Cloud off-ramp management

• US 9,667,724 B2
• Filed: 01/31/2013
• Issued: 05/30/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Ganesan, Kumaravel, Bhatia, Rajesh, Hammerstad, Diane R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Grant, II, Jerome
• Application Number:
  US14/764,905
• Publication Number:
  US 20150373118A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,580 Days
• Field of Search: 713165, 358 115, 707769, 707224
• 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 3/1203 Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. print management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1257 by using pre-stored settings, e.g. job templates, presets, print styles
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1267 Job repository, e.g. non-scheduled jobs, delay printing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1268 Job submission, e.g. submitting print job order or request not the print data itself
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/127 by using hot folders, e.g. folder for which print settings or print data management rules are set in advance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1287 via internet
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1288 in client-server-printer device configuration
• 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

According to an example, cloud off-ramp management may include generating folders on a cloud storage system and retrieving content from the folders based on folder settings. Retrieved content may be sent over the Internet to a device associated with the content.

Claims

1. A cloud off-ramp management system comprising:

a storage integrator to

generate a plurality of folders on a cloud storage system, each folder including settings associated with off-ramping content in the folder,

retrieve content from the plurality of folders according to the settings for each folder, and

determine a device ID associated with the content, wherein the device ID identifies a network device to print or display the content;

an on-ramp module to receive the retrieved content and the device ID from the storage integrator, and invoke a rendering module to render the content to a format utilized by the device; and

an off-ramp module to send the rendered content to the device over the Internet.

2. The cloud off-ramp management system of claim 1, comprising:

a registration module to receive registration information for a user, wherein the registration information includes user account information for the cloud storage system, and

the storage integrator uses the user account information to access the cloud storage system to generate the plurality of folders and to retrieve the content from the plurality of folders.

3. The cloud off-ramp management system of claim 2, wherein the registration information includes an indication of the network printer to print content stored in the cloud storage system, and the printer ID is assigned to the network printer indicated in the registration information, and an Internet Protocol address or email address is determined for the network printer and stored with the printer ID, and the off-ramp module is to send the print Job to the Internet Protocol address or the email address of the network printer.

4. The cloud off-ramp management system of claim 1, comprising:

a scheduler, wherein the plurality of folders include a periodic off-ramping folder and the settings for the periodic off-ramping folder include a periodicity for off-ramping content in the folder and an ID for a device to receive the off-ramped content,

wherein the scheduler invokes the storage integrator to retrieve the content from the periodic off-ramping folder according to the periodicity, and the content is off-ramped to the device according to the periodicity.

5. The cloud off-ramp management system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of folders include an on-demand folder, wherein the storage integrator is to periodically poll the cloud storage system or receive notifications from the cloud storage system, and retrieve the content from the on-demand folder according to the polling or the notifications and send the content from the on-demand folder to the on-ramp module to off-ramp the content from the on-demand folder.

6. The cloud off-ramp management system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of folders include an off-ramped folder and another folder, and the storage integrator is to receive an indication of successful off-ramping content or failure of off-ramping content, and

if the indication is for a successful off-ramping of the content, the storage integrator is to move the content from one of the plurality of folders to the off-ramped folder, and

if the indication is for a failure, the storage integrator is to move the content from one of the plurality of folders to the another folder.

7. The cloud off-ramp management system of claim 1, comprising:

a rules database to store rules for off-ramping content for the plurality of folders and for devices to receive off-ramped content, wherein the content for a folder of the plurality of folders is rendered or off-ramped according to a stored rule for the folder or a device to receive the off-ramped content.

8. The cloud off-ramp management system of claim 7, wherein the stored rule comprises a concatenating rule, and the content from the folder is rendered and off-ramped to the device if the amount of the rendered content or a number of pages of the rendered content is an amount or number of pages specified in the concatenating rule.

9. The cloud off-ramp management system of claim 1, wherein the storage integrator is to

identify a plurality of cloud storage systems for a plurality of users,

generate the plurality of folders on the plurality of cloud storage systems, and

retrieve content from the plurality of folders on the plurality of cloud storage systems and provide the content to the on-ramp module for off-ramping the content.

10. The cloud off-ramp management system of claim 8, wherein content from the plurality of cloud storage systems is linked to a network printer or another device, and the off-ramp module is to create and send print jobs for the content to the network printer or to send rendered content from the plurality of cloud storage systems to the another device.

11. The cloud off-ramp management system of claim 1, wherein the settings include a plurality of printers or other devices associated with a folder of the plurality of folders, and the storage integrator is to send content for the folder to the on-ramp module for printing on the plurality of printers or displaying on the other devices.

12. The cloud off-ramp management system of claim 1, wherein the storage integrator is to retrieve content from an existing folder created by a user on the cloud system according to a rule or setting for the existing folder.

13. The cloud off-ramp management system of claim 1, wherein a photograph created by a device is automatically uploaded to one of the plurality of folders after being created and the storage integrator is to send the photograph to the on-ramp module for printing or displaying on another device according to the settings for the folder.

14. A method for cloud print management comprising:

generating, by a processor, a plurality of folders on a cloud storage system, each folder including settings associated with off-ramping content in the folder;

retrieving content from the plurality of folders according to the settings for each folder;

determining an ID associated with the content, wherein the ID identifies a device to receive the off-ramped content;

rendering the content to a format utilized by the device;

determining a network address or an email address for the device based on the ID; and

sending the rendered content over the Internet to the device.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

receiving registration information for a user, wherein the registration information includes user account information for the cloud storage system, and

using the user account information to access the cloud storage system for generating the plurality of folders and retrieving the content from the plurality of folders.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the registration information includes an indication of the device to receive the off-ramped content.

17. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

receiving an indication of successful off-ramping content or failure of off-ramping content, wherein the plurality of folders include an off-ramped folder and at least one other folder.

18. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

storing a plurality of rules for off-ramping content for the plurality of folders and for devices to receive off-ramped content.

19. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

identifying a plurality of cloud storage systems for a plurality of users;

generating the plurality of folders on the plurality of cloud storage systems;

retrieving content from the plurality of folders on the plurality of cloud storage systems; and

off-ramping the content.

20. A non-transitory computer readable medium including machine readable instructions that when executed by at least one processor is to:

receive account login information for a user account on a cloud storage system;

access a folder on the cloud storage system using the account login information based on stored settings for the folder;

retrieve content in the folder;

determine, from the settings, an ID associated with a device to receive the content;

render the content to a format utilized by the device identified by the ID; and

send the rendered content over the Internet to the device.