Utilizing content via personal clouds

• US 9,723,052 B2
• Filed: 01/28/2011
• Issued: 08/01/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Del Medico, Yves, Puranik, Rajiv, Penkler, David, Faihe, Yassine, Kowalski, Francois-Xavier, Thonet, Agnieszka
• Primary Examiner(s): Khan, Aftab N.
• Application Number:
  US13/981,263
• Publication Number:
  US 20130297739A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,377 Days
• Field of Search: 709217-219
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/101 Collaborative creation, e.g. joint development of products or services
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/00 Information and communication technology [ICT] specially adapted for implementation of business processes of specific business sectors, e.g. utilities or tourism healthcare informatics G16H
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]

Abstract

Example embodiments disclosed herein relate to processing content using a personal cloud. One of a plurality of content items respectively associated with a plurality of devices of a personal cloud is determined. A processing to be performed on the one content item is determined. The processed version of the one content item is determined.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, if executed by a processor of a user device, cause the processor to:

determine, by the processor of the user device, one content item of a plurality of content items respectively associated with a plurality of devices of a cloud, the one content item being stored on a storage computing device of the plurality of devices;

determine a processing to be performed on the one content item;

determine a processing computing device of the plurality of devices to retrieve a processed version of the one content item from based on a devices profile including respective capabilities of the devices;

request the processed version of the one content item from the processing computing device, the request including;

causing the processing computing device to determine a location of the one content item among the plurality of devices as the storage computing device;

causing the processing computing device to retrieve the one content item from the storage computing device; and

causing the processing computing device to perform the processing on the one content item;

receive, by the user device, the processed version of the one content item from the processing computing device;

manage metadata describing the content items and the availability of the content items on the devices;

determine respective scores for retrieving the processed version of the one content item based, at least in part, on the metadata and the capabilities for the respective devices, wherein the determination of the processing computing device is based on the respective scores; and

transmit a request to the processing computing device to for the processed version.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, further comprising instructions that, if executed by the processor, cause the processor to:

update a local index store of metadata describing the content items and the availability of the content items on the devices, wherein the processing computing device is determined because the processing computing device includes a capability to produce the processed version, includes the one content item, or a combination thereof.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the respective capabilities include processing capabilities, software capabilities, power capabilities, or a combination thereof.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the processed version is based on profile information of the device.

5. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 4, wherein the profile includes a size of a screen of the device, an ability of the device to present the content, or a combination thereof.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 4, further comprising instructions that, if executed by the processor, cause the processor to:

transmit a request for the one content item to the processing computing device, wherein the request includes the profile information.

7. A processing computing device comprising:

a processing module;

an interface to receive a request for a processed content item, from a user device of a plurality of devices of a cloud that the computing device belongs to, the request specifying one content item of a plurality of content items respectively associated with the plurality of devices, the request being based on a score based, at least in part, on metadata and capabilities for the processing computing device; and

a metadata manager module to, in response to the request, determine the location of the content item at a storage computing device of the plurality of devices based on a local index of metadata describing the content items and availability of the content items on the plurality of devices,

wherein the processing module is caused to retrieve the one content item from the storage computing device and to process the one content item based on profile information of the user device to generate the processed content item, and

wherein the interface is caused to transmit the processed content item to the user device.

8. The computing device of claim 7, further comprising:

a metadata manager module to determine another one of the devices that includes the one content item based on the metadata, wherein the interface is caused to request the one content item from the other one device, and wherein the interface receives the one content item.

9. The computing device of claim 7, wherein the profile information includes an ability of the one device to present content, wherein the processed version of the one content item is formatted based on the ability.

10. The computing device of claim 7, further comprising:

a devices manager module to determine a form factor for another one of the devices, wherein the processing module is caused to process the one content item based on the form factor to generate another processed version of the one content item; and

a content cache to store the other processed version of the one content item.

11. A method comprising:

updating, at a user device, a local index of metadata describing a plurality of content items respectively associated with a plurality of devices of a cloud;

determining one of the content items;

determining a type of processing to be performed;

determining a storage computing device of the plurality of devices of the cloud, based on the metadata, that includes the one content item;

determining a processing computing device of the plurality of devices of the cloud based on a profile of the user device that indicates that the processing computing device includes the processing type, the determining of the processing computing device being based on a score for retrieving the processed version of the one content item based, at least in part, on the metadata and the capabilities for the processing device;

sending a request to the processing computing device for a processed version of the one content item, the request causing the processing computing device to;

determine a location of the one content item among the plurality of devices as the storage computing device;

retrieve the one content item from the storage computing device;

perform the processing on the one content item; and

receiving a processed version of the one content item from the processing computing device.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

determining a usage pattern of a user of the user device;

determining a set of the content items based on the usage pattern;

retrieving the set from at least one of the devices to store in a cache;

receiving a request for the one content item; and

determining that the one content item is not within the cached set, wherein the requesting of the one content item based on the determination that the content item is not within the cached set.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

determining a usage pattern of a use of the device, wherein the one content item is determined based on the usage pattern.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

prefetching the processed version of the one content item;

caching the processed version of the one content item;

receiving a request for the one content item from a program of the user device; and

providing the one content item from the cache.