Selecting storage cloud for storage of entity files from plurality of storage clouds
US9396208B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 25, 2013 |
| Grant date | Jul 19, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 15, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/2379
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A technique to enable the user of storage clouds to use of a plurality of storage clouds without the user of storage clouds being aware of which data is being entrusted to which storage cloud and without sacrificing safety or ease-of-use by selecting at least one storage cloud to store an entity file storable in a cloud-utilizing terminal from among a plurality of storage clouds connected via a network to the cloud-utilizing terminal. This technique includes referencing the attributes or context of an entity file, or the attributes of a virtual folder and each attribute of a plurality of storage clouds, in response to the creation or update of the entity file in the virtual folder in the cloud-utilizing terminal, and selecting at least one storage cloud from among a plurality of storage clouds for storing the entity file so as to satisfy predefined rules.
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