Generating prefetching profiles for prefetching data in a cloud based file system

A method for facilitating storage of multiple data objects in a file system of a computing device integrated with a storage server, the method comprising:

• receiving, at a prefetching server and from the computing device, a usage profile of the user of the computing device, the usage profile containing information regarding access of the data objects, the usage profile including at least (a) a time of access, (b) a duration of access, (c) a frequency of access, (d) a geographical location of the computing device during the access of the data objects accessed, or (e) a geographical location of another computing device associated with the user during the access of a particular data object on the computing device, wherein the computing device is configured to
• store metadata of the data objects in the file system of the computing device, and
• store content data of the data objects in the storage server communicatively coupled with the computing device over a communication network;
• analyzing, by the prefetching server, the usage profile to generate a prefetching profile for the user and the computing device, the prefetching profile identifying a subset of the data objects that have a high probability of being accessed by the user at the computing device, the prefetching server identifying the subset of the data objects based on a specified usage pattern;
• transmitting, to the computing device, the prefetching profile containing identification of the subset of the data objects;
• and
• receiving, from the computing device, a request to transmit content data of the subset of the data objects, the request having the identification of the subset of the data objects;
• obtaining, from the storage server, the content data of the subset of the data objects;
• and
• transmitting, to the computing device, the content data of the subset of the data objects, wherein the computing device stores the content data in a cache of the computing device.

A computing device comprising:

• a processor;
• a memory to store instructions which, when executed by the processor, perform the method of:
• storing, in the file system, metadata of the data objects;
• storing content data of the data objects in the storage server communicatively coupled with the computing device over a communication network;
• monitoring a usage of the data objects by a user of the computing device to generate a usage profile for the user, the usage profile containing information regarding access of the data objects, the usage profile including at least (a) a time of access, (b) a duration of access, (c) a frequency of access, (d) a geographical location of the computing device during the access of the data objects accessed, or (e) a geographical location of another computing device associated with the user during the access of a particular data object on the computing device;
• providing the usage profile of the user to a prefetching server to determine a prefetching profile for the user and the computing device, the prefetching profile identifying a subset of the data objects that have a high probability of being accessed by the user at the computing device;
• receiving the prefetching profile containing identification of the subset of the data objects from the prefetching server, the prefetching server identifying the subset of the data objects based on a specified prefetching policy and using the usage profile;
• and
• requesting, using the identification of the subset of the data objects from the prefetching profile, the prefetching server to cause the storage server to transmit content data of the subset of the data objects;
• receiving, from the storage server, the content data of the subset of the data objects;
• and
• caching, at the computing device, the content data of the subset of the data objects.