Storage management system

• US 9,619,159 B2
• Filed: 02/13/2015
• Issued: 04/11/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/04/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Grandios Technologies, LLC
• Original Assignee: Grandios Technologies, LLC
• Inventors: Cronin, John
• Primary Examiner(s): DOAN, DUC T
• Application Number:
  US14/622,797
• Publication Number:
  US 20150355855A1
• Time in Patent Office: 788 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0605 by facilitating the interaction with a user or administrator
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0619 in relation to data integrity, e.g. data losses, bit errors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0647 Migration mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/065 Replication mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0653 Monitoring storage devices or systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/067 Distributed or networked storage systems, e.g. storage area networks [SAN], network attached storage [NAS]

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for managing memory associated with a mobile electronic device by using a combination of one or more selections input by a user. The user may enter these selections through an interface displayed on a mobile electronic device. The user interface may be integrated into at least a portion of the operating system software of the mobile electronic device, or the user interface may be included in an application installed on the mobile electronic device. The application, in certain instances, presents a virtual user interface provided by an external electronic device. Memory may be managed on a mobile electronic device according to various settings. Data managed on a user'"'"'s electronic device may be moved or copied to one or more other electronic devices according to the user settings.

Claims

1. A method for managing memory on a mobile device, the method comprising:

receiving over a communication network at the mobile device an image of a user interface, wherein the user interface corresponds to at an external computing device, the image of the user interface includes one or more settings previously set over the user interface that corresponds to the external computing device, wherein the mobile device and the external computing device both include storage management system software for sharing information regarding user file data stored at the mobile device and stored at the external computing devices according to the one or more settings, and wherein the one or more settings correspond to one or more user parameters for moving the user file data between at least the mobile device and a destination device according to the one or more parameters;

storing information in a memory at the mobile device regarding a plurality of files stored at the mobile device, wherein the stored information for the plurality of files corresponds to the one or more parameters relating to the movement of data to the destination device;

executing a storage management application stored in the memory, wherein execution of the storage management application by a processor;

monitors a current storage state of the mobile device,

identifies that the current storage state of the mobile device has fallen below a threshold, and

retains or removes an identified first file of the plurality of files based on the parameters associated with the identified first file;

sending a communication to the external computing device, wherein the communication coordinates the transmission of the identified first file to the destination device according to the one or more settings; and

transmitting the identified first file over the communication network to the identified destination device according to the one or more settings

receiving a prompt from the external computing device to transmit a second file to a second destination device according to the one or more settings; and

transmitting the second file to the second destination device over a communication interface after receiving the prompt from the external computing device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the destination device is associated with a same user as the mobile device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the destination device is at least one of a smart device and a computing device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein a user of the mobile device is associated with a plurality of destination devices including the destination device, and the method further comprising generating a display that lists files on the mobile device and files on each of the destination devices including the destination device.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the display comprises a plurality of fields, and one or more of the fields of the plurality of fields is edited by the user.

6. The method of claim 4, further comprising receiving information sent over the communication network from each of the destination devices including the destination device regarding a respective set of files stored thereon.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the parameters include at least one of frequency of use, file size, permissions for moving, permissions for copying, thumbnails, file type, and file extension.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more parameters identify the destination device.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising updating the stored information regarding the identified first file, wherein the update indicates that the identified first file is currently located at the destination device.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the communication interface is a first communication interface at the mobile device and the communication network corresponds to a second communication interface at the mobile device.

11. An apparatus for managing memory on a mobile electronic device, the apparatus comprising:

a communication interface that receives an image of a user interface, wherein the user interface corresponds to an external computing device, the image of the user interface includes one or more settings previously set over the user interface that corresponds to the external computing device, wherein the mobile device and the external computing device both include storage management system software for sharing information regarding user file data stored at the mobile device and stored at the external computing devices according to the one or more settings, and wherein the one or more settings correspond to one or more user parameters for moving the user file data between at least the mobile device and a destination device according to the one or more parameters;

a memory at the mobile device that stores information regarding a plurality of files at the mobile device, wherein the stored information for the plurality of files corresponds to the one or more parameters relating to the movement of data to the destination device;

a processor that executes a storage management application stored in the memory, wherein execution of the storage management application by the processor;

monitors a current storage state of the mobile device,

identifies that the current storage state of the mobile device has fallen below a threshold,

retains or removes an identified first file of the plurality of files based on the parameters associated with the identified first file, wherein a communication is sent to the external computing device that coordinates the transmission of the identified first file to the destination device according to the one or more settings, and the transmits the identified first file is transmitted to the identified destination device over the communication interface, wherein;

a prompt is received over the communication interface from the external computing device to transmit a second file to a second destination device according to the one or more settings; and

the second file is transmitted to the second destination device over the communication interface or over a second communication interface after receiving the prompt from the external computing device.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the destination device is associated with a same user as the mobile device.

13. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the destination device is at least one of a smart device and a computing device.

14. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein a user of the mobile device is associated with a plurality of destination devices including the destination device, and wherein the processor executes the storage management application to generate a display that lists files on the mobile device and files on each of the destination devices including the destination device.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the display comprises a plurality of fields, and one or more of the fields of the plurality of fields is edited by the user.

16. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the communication interface further receives information sent over the communication network from each of the destination devices including the destination device regarding a respective set of files stored thereon.

17. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the parameters include at least one of frequency of use, file size, permissions for moving, permissions for copying, thumbnails, file type, and file extension.

18. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the one or more parameters identify the destination device.

19. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the stored information regarding the identified first file is updated, and the updated information indicates that the identified first file is currently located at the destination device.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, having embodied thereon a program executable by a processor to perform a method for managing memory on a mobile device, the method comprising:

receiving over a communication network at the mobile device an image of a user interface, wherein the user interface corresponds to an external computing device, the image of the user interface includes one or more settings previously set over the user interface that corresponds to the external computing device, wherein the mobile device and the external computing device both include storage management system software for sharing information regarding user file data stored at the mobile device and stored at the external computing devices according to the one or more settings, and wherein the one or more settings correspond to one or more user parameters for moving the user file data between at least the mobile device and a destination device according to the one or more parameters;

storing information in a memory at the mobile device regarding a plurality of files at the mobile device, wherein the stored information for the plurality of files corresponds to the one or more parameters relating to the movement of data to the destination device;

executing a storage management application stored in the memory, wherein execution of the storage management application by a processor;

monitors a current storage state of the mobile device,

identifies that the current storage state of the mobile device has fallen below a threshold, and

retains or removes an identified first file of the plurality of files based on the parameters associated with the identified first file;

sending a communication to the external computing device, wherein the communication coordinates the transmission of the identified first file to the destination device according to the one or more settings;

transmitting the identified first file over the communication network to the identified destination device according to the one or more settings;

receiving a prompt from the external computing device to transmit a second file to a second destination device according to the one or more settings; and

transmitting the second file to the second destination device over a communication interface after receiving the prompt from the external computing device.