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This disclosure relates to systems and methods for managing documents and other electronic works. Certain embodiments relate to enabling secure, governed, and/or audited collaboration and/or document management over cloud storage platforms (e.g., third-party cloud storage platforms). Further embodiments relate to providing key and rights management as well as collaboration services in conjunction with cloud storage services.

A multi-cloud data replication method includes providing a data replication cluster comprising at least a first host node and at least a first online storage cloud. The first host node is connected to the first online storage cloud via a network and comprises a server, a cloud array application and a local cache. The local cache comprises a buffer and a first storage volume comprising data cached in one or more buffer blocks of the local cache's buffer. Next, requesting authorization to perform cache flush of the cached first storage volume data to the first online storage cloud. Upon receiving approval of the authorization, encrypting the cached first storage volume data in each of the one or more buffer blocks with a data private key. Next, assigning metadata comprising at lest a unique identifier to each of the one or more buffer blocks and then encrypting the metadata with a metadata private key. Next, transmitting the one or more buffer blocks with the encrypted first storage volume data to the first online cloud storage. Next, creating a sequence of updates of the metadata, encrypting the sequence with the metadata private key and then transmitting the sequence of metadata updates to the first online storage cloud.

This document discloses high performance data storage solutions. In an aspect, some solutions can be employed in a cloud-computing environment that provides shared storage for a plurality of customers. In other aspects, the solutions provided by some embodiments can provide multiple tiers of storage, each having a different performance level. This feature can provide a customer with the ability (e.g., through a web portal) to design its own custom storage solution that blends multiple tiers of storage at different capacity and performance levels to attain an optimal level of capacity, performance, and cost. Some disclosed solutions provide a novel arrangement of different types of storage devices that are provisioned through a common API, which can access each storage device's native management interface, as well as the host computer for which the storage will be provisioned, to allocate multiple tiers of storage to the host computer in an automated manner.

A system includes a storage engine node that includes a processor and a memory coupled to the processor. The memory stores a protocol mapper executable by the processor to convert storage access requests from a local storage protocol to a cloud storage protocol.

A method for enabling intelligence at the edge. Features include: triggering by sensor data in a software layer hosted on either a gateway device or an embedded system. Software layer is connected to a local-area network. A repository of services, applications, and data processing engines is made accessible by the software layer. Matching the sensor data with semantic descriptions of occurrence of specific conditions through an expression language made available by the software layer. Automatic discovery of pattern events by continuously executing expressions. Intelligently composing services and applications across the gateway device and embedded systems across the network managed by the software layer for chaining applications and analytics expressions. Optimizing the layout of the applications and analytics based on resource availability. Monitoring the health of the software layer. Storing of raw sensor data or results of expressions in a local time-series database or cloud storage. Services and components can be containerized to ensure smooth running in any gateway environment.

Locally providing cloud storage array services for a storage array of a data center when the storage array is not connected to a remote cloud-based storage array services provider includes initiating, by a primary storage array, one or more cloud storage array services and locally providing the cloud storage array services. Such local providing of the cloud storage array services also includes generating, by the cloud storage array services, metadata describing one or more real-time storage array characteristics and presenting the metadata to a user through a local area network.

Locally providing cloud storage array services for a storage array of a data center when the storage array is not connected to a remote cloud-based storage array services provider includes initiating, by a primary storage array, one or more cloud storage array services and locally providing the cloud storage array services. Such local providing of the cloud storage array services also includes generating, by the cloud storage array services, metadata describing one or more real-time storage array characteristics and presenting the metadata to a user through a local area network.

The invention discloses a blockchain-based evidence preservation method, which is applied to a network system with master nodes and slave nodes, including: each slave node performs identity verification to the master node, and assigns a pair of secret keys to the slave nodes that pass the identity verification. key, and write the registration information of the slave node into the blockchain; after the master node responds to the corresponding slave node with the evidence upload request received, the slave node signs the electronic evidence to be uploaded with the corresponding private key and sends To the master node; according to the registration information of each slave node in the blockchain, verify the legitimacy of the slave node and the authenticity of the signature of the corresponding electronic evidence, store the verified electronic evidence to the cloud storage server and generate the corresponding digital fingerprint, Write the generated digital fingerprint into the blockchain along with the corresponding timestamp. The evidence preservation method of the present invention has strong real-time performance, can save a lot of time, and does not require the participation of a third-party notary organization, thereby saving social resources.

