METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTEGRATED CLOUD STORAGE MANAGEMENT

• US 20140282938A1
• Filed: 03/15/2013
• Published: 09/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Adam Moisa
• Original Assignee: Adam Moisa
• Inventors: Moisa, Adam
• Application Number:
  US13/839,793
• Publication Number:
  US 20140282938A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/6
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/1827 Management specifically adapted to NAS management of storage area networks [SAN] G06F3/067
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/27 Replication, distribution or synchronisation of data between databases or within a distributed database system; Distributed database system architectures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32

Abstract

A system and method for integrating a plurality of cloud storage accounts, including the steps of receiving login data of a user account, receiving a notification of at least one of the cloud storage accounts to associate with the user account, receiving authentication data of the at least one cloud storage accounts, transmitting the authentication data to the respective cloud storage account, receiving at least one authentication token from each of the respective cloud storage accounts when the authentication data is verified, storing the at least one authentication token in a database and associating the at least one authentication token with the user account, and receiving at least one file from the at least one cloud storage account associated with the user account.

Claims

1. A method for integrating a plurality of cloud storage accounts, comprising:

receiving login data of a user account;

receiving a notification of at least one of the cloud storage accounts to associate with the user account;

receiving authentication data of the at least one cloud storage accounts;

transmitting the authentication data to the respective cloud storage account;

receiving at least one authentication token from each of the respective cloud storage accounts when the authentication data is verified;

storing the at least one authentication token in a database and associating the at least one authentication token with the user account; and

receiving at least data of at least one file stored on at least one cloud storage account associated.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the data of at least one file received includes data corresponding to a type of file, and the method further comprises categorizing the at least one file based on the type of file.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a command to upload at least one local file;

searching the at least one cloud storage account and determining if sufficient space is available to store the local file in at least one cloud storage account.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein when sufficient space is available in at least one cloud storage account, storing the local file in at least one cloud storage account with sufficient space available.

5. The method according to claim 3, wherein when sufficient space is not available in at least one cloud storage account, splitting the local file into parts and storing each of the parts in a different cloud storage account.

6. The method according to claim 5, further comprising marking the parts as non-movable.

7. The method according to claim 3, further comprising:

receiving data corresponding to at least one of the local file and at least one file stored on any cloud storage account;

associating the data with the respective file; and

searching the files based on the data associated with the files.

8. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

determining whether at least one of the cloud storage accounts includes an available capacity below a predefined threshold level; and

notifying the user account that at least one of the cloud storage accounts includes an available capacity below the predefined threshold level.

9. A system for integrating a plurality of cloud storage accounts, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory storing instructions executable by the processor, wherein the instructions when executed by the processor cause the system to;

receive login data of a user account;

receive a notification of at least one of the cloud storage accounts to associate with the user account;

receive authentication data of the at least one cloud storage accounts;

transmit the authentication data to the respective cloud storage account;

receive at least one authentication token from each of the respective cloud storage accounts when the authentication data is verified;

store the at least one authentication token in a database and associate the at least one authentication token with the user account; and

receive at least data of at least one file stored on at least one cloud storage account associated.

10. The system according to claim 9, wherein the data of at least one file received includes data corresponding to a type of file, and wherein the instructions when executed by the processor further cause the system to categorize the at least one file based on the type of file.

11. The system according to claim 9, wherein the instructions when executed by the processor further cause the system to:

receive a command to upload a local file;

search the at least one cloud storage account and determine if sufficient space is available to store the local file in at least one cloud storage account.

12. The system according to claim 11, wherein the instructions when executed by the processor further cause the system to store the local file in at least one cloud storage account when sufficient space is available in at least one cloud storage account.

13. The system according to claim 11, wherein the instructions when executed by the processor further cause the system to split the local file into parts and store each of the parts in a different cloud storage account when sufficient space is not available in at least one cloud storage account.

14. The system according to claim 13, wherein the instructions when executed by the processor further cause the system to mark the parts as non-movable.

15. The system according to claim 11, wherein the instructions when executed by the processor further cause the system to:

receive data corresponding to at least one of the local file and at least one file stored on any cloud storage account;

associate the data with the respective file; and

search the files based on the data associated with the files.

16. The system according to claim 9, wherein the instructions when executed by the processor further cause the system to:

determine whether at least one of the cloud storage accounts includes an available capacity below a predefined threshold level; and

notify the user account that at least one of the cloud storage accounts includes an available capacity below the predefined threshold level.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a method for integrating a plurality of cloud storage accounts, comprising:

receiving login data of a user account;

receiving a notification of at least one of the cloud storage accounts to associate with the user account;

receiving authentication data of the at least one cloud storage accounts;

transmitting the authentication data to the respective cloud storage account;

receiving at least one authentication token from each of the respective cloud storage accounts when the authentication data is verified;

storing the at least one authentication token in a database and associating the at least one authentication token with the user account; and

receiving at least data of at least one file stored on at least one cloud storage account associated.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 17, wherein the data of at least one file received includes data corresponding to a type of file, and wherein the instructions when executed by the computer further cause the computer to categorize the at least one file based on the type of file.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 17, wherein the instructions when executed by the computer further cause the computer to:

receive a command to upload a local file;

search the at least one cloud storage account and determine if sufficient space is available to store the local file in at least one cloud storage account.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 19, wherein the instructions when executed by the computer further cause the computer to store the local file in at least one cloud storage account with sufficient space available when sufficient space is available in at least one cloud storage account.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 19, wherein the instructions when executed by the computer further cause the computer to split the local file into parts and store each of the parts in a different cloud storage account when sufficient space is not available in at least one cloud storage account.

22. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 19, wherein the instructions when executed by the computer further cause the computer to:

receive data corresponding to at least one of the local file and at least one file stored on any cloud storage account;

associate the data with the respective file; and

search the files based on the data associated with the files.