Transparent adaptive file transform

• US 9,110,963 B2
• Filed: 04/10/2013
• Issued: 08/18/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/10/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dell Products LP (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Dell Inc. (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Inventors: Burchett, Christopher, Robbins, Warren, Burke, James Michael, Testerman, James Darrell, Consolver, David Albert
• Primary Examiner(s): Coby, Frantz
• Application Number:
  US13/860,294
• Publication Number:
  US 20130268545A1
• Time in Patent Office: 860 Days
• Field of Search: 707/602, 707/756, 707/754, 707/812, 707/706, 707/709, 711/104, 711/112, 711/206, 711/118, 711/114, 370/389
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/254 Extract, transform and load [ETL] procedures, e.g. ETL data flows in data warehouses
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/258 Data format conversion from or to a database
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/84 Mapping; Conversion
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/986 Document structures and storage, e.g. HTML extensions

Abstract

Embodiments of methods, systems, and services for transparent adaptive file transform are described. In one embodiment a method for transparent adaptive file transform is performed by a data processing device. The method may include automatically detecting a data transfer addressed to an external data storage. The method may also include redirecting data associated with the data transfer to a data transformer. Additionally, the method may include applying one or more data transforms to the data associated with the data transfer to generate a transformed data set. In an embodiment, the method may also include transferring the transformed data set to the external data storage. In one embodiment, the external data storage is a cloud storage facility.

Claims

1. In a computer system having a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution, cause the computer system to perform transparent adaptive file transform operations, a method comprising:

automatically detecting data transfers originated by an application hosted by the computer system;

blocking at least of the data transfers until receiving confirmation that the application has been added to a client list;

determining whether the blocked data transfer is addressed to an internal data storage or to an external data storage;

in response to a first portion of data associated with the blocked data transfer being addressed to an internal storage, transferring the first portion of data to the internal data storage without applying one or more data transforms to the first portion of data; and

in response to a second portion of data associated with the blocked data transfer being addressed to the external storage, applying the one or more data transforms to the second portion of data to generate a transformed data set and transferring the transformed data set to the external data storage, wherein the one or more data transforms are selected from a predefined list of data transforms.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the external data storage is a cloud storage.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein automatically detecting further comprises filtering data configured for transmission by a network interface according to a predefined filtering criteria, the filtering criteria being used to automatically distinguish the first portion of data from the second portion of data.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the predefined filtering criteria includes that the data transfer be addressed to a network address in a set of network addresses associated with the external data storage.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the predefined filtering criteria further includes that the data transfer be configured to be conducted on a network interface port in a predefined set of network interface ports configured to communicate with the external data storage.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein automatically detecting the data transfers further comprises identifying the application among a plurality of other applications.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the predefined list of data transforms is customizable for the application.

8. A memory device having program instructions store thereon that, upon execution by a data processing device, causes the data processing device to:

automatically detect data transfers originated by an application hosted by the data processing device;

determine whether a data transfer is addressed to an internal data storage or to an external data storage;

in response to a first portion of data associated with the data transfer being addressed to an internal storage, transfer the first portion of data to the internal data storage without applying one or more data transforms to the first portion of data; and

in response to a second portion of data associated with the data transfer being addressed to the external storage, apply the one or more data transforms to the second portion of data to generate a transformed data set and transfer the transformed data set to the external data storage, wherein the one or more data transforms are selected from a predefined list of data transforms, and wherein the program instructions, upon execution by the data processing device, further cause the data processing device to, prior to applying the one or more data transforms to the second portion of data, blocking the data transfer until receiving confirmation that the application has been added to a client list.

9. The memory device of claim 8, wherein the external data storage is a cloud storage.

10. The memory device of claim 8, wherein to automatically detect the data transfers, the program instructions, upon execution by the processor further cause the data processing device to filter data configured for transmission by a network interface according to a predefined filtering criteria, the filtering criteria being used to automatically distinguish the first portion of data from the second portion of data.

11. The memory device of claim 10, wherein the predefined filtering criteria includes that the data transfer be addressed to a network address in a set of network addresses associated with the external data storage.

12. The memory device of claim 10, wherein the predefined filtering criteria further includes that the data transfer be configured to be conducted on a network interface port in a predefined set of network interface ports configured to communicate with the external data storage.

13. The memory device of claim 8, wherein to automatically detect the data transfers, the program instructions, upon execution by the data processing device, further cause the data processing device to identify the application among a plurality of other applications.

14. The memory device of claim 8, wherein the predefined list of data transforms is customizable for the application.

15. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by the processor, cause the system to;

automatically detect data transfers originated by an application hosted by the computer system;

determine whether a data transfer is addressed to an internal data storage or to an external data storage;

in response to a first portion of data associated with the data transfer being addressed to an internal storage, transfer the first portion of data to the internal data storage without applying one or more data transforms to the first portion of data; and

in response to a second portion of data associated with the data transfer being addressed to the external storage, apply one or more data transforms to the second portion of to generate a transformed data set, block the data transfer until receiving confirmation that the application has been added to a client list, and, in response to the confirmation, transfer the transformed data set to the external data storage.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the program instructions, upon execution by the processor, further cause the system to store a list of one or more applications denoted for originating a data transfer to the external data storage.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the program instructions, upon execution by the processor, further causes the system to designate one or more data transforms to be performed on the second portion of data.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein the program instructions, upon execution by the processor, further causes the system to control transfers of data to remote devices.