Multi-tenant Framework Bi-directional File Sync
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional systems face challenges in accurately updating and managing large volumes of documents and files across networked folders, leading to computational strain and difficulties in maintaining document accuracy, availability, and security, especially in cloud environments where manual processes are complex and error-prone.
Innovation Solution
A novel multi-tenant framework enables bi-directional uploading, synchronization, and access of files between local and network-hosted applications and devices, using cloud storage to replicate data across endpoints, manage permissions, and provide versioning, ensuring timely and secure access to updated files across various locations and platforms.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If conventional shared or networked folders are used to host and store documents, then files can be centrally stored with associated metadata, but the server and administrative processor experience computational strain and difficulty in accurately updating and managing large volumes of documents
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the document management workload by introducing distributed peer nodes that each independently manage subsets of documents. Instead of a centralized server processing all metadata updates, the computational task is divided across multiple peers, where each peer handles updates for its local document subset, thereby reducing the computational burden on any single server.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements self-service by enabling peer nodes to autonomously perform metadata updates and document synchronization without requiring centralized server intervention for each operation. Peers independently validate and propagate document changes across the network, eliminating the need for the server to process every metadata update manually.
2Adaptability or versatility
If manual downloading and processing of documents is used in cloud environments, then files can be accessed from remote locations, but the process becomes complicated, time-consuming, and error-prone
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by pre-synchronizing documents and metadata to peer nodes before they are needed. Documents are proactively replicated across the peer network in advance, so when users need to access files from remote locations, the data is already available locally on peer nodes, eliminating the need for time-consuming manual downloads.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback mechanisms where peer nodes continuously monitor and report document access patterns and synchronization status. This feedback enables the network to dynamically adjust document replication and synchronization strategies, ensuring that frequently accessed documents are readily available while minimizing unnecessary data transfer and processing time.
3Reliability
If centralized folder monitoring is used to track uploads, then document availability can be maintained, but network and device resources are drained in maintaining accuracy, availability, and security
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies local quality by enabling each peer node to independently maintain document availability and security for its local subset without requiring continuous centralized monitoring. Each peer validates and protects its local documents autonomously, reducing the need for constant network communication and server resources while maintaining overall system reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements periodic action by scheduling intermittent synchronization and validation operations instead of continuous monitoring. Peer nodes perform document availability checks and security validations at predetermined intervals, significantly reducing network traffic and device resource consumption compared to real-time centralized monitoring while maintaining document availability.
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AI summary
Disclosed are systems and methods for improving interactions with and between computers in content providing, searching and/or hosting systems supported by or configured with devices, servers and/or platforms. The disclosed systems and methods provide a novel framework that automatically and bi-directionally enables applications and devices to upload and access files from remote locations on a network, while synchronizing the stored files for access from the various applications, devices and locations. The disclosed framework enables files sharing and file synchronization between location to location, cloud to cloud, network to network, device to device, location to cloud and vice-versa, and some combination thereof. The disclosed synchronization framework is a cloud-based multi-tenant infrastructure that securely, efficiently and accurately hosts shared files for administrative, read/write and/or read only access from devices, locations and applications with access to the associated drive(s) in/on the cloud.