Aggregate service with enhanced cloud device management

• US 9,652,465 B2
• Filed: 10/30/2014
• Issued: 05/16/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lenovo PC International Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Lenovo Singapore Pte Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Rodriguez, Jose Roberto, Jacyno, Matthew, Davis, Greyson Craig, Childs, Philip L., Marshall, Eric Todd, Thompson, Tony Eugene, Gazzia, Carmelo Antonio, Robbins, Timothy Mark, Sun, Mei-Wen
• Primary Examiner(s): LEE, JASON T
• Application Number:
  US14/528,264
• Publication Number:
  US 20160127339A1
• Time in Patent Office: 929 Days
• Field of Search: 726 7, 726 5
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/148 File search processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/176 Support for shared access to files; File sharing support
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/083 using passwords cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using a predetermined code H04L9/3226
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0884 by delegation of authentication, e.g. a proxy authenticates an entity to be authenticated on behalf of this entity vis-à-vis an authentication entity
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/102 Entity profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1097 for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS]

Abstract

One embodiment provides a method, comprising: receiving, from a client device, a request by a user to access an aggregate service device; authenticating, at an aggregate service device, the user to provide access to a plurality of cloud storage accounts of the user hosted by a single cloud storage service; providing, by the aggregate service device, data analogous to data of the plurality of cloud storage accounts; receiving, by the aggregate service device, a selection of data accessible by the user from the plurality of cloud storage accounts of the user; and facilitating data transfer associated with the selection.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, from a client device, a request by a user to access an aggregate service device, wherein the aggregate service device connects to a plurality of storage devices of the user;

providing access to the aggregate service device by authenticating, at the aggregate service device, the user, wherein the aggregate service device provides access to a plurality of cloud storage accounts of the user hosted by a single cloud storage service by maintaining authentication credentials of the plurality of cloud storage accounts;

the maintaining authentication credentials comprising receiving a refresh token derived from the user entering credentials associated with at least one cloud storage account directly to the at least one cloud storage service and wherein the refresh token is limited to a predetermined duration;

providing, at the aggregate service device, data analogous to data of the plurality of cloud storage accounts;

receiving, by the aggregate service device, a selection of data accessible by the user from the plurality of cloud storage accounts of the user; and

facilitating data transfer associated with the selection of data.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the providing comprises sending, to the client device, a characteristic relating to at least one cloud storage account.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein:

facilitating data transfer associated with the selection comprises transferring data from a first cloud storage account to a second cloud storage account.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein:

facilitating data transfer associated with the selection comprises transferring data between the client device and at least one cloud storage account.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein:

facilitating data transfer associated with the selection comprises transferring data between at least one cloud storage account and another device.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising searching index data stored on the aggregate service device based on search criteria received from the user.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising using the refresh token for subsequent authentications to the at least one cloud storage account.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the data analogous to data of the plurality of cloud storage accounts is selected from a group consisting of:

title, abstract, author, keywords, file size, data type, data location, creation date, hierarchy data, and file data.

9. An aggregate service device, comprising:

a hardware processor;

a memory device that stores instructions executable by the hardware processor to;

receive, from a client device, a request by a user to access an aggregate service device, wherein the aggregate service device connects to a plurality of storage devices of the user;

provide access to the aggregate service device by authenticating, at the aggregate service device, the user, wherein the aggregate service device provides access to a plurality of cloud storage accounts of the user hosted by a single cloud storage service by maintaining authentication credentials of the plurality of cloud storage accounts;

the maintaining authentication credentials comprising receiving a refresh token derived from the user entering credentials associated with at least one cloud storage account directly to the at least one cloud storage service and wherein the refresh token is limited to a predetermined duration;

provide data analogous to data of the data of the plurality of cloud storage accounts;

receive a selection of data accessible by the user from the plurality of cloud storage accounts of the user; and

facilitate data transfer associated with the selection of data.

10. The aggregate service device of claim 9, wherein to provide data analogous to data of the data of the plurality of cloud storage accounts comprises sending, to the client device, a characteristic relating to at least one cloud storage account.

11. The aggregate service device of claim 9, wherein to facilitate data transfer associated with the selection of data comprises transferring data from a first cloud storage account to a second cloud storage account.

12. The aggregate service device of claim 9, wherein to facilitate data transfer associated with the selection of data comprises transferring data between the client device and at least one cloud storage account.

13. The aggregate service device of claim 9, wherein to facilitate data transfer associated with the selection of data comprises transferring data between at least one cloud storage account and another device.

14. The aggregate service device of claim 9, wherein the instructions are further executable by the hardware processor to:

search index data stored on the aggregate service device based on search criteria received from the user.

15. The aggregate service device of claim 9, wherein the instructions are further executable by the hardware processor to use the refresh token for subsequent authentications to the at least one cloud storage account.

16. A product, comprising:

a storage device having code stored therewith, the code being executable by a hardware processor and comprising;

code that receives, from a client device, a request by a user to access an aggregate service device, wherein the aggregate service device connects to a plurality of storage devices of the user;

code that provides access to the aggregate service device by authenticating, at the aggregate service device, the user, wherein the aggregate service device provides access to a plurality of cloud storage accounts of the user hosted by a single cloud storage service by maintaining authentication credentials of the plurality of cloud storage accounts;

the maintaining authentication credentials comprising receiving a refresh token derived from the user entering credentials associated with at least one cloud storage account directly to the at least one cloud storage service and wherein the refresh token is limited to a predetermined duration;

code that provides data analogous to data of the data of the plurality of cloud storage accounts;

code that receives a selection of data accessible by the user from the plurality of cloud storage accounts of the user; and

code that facilitates data transfer associated with the selection of data.