System and method of disk sharing for cloud content storage
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsYang Seok Ki, Sungwook Ryu
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Abstract
A content provider system includes: a repository to store a catalog of content; a storage device including at least a first port and a second port; a first hosted device connected to the first port over a first storage interface for access to the storage device, and to execute content stored in the storage device to provide the content to a first user device; a second hosted device connected to the second port over a second storage interface for access to the storage device, and to execute the content stored in the storage device to provide the content to a second user device; and one or more processing circuits to control access to the storage device from the first and second ports by the first and second hosted devices.
Claims20
A content provider system comprising:
- a content storage configured to store a catalog of content;
- a storage device comprising a first connection;
- a first hosted device connected to the first connection over a first storage interface for access to the storage device, and configured to obtain content stored in the storage device to provide the content to a first remote device;
- and
- one or more processing circuits configured to:
- receive a request for requested content stored in the content storage from the first hosted device;
- load the requested content from the content storage to the storage device to store the requested content in the storage device;
- and
- notify, based on at least the request from the first hosted device, the first hosted device and a second hosted device different from the first hosted device of a location of the requested content loaded to and stored in the storage device,
- wherein the request for the requested content corresponds to a first request by the first hosted device and a second request by the second hosted device, and
- wherein the requested content is loaded from the content storage to the storage device based on the first request.
A method comprising:
- receiving, by one or more processors, a request for requested content from a first hosted device;
- loading, by the one or more processors, the requested content from a content storage to a storage device according to the request to store the requested content in the storage device;
- and
- notifying, by the one or more processors, based on at least the request from the first hosted device, the first hosted device and a second hosted device different from the first hosted device of a location of the requested content loaded to and stored in the storage device,
- wherein the request for the requested content corresponds to a first request by the first hosted device and a second request by the second hosted device, and
- wherein the requested content is loaded from the content storage to the storage device based on the first request.
A content provider system comprising:
- a content storage configured to store a catalog of content;
- a storage device comprising a first connection;
- a first hosted device connected to the first connection over a first storage interface for access to the storage device, and configured to obtain content stored in the storage device to provide the content to a first remote device;
- and
- one or more processing circuits configured to:
- receive a request for requested content stored in the content storage from the first hosted device;
- load the requested content from the content storage to the storage device;
- and
- provide, based on at least the request from the first hosted device, a location of the requested content in the storage device to a file system of the first hosted device and a file system of a second hosted device different from the first hosted device,
- wherein the request for the requested content corresponds to a first request by the first hosted device and a second request by the second hosted device, and
- wherein the requested content is loaded from the content storage to the storage device based on the first request.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.