Cloud connector key

• US 8,769,131 B2
• Filed: 04/16/2010
• Issued: 07/01/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/16/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle America, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle America, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Pomerantz, Omer, Hoyland, Jeremy, Blaukopf, Daniel David
• Primary Examiner(s): Daftuar, Saket K
• Application Number:
  US12/761,922
• Publication Number:
  US 20110258333A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,537 Days
• Field of Search: 709/206, 709/207, 709/216, 709/219, 709/220, 709/221, 709/224, 709/225, 709/226, 709/228, 709/229, 709/230, 709/203, 709/204, 709/217, 709/222, 709/223, 709/227, 455/412.1, 455/414.1, 705/10, 705/400, 718/1, 718/104, 718/105, 718/107, 718/108, 726/1, 726/7, 726/3, 726/4, 726/5, 726/6, 726/9, 726/10, 726/12, 726/17, 726/19, 719/328, 717/176, 717/177, 717/178, 717/101, 717/102, 717/103, 717/120, 717/171, 717/172, 717/173, 717/174, 717/175, 715/733, 715/740, 715/714, 715/742, 715/743, 715/748, 713/189, 713/190, 713/193, 713/375, 707E17001-E17009, 707/E17.01, 707/E17.014, 707/E17.32, 707/E17.044, 707/E17.045, 707/E17.046, 707/769, 707/770, 707/821, 707/822, 707/823, 707/824, 707/825, 707/826, 707/827, 707/E17.032, 707/621, 707/634, 707/636, 707/640, 707/661, 707/674, 707/736, 707/737, 707/781, 707/782, 707/783, 370/328, 370/331, 725/25
• 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 hardware cloud connector key comprising:

a memory;

a network interface configured to connect to a network;

a hardware mass storage interface configured to directly connect to a network isolated device, wherein the network isolated device is a separate hardware device from the hardware cloud connector key, wherein the network isolated device is a device lacking a networking capability, wherein the networking capability is any interface capable of directly connecting to the network, and wherein the hardware mass storage interface is a hardware interface coupled to the network isolated device;

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

connect to a cloud repository using the network interface by;

obtaining, from storage on the hardware 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 hardware cloud connector key, to an account in the cloud repository;

receive, via the hardware mass storage interface, a file system request for a file from the network isolated device, wherein the file system request is an open file command for accessing a local file system;

generate a network request for the file based on the file system request;

send the network request to the cloud repository;

obtain a plurality of packets corresponding to the file from the account in the cloud repository based on the network request;

perform, on the plurality of packets, Transmission Control Protocol and Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) processing to obtain the file; and

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

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

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

5. The hardware cloud connector key of claim 1, wherein the hardware mass storage interface is a universal serial bus (USB) compliant interface, and wherein the hardware mass storage interface is a USB plug that connects to a USB port on the network isolated device.

6. The hardware cloud connector key of claim 1, wherein the memory comprises a caching module for storing a copy of the file on the hardware cloud connector key.

7. The hardware cloud connector key of claim 6, 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.

13. The hardware cloud connector key of claim 1, wherein the memory comprises a caching module for storing a copy of the file on the hardware cloud connector key.

16. The hardware cloud connector key of claim 1, wherein the hardware mass storage interface is a hardware connector on the cloud connector key that connects to a mass storage interface port on the network isolated device.

8. A hardware cloud connector key comprising:

a memory;

a network interface configured to connect to a network;

a hardware mass storage interface configured to directly connect to a network isolated device, wherein the network isolated device is a separate hardware device from the hardware cloud connector key, wherein the network isolated device is a device lacking a networking capability, wherein the networking capability is any interface capable of directly connecting to the network, and wherein the mass storage interface is a hardware interface coupled to the network isolated device;

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

receive, via the hardware mass storage interface, a file system request from the network isolated device, wherein the file system request is a store file command for accessing a local file system;

obtain, based on the file system request, a file from the network isolated device via the hardware mass storage interface;

connect to a cloud repository using the network interface by;

obtaining, from storage on the hardware 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 hardware cloud connector key, to an account in the cloud repository;

generate, in response to the file system request, a network request comprising a plurality of packets corresponding to the file, wherein generating the network request comprises performing Transmission Control Protocol and Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) processing to obtain the plurality of packets; and

transfer the file to the account in the cloud repository by transmitting the plurality of packets to the cloud repository.

9. The hardware cloud connector key of claim 8, wherein the computational module is further configured to encrypt the file prior to providing the file to the network isolated device.

10. The hardware cloud connector key of claim 8, wherein the network isolated device is a network isolated digital camera.

11. The hardware cloud connector key of claim 8, wherein the hardware mass storage interface of the hardware cloud connector key device is a memory card plug that connects to a memory card port on the network isolated device.

12. The hardware cloud connector key of claim 8, wherein the hardware mass storage interface is a universal serial bus (USB) compliant interface, and wherein the hardware mass storage interface is a USB plug that connects to a USB port on the network isolated device.

17. The hardware cloud connector key of claim 8, wherein the hardware mass storage interface is a hardware connector on the cloud connector key that connects to a mass storage interface port on the network isolated device.

14. A non-transitory 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;

receiving, via the mass storage interface, a file system request for a file from the network isolated device, wherein the file system request is an open file command for accessing a local file system, wherein the network isolated device is a device lacking the networking capability, wherein the networking capability is any interface capable of directly connecting to the network, and wherein the mass storage interface is a hardware interface that is coupled to the network isolated device;

generating a network request for the file based on the file system request;

sending the network request to the cloud repository;

obtaining a plurality of packets corresponding to the file from the account in the cloud repository based on the network request;

performing, on the plurality of packets, Transmission Control Protocol and Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) processing to obtain the file; and

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

wherein the network isolated device is a separate hardware device from the cloud connector key.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14, wherein the mass storage interface of the cloud connector key device is a memory card plug that connects to a memory card port on the network isolated device.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14, wherein the mass storage interface is a hardware connector on the cloud connector key that connects to a mass storage interface port on the network isolated device.