Methods and systems for vendor independent and secure cloud storage distribution and aggregation are provided. According to one embodiment, an application programming interface (API) is provided by a cloud storage gateway device logically interposed between third-party cloud storage platforms and users of an enterprise. The API facilitates storing of files, issuing of search requests against the files and retrieval of content of the files. A file storage policy is assigned to each user, which defines access rights, storage diversity requirements and a type of encryption to be applied to files. Responsive to receiving a request to store a file, (i) searchable encrypted data is created relating to content and/or metadata of the file based on the assigned file storage policy; and (ii) the searchable encrypted data is distributed among the third-party cloud storage platforms based on the storage diversity requirements defined by the assigned file storage policy.

An application is included in a virtual machine sent to a cloud computing server. The cloud computing server has a remote access layer that fetches data blocks of the private dataset of the application from private data storage as the data blocks are requested by the application, so that the application in the public cloud begins execution without waiting for the entire application dataset to be transferred to the public cloud, and the data blocks are transferred from the private dataset to the public cloud only when the data blocks are accessed by the application. The application's private data is kept in the public cloud only when it is currently being used. If there are security concerns, the application's private data is transferred over the public network in an encrypted form and stored in the public cloud in an encrypted form.

A spanning storage interface facilitates the use of cloud storage services by storage clients and may perform data deduplication. The spanning storage interface may include local storage for caching data from storage clients. A disaster recovery application includes at least first and second spanning storage interfaces at first and second network locations. The second spanning storage interface is provided for at least disaster recovery operations. The second spanning storage interface includes second local storage for improving data access performance. A copy of the local cache of the first spanning storage interface is transferred to the second local storage while the first network location is operating. In the event of a disaster affecting the first network location, the second spanning storage interface can provide data access to the first network location's data with improved performance from using the copy of local cache in the second local storage.

A method and system for electronic content storage and retrieval with Galois Fields on cloud computing networks. The electronic content is divided into plural portions and stored in plural cloud storage objects. Storage locations for the plural cloud storage objects are selected using a Galois field and the plural cloud storage objects are distributed across the cloud network. When the electronic content is requested, the plural portions are retrieved and transparently combined back into the original electronic content. No server network devices or target network devices can individually determine locations of all portions of the electronic content on the cloud communications network, thereby providing layers of security and privacy for the electronic content on the cloud communications network.

A gateway between the block storage environment of an FC SAN and the object-oriented environment of cloud storage. The gateway contains a database or table to maintain a mapping between the blocks of the LUNs presented on the FC SAN and the objects of the cloud storage. The gateway also performs the necessary conversions between the block and object formats of the two networks. The gateway can obtain the FC frames either by redirection of an existing LUN or by creation of a virtualized LUN. In certain embodiments the gateway includes asynchronous mirroring functionality to allow non-real time duplication, which allows for lower speed connections to the cloud storage.

A system for resource sharing across multi-cloud storage arrays includes a plurality of storage arrays and a cloud array storage (CAS) application. The plurality of storage resources are distributed in one or more cloud storage arrays, and each storage resource comprises a unique object identifier that identifies location and structure of the corresponding storage resource at a given point-in-time. The cloud array storage (CAS) application manages the resource sharing process by first taking an instantaneous copy of initial data stored in a first location of a first storage resource at a given point-in-time and then distributing copies of the instantaneous copy to other storage resources in the one or more cloud storage arrays. The instantaneous copy comprises a first unique object identifier pointing to the first storage location of the initial data in the first storage resource and when the instantaneous copy is distributed to a second storage resource, the first unique object identifier is copied into a second storage location within the second storage resource and the second storage location of the second storage resource is assigned a second unique object identifier.

The invention relates to a method for implementing a safe storage system in a cloud storage environment and belongs to the technical field of storage safety. The method is characterized in that a trust domain is established in a server according to the requirements of a user; in the trust domain, identity authentication is performed by using an public key infrastructure (PKI); the independence between the storage system and a bottom layer system is realized by utilizing a filesystem in user space (FUSE); a hash value of a file is calculated by utilizing a secure hash algorithm (SHA1) and taking a block as a unit, a file block is encrypted by utilizing a key and an advanced encryption standard (AES) algorithm of a symmetric encipherment algorithm and taking a block as a unit, and a file cipher text is uploaded to a file server in a cloud storage area so as to guarantee the confidentiality and integrity of the file; a filer owner postpones encrypting the file again when permission is revoked by designating a user with the permission of accessing the file and the permissions thereof in an access control list; and only when the user modifies the content of the file, the user encrypts the file block in which the modified content is positioned again and the system implements three layers of key management, namely a file block key, a safe metadata file key and a trust domain server key so that not only the safety of the file is guaranteed when the permission is revoked, but also the management load of the system is not increased.

