Cloud-to-cloud peering for cross-network file sharing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current cloud storage systems restrict file access to specific users and devices, limiting sharing and collaboration across different online storage locations and networks.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a cloud-to-cloud peering system that enables users to share files and applications by establishing peer-to-peer connections between clouds, allowing access via multiple devices and networks, with a social network-like interface for managing access and notifications.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If cloud storage systems restrict file access to specific users and devices, then security and access control are improved, but sharing and collaboration across different online storage locations and networks deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a cloud-to-cloud peering system that acts as an intermediary between different cloud storage systems. This peering mechanism enables secure cross-cloud file sharing by establishing controlled connections between clouds, allowing users to access files from other cloud storage locations while maintaining access control policies. The peering system mediates the interaction between different clouds, enabling collaboration without compromising security.
2Adaptability or versatility
If cloud storage systems allow broad file access across multiple devices and networks, then sharing and collaboration are improved, but security and access control deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements local quality by allowing different access control policies for different clouds and users. Each cloud can have its own security settings and access rules, while the peering system enables selective sharing. Users can specify which files to share, with whom, and under what conditions, allowing broad accessibility where needed while maintaining strict security where required.
3Adaptability or versatility
If cloud storage systems implement cross-cloud file sharing, then collaboration and user experience are improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The cloud-to-cloud peering system serves as an intermediary layer that abstracts the complexity of cross-cloud interactions. Rather than requiring direct integration between every pair of clouds, the peering mechanism provides a standardized interface and protocol for file sharing. This intermediary approach enables collaboration capabilities while managing system complexity through a unified peering framework.
Data Source
AI summary
A method includes transmitting first data to a first cloud from a first device. The first data first data instructs the first cloud that a first item stored in the first cloud be made accessible to a second device via a second cloud that is coupled to the first cloud. The method further includes receiving second data from the first cloud at the first device. The second data is associated with a digital rights management restriction corresponding to a third item of the first cloud or the second cloud.