Aggregate service with user interface

• US 10,594,681 B2
• Filed: 10/30/2014
• Issued: 03/17/2020
• 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: Childs, Philip L., Marshall, Eric Todd, Oman, Christopher Donald, Davis, Greyson Craig, Thompson, Tony Eugene, Hunt, James Anthony
• Primary Examiner(s): Lagor, Alexander
• Assistant Examiner(s): Sarker, Sanchit K
• Application Number:
  US14/528,293
• Publication Number:
  US 20160127347A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,965 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/10 File systems; File servers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/168 Details of user interfaces specifically adapted to file systems, e.g. browsing and visualisation, 2d or 3d GUIs query results presentation G06F16/156
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/1824 implemented using Network-attached Storage [NAS] architecture distributed or networked storage systems G06F3/067; protocols for distributed storage of data in a network H04L67/1097
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• 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 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving authentication input, at a device, that is sent to an aggregate service device; requesting file system data, retrieved by the aggregate service device, analogous to data stored on a remote device and data stored on a cloud storage device; receiving at the device, after providing the authentication input to the aggregate service device, the file system data from the aggregate service device; and displaying, on the device, a user interface in the form of a file manager application generated from the requested file system data.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving authentication input associated with a user, at a device, that is sent to an aggregate service device, wherein the aggregate service device comprises a single application having a user interface accessible by the user, the aggregate service device connecting, using the authentication input, to a plurality of data storage devices of the user that stores data of the user, wherein the plurality of data storage devices are previously associated with the user, and wherein the plurality of data storage devices connected to by the aggregate service device are based upon the authentication input;

requesting file system data, retrieved by the aggregate service device after authentication of the user at the aggregate service device, analogous to data stored on a remote device and data stored on a cloud storage device;

receiving at the device, the file system data from the aggregate service device, wherein the receiving the file system data comprises receiving data representing and corresponding to the stored data on a remote device and the data stored on the cloud storage device while maintaining the data on the remote device and the data on the cloud storage device; and

displaying, on the device, the user interface in the form of a file manager application generated from the requested file system data, wherein the user interface displays file system data from each of the connected plurality of data storage devices of the user, wherein the user interface is customized by the user on a first device and the customized user interface is displayed on a second device in response to accessing the aggregate service device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving data, at the device, stored on one or more of the remote device and the cloud storage device, wherein the data is obtained by the aggregate service device.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the receiving data, stored on one or more of the remote device and the cloud storage device, is responsive to receiving a user input requesting the data.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising transferring data from one or more of the cloud storage device and the remote device to one or more of another cloud storage device and another remote device.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the transferring of data is responsive to receiving a user input at the user interface requesting a transfer of data.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the user interface includes data derived from at least one storage device selected from the group consisting of:

a remote device, a cloud storage device, a removable storage device, and a local device.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a token that authenticates the user to the aggregate service device.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the file system data analogous to data stored is data selected from the group consisting of:

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

9. A device, comprising:

a processor;

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

receive authentication input associated with a user that is sent to an aggregate service device, wherein the aggregate service device comprises a single application having a user interface accessible by the user, the aggregate service device connecting, using the authentication input, to a plurality of data storage devices of the user that stores data of the user, wherein the plurality of data storage devices are previously associated with the user, and wherein the plurality of data storage devices connected to by the aggregate service device are based upon the authentication input;

request file system data, retrieved by the aggregate service device after authentication of the user at the aggregate service device, analogous to data stored on a remote device and data stored on a cloud storage device;

receive the file system data from the aggregate service device, wherein the receiving the file system data comprises receiving data representing and corresponding to the stored data on a remote device and the data stored on the cloud storage device while maintaining the data on the remote device and the data on the cloud storage device; and

display a user interface in the form of a file manager application generated from the requested file system data, wherein the user interface displays file system data from each of the connected plurality of data storage devices of the user, wherein the user interface is customized by the user on a first device and the customized user interface is displayed on a second device in response to accessing the aggregate service device.

10. The device of claim 9, wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to receive data stored on one ore more of the remote device and the cloud storage device, wherein the data is obtained by the aggregate service device.

11. The device of claim 10, wherein to receive data, stored on one or more of the remote device and the cloud storage device, is responsive to receiving a user input requesting the data.

12. The device of claim 9, wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to transfer data from one or more of the cloud storage device and the remote device to one or more of another cloud storage device and another remote device.

13. The device of claim 12, wherein to transfer data is responsive to receiving a user input at the user interface requesting a transfer of data.

14. The device of claim 9, wherein the user interface includes data derived from at least one storage device selected from the group consisting of:

a remote device, a cloud storage device, a removable storage device, and a local device.

15. The device of claim 9 wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to receive a token that authenticates the user to the aggregate service device.

16. A product, comprising:

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

code that receives authentication input associated with a user, at a device, that is sent to an aggregate service device, wherein the aggregate service device comprises a single application having a user interface accessible by the user, the aggregate service device connecting, using the authentication input, to a plurality of data storage devices of the user that stores data of the user, wherein the plurality of data storage devices are previously associated with the user, and wherein the plurality of data storage devices connected to by the aggregate service device are based upon the authentication input;

code that requests file system data, retrieved by the aggregate service device after authentication of the user at the aggregate service device, analogous to data stored on a remote device and data stored on a cloud storage device;

code that receives at the device the file system data from the aggregate service device, wherein the receiving the file system data comprises receiving data representing and corresponding to the stored data on a remote device and the data stored on the cloud storage device while maintaining the data on the remote device and the data on the cloud storage device; and

code that displays, on the device, a user interface in the form of a file manager application generated from the requested file system data, wherein the user interface displays file system data from each of the connected plurality of data storage devices of the user, wherein the user interface is customized by the user on a first device and the customized user interface is displayed on a second device in response to accessing the aggregate service device.