A cloud storage appliance receives one or more read requests for data stored in a storage cloud. The cloud storage appliance determines, for a time period, a total amount of bandwidth that will be used to retrieve the requested data from the storage cloud. The cloud storage appliance then determines an amount of remaining bandwidth for the time period. The cloud storage appliance retrieves the requested data from the storage cloud in the time period to satisfy the one or more read requests. The cloud storage appliance additionally retrieves a quantity of unrequested data from the storage cloud in the time period, wherein the quantity of retrieved unrequested data is based on the amount of remaining bandwidth for the time period.

The invention discloses an electronic medical record storage and sharing model and method based on the blockchains and solves problems of patient's rights of access to personal medical data and insecure storage and sharing of sensitive medical data in the prior art. The model is characterized by comprising data creators, data owners, cloud storage, federated blockchains and data consumers, whereinthe blockchain is a control center. The method comprises steps that system initialization is performed; medical data are acquired, and data storage with intercepted signatures is employed; data publishing with the improved DPOS consensus mechanism is employed; data sharing based on smart contracts is performed. The method is advantaged in that security, reliability, privacy protection and securestorage are achieved, in combination with the cloud storage technology and the interceptable signature technology, in the federated blockchains, users can set sharing conditions through the smart contracts, safe and effective data sharing and access can be realized, and strong practicality is achieved.

a virtual storage module operable to run in a virtual machine monitor may include a wait-queue operable to store incoming block-level data requests from one or more virtual machines. In-memory metadata may store information associated with data stored in local persistent storage that is local to a host computer hosting the virtual machines. The data stored in local persistent storage replicates a subset of data in one or more virtual disks provided to the virtual machines. The virtual disks are mapped to remote storage accessible via a network connecting the virtual machines and the remote storage. A cache handling logic may be operable to handle the block-level data requests by obtaining the information in the in-memory metadata and making I/O re-quests to the local persistent storage or the remote storage or combination of the local persistent storage and the remote storage to service the block-level data requests.

The invention provides a cloud computation based remote service system for medical internet of things. The cloud computation based remote service system comprises a remote medical module, a cloud computation data service module and a cloud storage module. An integrated process including communication establishment, telemedicine, diagnosing data acquisition, data cloud storage and data sharing service between a telemedicine patient terminal and a doctor terminal is realized via mutual coordination of the above modules.

A vehicle sun visor system with a touch screen display is configured to display video feed from one or more cameras. A front facing polarized and/or photochromic camera shows the area of view which is normally blocked by the deployed sun visor, allowing the user to view traffic lights, road signs, etc. without the distraction of glare. Software image processing may also be used to reduce glare and improve visibility. In addition, the sun visor system also has a “see-me” camera which allows the user to use the screen as a mirror, and one or more rear-view cameras which can be used to see the passenger area of a vehicle through the touch-screen display. Any of the cameras may be used to take photos or videos, which may be viewed on the display and transmitted wirelessly to other electronic devices or cloud storage.

Techniques for facilitating sharing a file via email are disclosed. A file may be shared as an attachment or link in a simplified process flow initiated from within an email application. In response to receiving a command to share a file, the email application can launch a file explorer screen from which a user may navigate files including files stored on a local drive and files stored via a cloud storage provider. After a file is selected by the user via the file explorer screen the email application can present sharing options for the file. Regardless of where the file is originally stored, the file may be attached to the email or a link to the file may be inserted in the email. The email application can upload a file from a local drive to the cloud storage provider when such a file is selected for inserting as a link.

A cloud data storage system is provided for multiple clients to access data of files comprising at least one node connecting to a first storage means; at least one namenode module for processing file operations issued from the clients, namenode module issuing data access instructions to access and maintain the metadata on the first storage means; at least one datanode module respectively executing on at least one node, each datanode module functioning to scan and access a second storage means connected thereto; at least one data import module selectively executing on nodes in which datanode module are executing, the data import module scanning a second storage means newly connected to the cloud data storage system and obtaining a corresponding metadata, and executing data migration operation for the data in second storage means without actual physical uploading operation.

Data storage operations, including content-indexing, containerized deduplication, and policy-driven storage, are performed within a cloud environment. The systems support a variety of clients and cloud storage sites that may connect to the system in a cloud environment that requires data transfer over wide area networks, such as the Internet, which may have appreciable latency and/or packet loss, using various network protocols, including HTTP and FTP. Methods are disclosed for content indexing data stored within a cloud environment to facilitate later searching, including collaborative searching. Methods are also disclosed for performing containerized deduplication to reduce the strain on a system namespace, effectuate cost savings, etc. Methods are disclosed for identifying suitable storage locations, including suitable cloud storage sites, for data files subject to a storage policy. Further, systems and methods for providing a cloud gateway and a scalable data object store within a cloud environment are disclosed, along with other features.

