Social drive for sharing data

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016306996-A1
Application number	US-201415101527-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 26, 2014
Priority date	Jan 3, 2014
Publication date	Oct 20, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

Particular embodiments described herein provide for an electronic device that can be configured to receive a request to share data, determine metadata for the data to be shared, communicate the metadata to a social drive, where the social drive is separate from the electronic device and the data is not located on the social drive, and communicate the shared data to a member of the social drive when the member requests the data.

First claim

1 - 25 . (canceled)

26 . At least one machine-readable medium comprising one or more instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
receive a request from a member of a social drive to view data; determine metadata for the data, wherein the metadata is located on the social drive; locate the data based on the determined metadata, wherein the data is not located on the social drive; and communicate the data to the member of the social drive.

27 . The at least one computer-readable medium of claim 26 , wherein the data is located on an electronic device that communicated the metadata to the social drive.

28 . The at least one computer-readable medium of claim 27 , wherein the social drive includes a plurality of members and a notification was sent to each of the plurality of members when the metadata was communicated to the social drive.

29 . The at least one computer-readable medium of claim 28 , wherein the plurality of members do not have access to the location of the data.

30 . The at least one computer-readable medium of claim 28 , wherein each of the plurality of members can view the data on a unique electronic device.

31 . The at least one computer-readable medium of claim 26 , wherein the data located in a cache that is separate from the social drive and an electronic device that communicated the metadata to the social drive.

32 . The at least one computer-readable medium of claim 26 , wherein a notification is sent to an owner of the data when the member requests the data.

33 . The at least one computer-readable medium of claim 26 , wherein access to the data is restricted by an owner of the data.

34 . An apparatus comprising:
a unifying data module configured to:
receive a request to share data;
determine metadata for the data to be shared;
communicate the metadata to a social drive, wherein the social drive is separate from the unifying data module and the data is not located on the social drive; and
communicate the shared data to a member of the social drive when the member requests the data.

35 . The apparatus of claim 34 , wherein the data is located on an electronic device that includes the unifying data module.

36 . The apparatus of claim 34 , wherein the social drive includes a plurality of members and a notification is sent to each of the plurality of members when the metadata is communicated to the social drive.

37 . The apparatus of claim 36 , wherein the plurality of members do not have access to the location of the data.

38 . The apparatus of claim 36 , wherein each of the plurality of members can view the data on a unique electronic device.

39 . The apparatus of claim 34 , wherein a notification is sent to an owner of the data when the member requests the data.

40 . The apparatus of claim 34 , wherein access to the data is restricted by an owner of the data.

41 . The apparatus of claim 34 , wherein the unifying data module is further configured to communicate the shared data to a cache that is separate from the unifying data module and the cache can communicate the shared data to the member when the unifying data module is not available.

42 . A method comprising:
receiving, at an electronic device, a request to share data; determining metadata for the data to be shared; communicating the metadata to a social drive, wherein the social drive is separate from the electronic device and the data is not located on the social drive; and communicating the shared data to a member of the social drive when the member requests the data.

43 . The method of claim 41 , wherein the data is located on the electronic device and the member of the social drive does not have access to the location of the data.

44 . A system for sharing data using a social drive, the system comprising:
an integrity verification module configured for:
receiving, at an electronic device, a request to share data;
determining metadata for the data to be shared;
communicating the metadata to a social drive, wherein the social drive is separate from the electronic device and the data is not located on the social drive; and
communicating the shared data to a member of the social drive when the member requests the data.

45 . The system of claim 44 , wherein the data is located on the electronic device.

46 . The system of claim 44 , wherein the data is located in a cache that is separate from the electronic device and the social drive.

47 . The system of claim 44 , wherein the social drive includes a plurality of members and a notification is sent to each of the plurality of members when the metadata is communicated to the social drive.

48 . The system of claim 47 , wherein the plurality of members do not have access to the location of the data.

49 . The system of claim 47 , wherein each of the plurality of members can view the data on a unique electronic device.

50 . The system of claim 44 , wherein a notification is sent to an owner of the data when the member requests the data.

Assignees

• Mcafee Inc

Inventors

• Kulkarni Dattatraya
• Nalluri Srikanth
• Krishnapur Venkatasubrahmanyam
• Dhruw Kaushal
• Halder Kamlesh
• Gadde Kranthikumar
• Nayak Susmita
• Kumar Mitesh
• Vardhan Raj
• Lefort Alan Illia

Classifications

• G06Q10/40 Primary

  Business processes related to social networking or social networking services · CPC title

• G06Q10/10 Primary

  Office automation; Time management · CPC title

• H04L63/10

  for controlling access to devices or network resources · CPC title

• G06F21/6245 Primary

  Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes · CPC title

• G06F16/951

  Indexing; Web crawling techniques · CPC title