US 11,599,294 B2Granted

Media storage for online meetings in edge network storage

AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing, LLC

InventorAmr M. Fouda

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Abstract

Disclosed in some examples are improved storage, replication, and distribution of data related to network-based meetings (e.g., media) in hierarchical records. Data for one or more components of the meeting (e.g., media) may be stored in a child record (called a component record). The network-based meeting may be described by a parent record with links to, and in some examples descriptions of, the meeting component records (the child records). The meeting object may point to local, and/or replicated copies of the child records. As noted, the child records may be or include media objects and, in some examples, the child records may be replicated to one or more locations based upon a demand for the media object. By replicating the media to a location that is close to demand for the media, this provides for more efficient delivery of media of the meeting.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A device for distributing content of a network-based meeting, the device comprising:

a processor;
a memory, the memory storing instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the device to perform operations comprising:
creating a first record describing a first component of the network-based meeting and including a first media item of the network-based meeting;
creating a second record describing a second component of the network-based meeting and including a second media item of the network-based meeting;
creating a meeting object record, the meeting object record including links to the first record and the second record and information about the first media item and the second media item;
selecting a first data storage region to replicate the first record to based upon a replication policy and geographical usage data of the first media item, the geographical usage data stored in replication information of the first record, the geographical usage data describing an actual or predicted demand of the first media item for a particular data storage region;
responsive to selecting the first data storage region, causing the first record to be replicated to the first data storage region;
selecting a second data storage region to replicate the second record to based upon the replication policy and geographical usage data of the second media item stored in replication information of the second record;
responsive to selecting the second data storage region, causing the second record to be replicated to the second data storage region;
and
storing, within the meeting object record, a link to the replicated first record and the second record.

8 more elements

A method for distributing content of a network-based meeting, the method comprising:

creating a first record describing a first component of the network-based meeting and including a first media item of the network-based meeting;
creating a second record describing a second component of the network-based meeting and including a second media item of the network-based meeting;
creating a meeting object record, the meeting object record including links to the first record and the second record and information about the first media item and the second media item;
selecting a first data storage region to replicate the first record to based upon a replication policy and geographical usage data of the first media item, the geographical usage data stored in replication information of the first record, the geographical usage data describing an actual or predicted demand of the first media item for a particular data storage region;
responsive to selecting the first data storage region, causing the first record to be replicated to the first data storage region;
selecting a second data storage region to replicate the second record to based upon the replication policy and geographical usage data of the second media item stored in replication information of the second record;
responsive to selecting the second data storage region, causing the second record to be replicated to the second data storage region;
and
storing, within the meeting object record, a link to the replicated first record and the second record.

6 more elements

A device for distributing content of a network-based meeting, the device comprising:

means for creating a first record describing a first component of the network-based meeting and including a first media item of the network-based meeting;
means for creating a second record describing a second component of the network-based meeting and including a second media item of the network-based meeting;
means for creating a meeting object record, the meeting object record including links to the first record and the second record and information about the first media item and the second media item;
means for selecting a first data storage region to replicate the first record to based upon a replication policy and geographical usage data of the first media item, the geographical usage data stored in replication information of the first record, the geographical usage data describing an actual or predicted demand of the first media item for a particular data storage region;
means for responsive to selecting the first data storage region, causing the first record to be replicated to the first data storage region;
means for selecting a second data storage region to replicate the second record to based upon the replication policy and geographical usage data of the second media item stored in replication information of the second record;
means for, responsive to selecting the second data storage region, causing the second record to be replicated to the second data storage region;
and
means for storing, within the meeting object record, a link to the replicated first record and the second record.

6 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/189,764Filed 2 Mar 2021
Published: US 2022/0283706 A18 Sep 2022
Granted: 7 Mar 2023
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification11 codes

G06F 3/065
Horizontal data movement in storage systems, i.e. moving data in between storage devices or systems: replication mechanisms
G06F 16/184
Distributed file systems: implemented as replicated file system
G06F 3/0604
Specifically adapted to achieve a particular effect: improving or facilitating administration, e.g. storage management
G06F 3/0688
Plurality of storage devices: non-volatile semiconductor memory arrays