Movable storage

• US 9,129,217 B2
• Filed: 02/19/2014
• Issued: 09/08/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/21/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications LLC (Comcast Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications LLC (Comcast Corporation)
• Inventors: Bevan, Frances, Markowitz, David, Rekstad, Michael, Sim, Jae, Stone, Christopher
• Primary Examiner(s): Woo, Isaac M
• Application Number:
  US14/184,133
• Publication Number:
  US 20140297582A1
• Time in Patent Office: 566 Days
• Field of Search: 707600-899
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/00 Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/17 Details of further file system functions
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 5/04 Inference or reasoning models
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 7/01 Probabilistic graphical models, e.g. probabilistic networks

Abstract

A mobile storage system is disclosed that in one aspect identifies a geographical location change of a user, such as movement from a first geographical location to a second geographical location. In response, the mobile storage system may move the user'"'"'s information to a storage device associated with the second geographical location so that the user'"'"'s information may be accessed by the user more efficiently.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

in response to determining an anticipated location change of a user from a first geographical location to a second geographical location, moving, by a computing device using a location schedule associated with the user, information associated with the user from a first storage device associated with the first geographical location to a second storage device associated with the second geographical location before the user moves to the second geographical location.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the moving the information of associated with the user from the first storage device to the second storage device comprises:

in response to determining that the second storage device is unavailable, moving the information associated with the user from the first storage device to a temporary storage device; and

after moving the information associated with the user to the temporary storage device and in response to determining that the second storage device has become available, moving the information associated with the user from the temporary storage device to the second storage device.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the temporary storage device comprises a mobile device associated with the user.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a time frame during which the user changes from the first geographical location to the second geographical location,

wherein the moving the information associated with the user from the first storage device to the second storage device comprises initiating the moving the information associated with the user during the determined time frame.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the determined time frame is associated with a time frame during which the user travels from the first geographical location to the second geographical location.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

in response to a determination that a likelihood that the user will access the information associated with the user during a time frame is less than a predetermined threshold, initiating, during the time frame, moving the information associated with the user from the first storage device to the second storage device.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

predicting a time frame during which the user is not located in the first geographical location or the second geographical location,

wherein the moving the information associated with the user from the first storage device to the second storage device comprises initiating the moving the information associated with the user during the predicted time frame.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein a plurality of storage devices, comprising the second storage device, are associated with the second geographical location, and wherein the method further comprises:

receiving, from the user, a selection of the second storage device from the plurality of storage devices; and

after receiving the selection, moving the information associated with the user from the first storage device to the second storage device.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

providing, to the user, at least one of proximity information, cost information, availability information, and speed information associated with each of the plurality of storage devices,

wherein the receiving the selection of the second storage device is performed in response to the providing.

10. An apparatus, comprising:

a processor; and

memory storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to;

in response determining an anticipated location change of a user from a first geographical location to a second geographical location, move, using a location schedule associated with the user, information associated with the user from a first storage device associated with the first geographical location to a second storage device associated with the second geographical location before the user moves to the second geographical location.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the moving the information associated with the user from the first storage device to the second storage device comprises:

in response to determining that the second storage device is unavailable, moving the information associated with the user from the first storage device to a temporary storage device; and

after moving the information associated with the user to the temporary storage device and in response to determining that the second storage device has become available, moving the information associated with the user from the temporary storage device to the second storage device.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the temporary storage device comprises a mobile phone associated with the user.

13. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the computer-executable instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the apparatus to:

in response to a determination that a likelihood that the user will access the information associated with the user during a time frame is less than a predetermined threshold, initiate, during the time frame, moving the information associated with the user from the first storage device to the second storage device.

14. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the computer-executable instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the apparatus to:

predict a time frame during which the user is not located in the first geographical location or the second geographical location,

wherein the moving the information associated with the user from the first storage device to the second storage device comprises initiating the moving the information associated with the user during the predicted time frame.

15. A method comprising:

predicting, by a computing device, that a user will move from a first geographical location to a second geographical location based on a location schedule for the user; and

in response to predicting that the user will move from the first geographical location to the second geographical location and before the user moves from the first geographical location to the second geographical location, moving information associated with the user from a first storage device associated with the first geographical location to a second storage device associated with the second geographical location.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the moving the information of associated with the user from the first storage device to the second storage device comprises:

in response to determining that the second storage device is unavailable, moving the information associated with the user from the first storage device to a temporary storage device; and

after moving the information associated with the user to the temporary storage device and in response to determining that the second storage device has become available, moving the information associated with the user from the temporary storage device to the second storage device.

17. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

determining a time frame during which the user moves from the first geographical location to the second geographical location,

wherein the moving the information associated with the user from the first storage device to the second storage device comprises initiating the moving the information associated with the user during the determined time frame.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the determined time frame is associated with a time frame during which the user previously moved from the first geographical location to the second geographical location.

19. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

in response to a determination that a likelihood that the user will access the information associated with the user during a time frame is less than a predetermined threshold, initiating, during the time frame, moving the information associated with the user from the first storage device to the second storage device.

20. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

predicting a time frame during which the user is not located in the first geographical location or the second geographical location,

wherein the moving the information of the user from the first storage device to the second storage device comprises initiating the moving the information associated with the user during the predicted time frame.