A method and system for electronic content storage and retrieval using Galois Fields and geometric shapes on cloud computing networks. Plaintext electronic content is divided into plural portions and stored in plural cloud storage objects based on a created X^th dimensional geometric shape and a path through selected components of the geometric shape. Storage locations for the plural cloud storage objects are selected using a Galois field and the geometric shape. The plural cloud storage objects are distributed across the cloud network. When the electronic content is requested, the plural portions are retrieved and transparently combined back into the original electronic content. No server network devices storing the plural cloud storage objects or target network devices requesting the stored electronic can individually determine locations of all portions of the stored electronic content on the cloud communications network, thereby providing various levels of security and privacy for the electronic content without having to encrypt the plaintext electronic content on the cloud network.

The invention provides a test platform server applied to cloud storage, which comprises an automatic project management module, a cross-platform automatic deployment module, an unattended automatic operating module, a test result statistical report output module, other test platform integrated module and a Web Graphical User Interface (Web GUI) interactive interface module, wherein the automatic project management module is used for storing automatic test specifications suitable for cloud storage, and the automatic test specifications comprise organization modes and specifications of cases, scripts and data of automatic test projects; the cross-platform automatic deployment module is used for implementing automatic deployment of a test environment under a cross-platform environment; the unattended automatic operating module is used for implementing unattended automatic test operation; the test result statistical report output module is used for providing automatic test result statistical analysis and log query; the other test platform integrated module is used for providing an integrated interface interacted with other test platforms; and the Web GUI interactive interface module is used for providing a graphical interface for accessing, configuring and managing the above five modules. The invention also provides a test platform service system applied to the cloud storage.

A relay server includes a storage configured to store first access right information of a first cloud storage service to which a first user is subscribed and second access right information of a second cloud storage service to which a second user is subscribed. The relay server further includes a communication interface configured to request, from the first cloud storage service, first data that is stored in the first cloud storage service, based on the first access right information, and receive the requested first data from the first cloud storage. The relay server further includes a controller configured to control the communication interface to store the received first data in the second cloud storage service, based on the second access right information.

The application discloses a file processing method and system based on cloud storage, and a server cluster system. The method comprises the following steps that: a WEB server receives a file uploading request sent by a client; the WEB server returns a file ID (Identity) which is generated for a new file to be uploaded by a server cluster; the client splits the new file and generates a unique slice ID for each slice file; the client uploads a slice file data packet to the WEB server, the slice file data packet comprises the file ID, the slice ID of each slice file and slice data of each slice file; and the WEB server sends the slice data of each slice file in the slice file data packet to corresponding service terminals in the server cluster for storage. By virtue of the embodiment of the application, the file is subjected to splitting processing, and the slice files are stored in the server cluster in a distributed manner, so that the cloud storage performance based on the server cluster is relatively optimal.

The invention relates to a cloud computing-based audience behavioral analysis advertisement targeting (ABT) system, which mainly comprises a user track storage module, a user behavioral analysis module, a composite search module, a webpage body copy analysis module, a real-time targeting module and a cluster scheduling and management module. In the cloud computing-based audience behavioral analysis advertisement targeting system, the behaviors of Internet users can be studied by data mining analysis, cloud storage and cloud computing technologies to analyze and judge the user attribute and hobby and interest of each Internet audience accurately, so that corresponding types of advertisements can be released accurately according to the interesting points and additional attributes of the audiences.

A head mounted device provides an immersive virtual or augmented reality experience for viewing data and enabling collaboration among multiple users. Rendering images in a virtual or augmented reality system may include generating data regarding locations of surfaces and objects in a scene based on images and spatial data gathered from a first body mounted sensor device, generating a three dimensional map of the scene based on the generated data, adding geographical identification metadata to the three dimensional map of the scene, storing the geographical identification metadata and three dimensional map in a memory, and transmitting at least a portion of the geographical identification metadata and three dimensional map to a second body mounted sensor device.

The invention discloses a fine-grained access control method for data in cloud storage. The method includes the steps: firstly, a data owner blocking files and formulating an external access strategy of file blocks and an internal access strategy of the file blocks according an access control policy, and a trusted third party generating a public key and a master key according to an attribute password mechanism; the data owner utilizing a symmetric password mechanism to encipher the file blocks, utilizing the attribute password mechanism to encipher a symmetric key, and sending a cypher text of the file blocks and a cypher text of a secret key to the cloud; the data owner and the trusted third party utilizing the attribute password mechanism to authorize a user, and generating an attribute key and an attribute processed by an attribute encryption function for each attribute of the user; the data owner sending an user permission change statement to the trusted third party; and the trusted third party judging whether adding or deleting the user permission or not for the user according to the user permission change statement. Compared with the prior art, the method for the fine-grained data access control in the cloud storage has the access control with more fine-grained data under the condition of not increasing additional costs.