CLOUD CONNECTOR KEY

• US 20110258333A1
• Filed: 04/16/2010
• Published: 10/20/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 04/16/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle America, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle America, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Hoyland, Jeremy, Pomerantz, Omer, Blaukopf, Daniel David
• Granted Patent: US 8,769,131 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/229
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/00 Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/95 Retrieval from the web
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/955 using information identifiers, e.g. uniform resource locators [URL]
• 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 16/972 Access to data in other repository systems, e.g. legacy data or dynamic Web page generation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/986 Document structures and storage, e.g. HTML extensions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/04 for providing a confidential data exchange among entities communicating through data packet networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0428 wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/06 for supporting key management in a packet data network cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for key management H04L9/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/18 using different networks or channels, e.g. using out of band channels cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for key distribution involving distinctive intermediate devices or communication paths H04L9/0827; cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for authentication using a plurality of channels H04L9/3215
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/20 for managing network security; network security policies in general filtering policies H04L63/0227

Abstract

A cloud connector key includes a network interface configured to connect to a network, a mass storage interface configured to connect to a network isolated device, and a computation module operatively connected to the network interface and the mass storage interface. The computational module is configured to connect to a cloud repository using the network interface by obtaining, from storage on the cloud connector key, a network address of the cloud repository, requesting connection to the cloud repository using the network address, and authenticating, using credentials in the storage on the cloud connector key, to an account in the cloud repository. The computational module is further configured to transfer a file between the account in the cloud repository and a network isolated device via the mass storage interface.

Claims

1. A cloud connector key comprising:

a network interface configured to connect to a network;

a mass storage interface configured to connect to a network isolated device;

a computation module operatively connected to the network interface and the mass storage interface, and configured to;

connect to a cloud repository using the network interface by;

obtaining, from storage on the cloud connector key, a network address of the cloud repository;

requesting connection to the cloud repository using the network address; and

authenticating, using credentials in the storage on the cloud connector key, to an account in the cloud repository;

obtain a file from the account in the cloud repository; and

provide the file to the network isolated device via the mass storage interface.

2. The cloud connector key of claim 1, wherein the computational module is further configured to decrypt the file prior to providing the file to the network isolated device.

3. The cloud connector key of claim 1, wherein the computational module is further configured to:

receive a file system request for the file from the network isolated device;

generate a network request for the file; and

send the network request to the cloud repository,

wherein the file is obtained based on the network request.

4. The cloud connector key of claim 1, wherein the network isolated device is a network isolated digital camera.

5. The cloud connector key of claim 1, wherein the cloud connector key perform Transmission Control Protocol and Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) processing prior to providing the file to the network isolated device.

6. The cloud connector key of claim 1, wherein the mass storage interface of the cloud connector key device connects to a memory card port on the network isolated device.

7. The cloud connector key of claim 1, wherein the mass storage interface is a universal serial bus (USB) compliant interface.

8. The cloud connector key of claim 1, further comprising:

a caching module for storing a copy of the file on the cloud connector key.

9. The cloud connector key of claim 8, wherein the computational module is further configured to:

determine that the copy of the file is not stored in the caching module prior to obtaining the file from the account; and

store the copy of the file in the caching module after obtaining the file from the account.

17. The cloud connector key of claim 1, further comprising:

a caching module for storing a copy of the file on the cloud connector key.

10. A cloud connector key comprising:

a network interface configured to connect to a network;

a mass storage interface configured to connect to a network isolated device;

a computation module operatively connected to the network interface and the mass storage interface, and configured to;

obtain a file from the network isolated device via the mass storage interface;

connect to a cloud repository using the network interface by;

obtaining, from storage on the cloud connector key, a network address of the cloud repository;

requesting connection to the cloud repository using the network address; and

authenticating, using credentials in the storage on the cloud connector key, to an account in the cloud repository; and

transfer the file to the account in the cloud repository.

11. The cloud connector key of claim 10, wherein the computational module is further configured to encrypt the file prior to providing the file to the network isolated device.

12. The cloud connector key of claim 10, wherein the computational module is further configured to:

receive a file system request for the storing the file to local storage; and

generate a network request comprising the file, wherein the transferring the file comprises dividing the network request into packets and transmitting the packets to the cloud repository.

13. The cloud connector key of claim 10, wherein the network isolated device is a network isolated digital camera.

14. The cloud connector key of claim 10, wherein the cloud connector key performs Transmission Control Protocol and Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) processing prior to providing the file to the network isolated device.

15. The cloud connector key of claim 10, wherein the mass storage interface of the cloud connector key device connects to a memory card port on the network isolated device.

16. The cloud connector key of claim 10, wherein the mass storage interface is a universal serial bus (USB) compliant interface.

18. A computer readable medium comprising computer readable program code embodied therein for causing a cloud connector key to perform a method for connecting a network isolated device to an account via a network, the method comprising:

connecting to a cloud repository using a network interface by;

obtaining, from storage on the cloud connector key, a network address of the cloud repository;

requesting connection to the cloud repository using the network address; and

authenticating, using credentials in the storage on the cloud connector key, to an account in the cloud repository;

obtaining a file from the account in the cloud repository; and

providing the file to a network isolated device via a mass storage interface.

19. The computer readable medium of claim 18, further comprising:

receiving a file system request for the file from the network isolated device;

generating a network request for the file; and

sending the network request to the cloud repository,

wherein the file is obtained based on the network request.

20. The computer readable medium of claim 18, wherein the mass storage interface of the cloud connector key device connects to a memory card port on the network isolated device.