks of data are compressed at least in part block by block;

transmitting only the compressed manipulated blocks of data to the web-based data store, at least in part via the Internet; and

implementing the to manipulating blocks of data only corresponding blocks of data at the web-based data store.

13. The hardware implemented computer readable storage medium according to claim 12, wherein the compressing further comprises on-the-wire compression.

14. The hardware implemented computer readable storage medium according to claim 12, further comprising editing the data file at the web-based data store.

15. The hardware implemented computer readable storage medium according to claim 12, further comprising caching the data file on the client computing device.

16. The hardware implemented computer readable storage medium according to claim 12, wherein the shell interface is configured similar to a drive/folder/file interface, such that the web-based data store appears as a local drive/folder/file.

17. The hardware implemented computer readable storage medium according to claim 12, wherein the blocks of data not manipulated are not transmitted to the web-based data store.

18. The hardware implemented computer readable storage medium according to claim 12, wherein the manipulated blocks of data include user-edits to the data file.

19. The hardware implemented computer readable storage medium according to claim 12, further comprising:

receiving content from a content provider;

caching the content at the client computing device; and

displaying the content in the shell interface.

20. The hardware implemented computer readable storage medium according to claim 19, wherein the content includes links to Internet websites.