Information management of data associated with multiple cloud services

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2021289028-A1
Application number	US-202117222786-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Apr 5, 2021
Priority date	Mar 30, 2012
Publication date	Sep 16, 2021
Grant date	—

Abstract

A method and system for providing information management of data from hosted services receives information management policies for a hosted account of a hosted service, requests data associated with the hosted account from the hosted service, receives data associated with the hosted account from the hosted service, and provides a preview version of the received data to a computing device. In some examples, the system indexes the received data to associate the received data with a user of an information management system, and/or provides index information related to the received data to the computing device.

First claim

1 . (canceled)

2 . A method for creating preview versions of files received from one or more computing devices, the method comprising:
receiving from a first hosted service using hosted account authentication information, a first plurality of data objects, wherein at least one data object selected from the first plurality of data objects is stored in a first format; updating a first index with preview information for a plurality of preview versions of the first plurality of data objects, wherein:
a preview version selected from the plurality of preview versions is stored in a second format, and
the preview version is less data than its corresponding data object; and
causing a presentation of a unified view of the first plurality of data objects based on the updated first index, wherein:
the unified view graphically illustrates a directory tree of relationships between pluralities of data objects and a plurality of hosted services from which the pluralities of data objects were obtained, and
the pluralities of data objects include the first plurality of data objects; and
causing a presentation of the preview version via the unified view.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein a data object selected from the first plurality of data objects is obtained in accordance with an information management policy associated with the first hosted service.

4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the information management policy specifies a frequency at which the data object is to be obtained from the first hosted service.

5 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the information management policy specifies one or more data object types to be obtained from the first hosted service.

6 . The method of claim 2 , wherein:
a user-defined information management policy defines data object types to be obtained from the first hosted service; an administrator-defined information management policy defines data object types to be excluded from being obtained from the first hosted service; and the first plurality of data objects are received from the first hosted service in accordance with the user-defined information management policy and the administrator-defined information management policy, wherein the administrator-defined information management policy overrides those portions of the user-defined information management policy that conflict with the administrator-defined information management policy.

7 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
receiving a request, via the unified view, to view the at least one data object; and in response to the received request, causing a display of a plurality of options for presenting the at least one data object, wherein the plurality of options comprises:
presenting a preview version of the at least one data object, and
presenting the at least one data object in the first format.

8 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
receiving a request to retrieve the at least one data object one or more destination devices, wherein the request further comprises a location to which the at least one data object is to be restored; and restoring the at least one data object to the first format at the location specified by the request, wherein:
the second format is different than the first format, and
the location is different from the first hosted service.

9 . A system for creating preview versions of files received from one or more computing devices, the system comprising:
one or more non-transitory, computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions stored thereon; and, one or more processors that, having executed the computer-executable instructions, configure a system to perform a plurality of operations comprising:
receiving from a first hosted service using hosted account authentication information, a first plurality of data objects, wherein at least one data object selected from the first plurality of data objects is stored in a first format;
updating a first index with preview information for a plurality of preview versions of the first plurality of data objects, wherein:
a preview version selected from the plurality of preview versions is stored in a second format, and
the preview version is less data than its corresponding data object; and

causing a presentation of a unified view of the first plurality of data objects based on the updated first index, wherein:
the unified view graphically illustrates a directory tree of relationships between pluralities of data objects and a plurality of hosted services from which the pluralities of data objects were obtained, and
the pluralities of data objects include the first plurality of data objects; and

causing a presentation of the preview version via the unified view.

10 . The system of claim 9 , wherein a data object selected from the first plurality of data objects is obtained in accordance with an information management policy associated with the first hosted service.

11 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the information management policy specifies a frequency at which the data object is to be obtained from the first hosted service.

12 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the information management policy specifies one or more data object types to be obtained from the first hosted service.

13 . The system of claim 9 , wherein:
a user-defined information management policy defines data object types to be obtained from the first hosted service; an administrator-defined information management policy defines data object types to be excluded from being obtained from the first hosted service; and the first plurality of data objects are received from the first hosted service in accordance with the user-defined information management policy and the administrator-defined information management policy, wherein the administrator-defined information management policy overrides those portions of the user-defined information management policy that conflict with the administrator-defined information management policy.

14 . The system of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of operations further comprises:
receiving a request, via the unified view, to view the at least one data object; and in response to the received request, causing a display of a plurality of options for presenting the at least one data object, wherein the plurality of options comprises:
presenting a preview version of the at least one data object, and
presenting the at least one data object in the first format.

15 . The system of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of operations further comprises:
receiving a request to retrieve the at least one data object one or more destination devices, wherein the request further comprises a location to which the at least one data object is to be restored; and restoring the at least one data object to the first format at the location specified by the request, wherein:
the second format is different than the first format, and
the location is different from the first hosted service.

16 . A non-transitory, computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, configure a system to perform a plurality of operations comprising:
receiving from a first hosted service using hosted account authentication information, a first plurality of data objects, wherein at least one data object selected from the first plurality of data objects is stored in a first format; updating a first index with preview information for a plurality of preview versions of the first plurality of data objects, wherein:
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Assignees

• Commvault Systems Inc

Inventors

• Vijayan Manoj Kumar
• Chen Ho-Chi
• Attarde Deepak Raghunath
• Joshi Hetalkumar N

Classifications

• G06F21/604 Primary

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