Communicating data among personal clouds
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1. A method comprising:
- providing authentication information, by a gateway device, to an interconnect system that coordinates communication of data among a plurality of personal clouds, wherein a personal cloud includes a plurality of electronic devices that are associated with a user, wherein the plurality of electronic devices in the personal cloud communicate with each other via a peer-to-peer networking protocol, wherein the gateway device is part of a first personal cloud, and wherein the interconnect system includes an authentication server configured to authenticate the plurality of personal clouds;
authenticating the plurality of personal clouds by the authentication server, the authentication server authenticating the first personal cloud based on the authentication information provided by the gateway device of the first personal cloud; and
in response to authenticating the plurality of personal clouds, communicating data between the first personal cloud and at least a second personal cloud based on information in the interconnect system, wherein the communication is performed according to at least one rule provided at the gateway device, wherein the at least one rule includes at least one criterion relating to data to be shared among the plurality of personal clouds, and wherein communicating the data comprises pulling the data from at least the second personal cloud according to the at least one rule.
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Abstract
A gateway device performs authentication with an interconnect system that coordinates communication of data among a plurality of personal clouds. The gateway device is part of a first personal cloud that includes electronic devices. Data is communicated between the first personal cloud and at least a second personal cloud based on information in the interconnect system, wherein the communication is performed according to at least one rule provided at the gateway device, wherein the at least one rule includes at least one criterion relating to data to be shared among the plurality of personal clouds.
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1. A method comprising:
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providing authentication information, by a gateway device, to an interconnect system that coordinates communication of data among a plurality of personal clouds, wherein a personal cloud includes a plurality of electronic devices that are associated with a user, wherein the plurality of electronic devices in the personal cloud communicate with each other via a peer-to-peer networking protocol, wherein the gateway device is part of a first personal cloud, and wherein the interconnect system includes an authentication server configured to authenticate the plurality of personal clouds; authenticating the plurality of personal clouds by the authentication server, the authentication server authenticating the first personal cloud based on the authentication information provided by the gateway device of the first personal cloud; and in response to authenticating the plurality of personal clouds, communicating data between the first personal cloud and at least a second personal cloud based on information in the interconnect system, wherein the communication is performed according to at least one rule provided at the gateway device, wherein the at least one rule includes at least one criterion relating to data to be shared among the plurality of personal clouds, and wherein communicating the data comprises pulling the data from at least the second personal cloud according to the at least one rule. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer-readable storage device having computer-readable code executable by at least one processor of a gateway device to at least:
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provide authentication information to an interconnect system that coordinates communication of data among a plurality of personal clouds, wherein a personal cloud includes a plurality of electronic devices that are associated with a user, wherein the plurality of electronic devices in the personal cloud communicate with each other via a peer-to-peer networking protocol, wherein the gateway device is part of a first personal cloud, and wherein the interconnect system includes an authentication server configured to authenticate the plurality of personal clouds; receiving an indication of authentication of the plurality of personal clouds by the authentication server, the authentication server authenticating the first personal cloud based on the authentication information provided by the gateway device of the first personal cloud; and in response to receiving the indication of authentication of the plurality of personal clouds, communicate data between the first personal cloud and at least a second personal cloud based on information in the interconnect system, wherein the communication is performed according to at least one rule provided at the gateway device, wherein the at least one rule includes at least one criterion relating to data to be shared among the plurality of personal clouds, and wherein communicating the data comprises pulling the data from at least the second personal cloud according to the at least one rule.
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15. A system comprising:
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an authentication server configured to authenticate personal clouds that are configured to share data, wherein a personal cloud includes a plurality of electronic devices that are associated with a user, wherein the plurality of electronic devices in the personal cloud communicate with each other via a peer-to-peer networking protocol, wherein the authentication server authenticates a first personal cloud based on authentication information provided by a gateway device of the first personal cloud; and at least one processor configured to route data among the personal clouds according to rules provided at gateway devices in the personal clouds in response to the authentication server authenticating the personal clouds, wherein routing the data comprises pulling the data from at least one authenticated personal cloud according to the rules. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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