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InventorsMichael Martin Franke, Johnathan Bailey Gamble, William Russell Henshall, Aaron Sasha Cabral Jacobs, Matthew Donaldson Moller
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Methods and system are disclosed allowing media data to be stored on a secondary storage system accessible for local area users. Such users can thus post or store media data (“posted media data”) on a central server and on the secondary storage system. By such a process, posted media data on the central server is in effect “mirrored” on the secondary storage system. As a result, collaborating local area users can utilize the benefits (e.g., higher bandwidth and faster download speed) of accessing posted media data from a local area source (i.e., the secondary storage system). Furthermore, in order to avoid downloading incomplete posted media data, a completion signal or pending signal can be used to indicate if the posted media data has been completely stored or is in the process of being stored on the secondary storage system.
A method for implementing collaboration between a plurality of users operating a media application for processing media data, including users interconnected via a first network and connected to a second network, the second network including a central server and the first network including a selectively enabled secondary storage system, the method comprising:
A method for implementing collaboration between a plurality of users operating a media application for processing media data, each user having access to a central server and to at least one selectively enabled secondary storage system, each secondary storage system being accessible to only a subset of the users comprising, the method comprising:
A method for implementing collaboration between a plurality of users operating a media application for processing media data, each of the users having access to a central server and to at least one selectively enabled secondary storage system, the method comprising:
A method for implementing collaboration between a plurality of users on a network operating a media application for processing media data, each of the users having access to a central server, the method comprising:
A system for implementing collaboration between a plurality of users operating a media application for processing media data, including users interconnected via a first network and connected to a second network, the second network including a central server and the first network including a selectively enabled secondary storage system, the system comprising:
A system for implementing collaboration between a plurality of users operating a media application for processing media data, each of the users having access to a central server and to at least one selectively enabled secondary storage system, each of the secondary storage systems being accessible to only a subset of the users, the system comprising:
A computer-readable medium containing instructions, which if executed by a computing system, cause the computing system to perform a method for implementing collaboration between a plurality of users operating a media application for processing media data, including users interconnected via a first network and connected to a second network, the second network including a central server and the first network including a selectively enabled secondary storage system, the method comprising:
A computer-readable medium containing instructions, which if executed by a computing system, cause the computing system to perform a method for implementing collaboration between a plurality of users operating a media application for processing media data, each of the users having access to a central server and to at least one selectively enabled secondary storage system, each of the secondary storage systems being accessible to only a subset of the users, the method comprising:
A computer-readable medium containing instructions, which if executed by a computing system, cause the computing system to perform a method for implementing collaboration between a plurality of interconnected users operating a media application for processing media data, each of the users having access to a central server and to at least one selectively enabled secondary storage system, the method comprising:
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This invention relates generally to data sharing systems and, more particularly, to methods and system using secondary storage to store media data accessible for local are users.
Data sharing capabilities have increased tremendously with the popularity of wide area networks (WANs) such as the Internet. For example, disparate users in different countries or continents can share large amounts of shared data. Shared data may include multimedia data, audio data, and/or video data, typically in the form of large data files. Data sharing applications are commonly used to store or “post” shared data on a central server connected to the Internet for access by other users. Thus, a user can access the posted data via the central server.
One type of data sharing application is a “collaboration application.” A collaboration application allows multiple users to work together on the same project from remote locations. For example, users in California and New York can work on the same project via the Internet through a collaboration application. Typically, in a collaboration application, a user stores or “posts” data for the project on the central server connected to the Internet. Other users connected to the Internet can then request the posted data from the central server. The central server processes these requests to provide the users with posted data for collaboration purposes.
The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in, and constitute a part of the specification, illustrate implementations of the invention and, together with the detailed description, serve to explain the principles of the invention. In the drawings,
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an exemplary system configuration for practicing the invention;
FIG. 2 is an internal block diagram of an exemplary computer system for implementing the invention;
Reference will now be made in detail to implementations of the invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. Wherever possible, the same reference numbers will be used throughout the drawings to refer to the same or like parts.
The following implementations allow data, e.g., media data, to be stored on a secondary storage system accessible for local area users. These users can post media data (“posted media data”) on a central server and on the secondary storage system. By such a process, posted media data on the central server is in effect “mirrored” on the secondary storage system. As a result, collaborating local area users can utilize the benefits (e.g., higher bandwidth and faster download speed) of accessing posted media data from a local area source (i.e., the secondary storage system). Furthermore, in order to avoid downloading incomplete posted media data, a completion signal and pending signal can be used to indicate if the posted media data has been completely stored or is being stored on the secondary storage system for downloading purposes.
FIG. 1 is block diagram of an exemplary system configuration 100 for practicing the invention. System configuration 100 includes a plurality of users 130, 135, and 140 configured in a first network 190 such as, for example, a local area network LAN (“LAN 190”). Users 130, 135, and 140 (“LAN users 130-140”) are coupled to a central server 110 and user 120 via a second network 160 such as, for example, a wide area network WAN (“WAN 160”). Within LAN 190, LAN users 130-140 are coupled to a secondary storage system 150.