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Data retrieval in a hybrid cloud

US11330055B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 10, 2020
Grant dateMay 10, 2022
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Expiry dateMar 10, 2040

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L67/561
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A cloud environment is provided generally having at least one private data center possessing a controller/routing system and nonvolatile mass storage, a plurality of data objects retained in the nonvolatile mass storage, and a public cloud storage service provider linked to the controller/routing system. The public cloud storage service provider possessing a database containing policy decisions and metadata of the plurality of data objects. When data objects are uploaded to the cloud environment, the private data center is in possession of the data objects, the public cloud is not in possession of the data objects. The private data center is not in possession of the policy decisions and the metadata for the plurality of data objects, rather the public cloud storage service provider is. The public cloud storage service provider adapted to be communicatively linked to an end-user computing system by way of the controller/routing system. The end-user able to retrieve data objects from the cloud environment via the private data center that ascertains location information of one or more target data objects from one or more private data centers. The data objects retrieved do not pass thr…

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