Systems and methods for data upload and download

A method comprising:

• analyzing, under control of an instruction set operable with a processor, information associated with digital data files of a user equipment to determine file transportation information;
• determining, using the file transportation information, a hierarchy of digital data files for communication between the user equipment and a network based mass storage system;
• selecting digital data files for communication using a particular one of first and second digital data file communication techniques in accordance with the hierarchy of digital data files, wherein the first digital data file communication technique and the second digital data file communication technique utilize a different media for communicating digital data files between the user equipment and the network based mass storage system;
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• providing communication of the digital data files between the user equipment and the network based mass storage system for storage using a combination of digital data file communication techniques in parallel, the combination of digital data file communication techniques comprising at least the first digital data file communication technique and the second digital data file communication technique.

A method comprising:

• providing communication of digital data files between a user equipment and a network based mass storage system for storage using a combination of digital data file communication techniques in parallel, the combination of digital data file communication techniques comprising at least a first digital data file communication technique and a second digital data file communication technique, wherein the first digital data file communication technique and the second digital data file communication technique utilize a different media for communicating digital data files between the user equipment and the network based mass storage system, the providing communication of digital data files between the user equipment and the network based mass storage system comprising:
• initiating communication of digital data files using the first communication technique;
• suspending communication of digital data files using the first communication technique in order to perform a first process associated with communication of digital data files using the second communication technique;
• performing the first process associated with communication of digital data files using the second communication technique while communication of digital data files using the first communication technique are suspended;
• restarting communication of digital data files using the first communication technique after performance of the first process associated with communication of digital data files using the second communication technique;
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• performing a second process associated with communication of digital data files using the second communication technique while communication of digital data files using the first communication technique continues.

A system comprising:

• at least one transport mass storage system configured for physically transporting files between user equipment and a network based mass storage system;
• a network based mass storage system having at least one mass storage system and a transport mass storage system interface adapted to accept transfer of the files transported by transport mass storage systems of the at least one transport mass storage system and a network interface adapted to accept transfer of files transported from user equipment by a network;
• an instruction set adapted to control communication of files between the user equipment and the network based mass storage system using a transport mass storage system of the at least one transport mass storage system and the network interface in parallel;
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• an instruction set adapted to control storing of files communicated to the network based mass storage system using the transport mass storage system interface and the network interface to prevent overwriting a modified file communicated to the network based mass storage system by one of the transport mass storage system interface and the network interface with an unmodified file communicated to the network based mass storage system by the other one of the transport mass storage system interface and the network interface.

A method comprising:

• analyzing files of a user equipment mass storage system to determine file transportation information;
• determining, using the file transportation information, files to be transported to a network based storage system using a first file communication technique and files to be transported to the network based storage system using a second file communication technique, wherein the first file communication technique and the second file communication technique utilize a different media for communicating files between the user equipment and the network based storage system;
• communicating, using the first file communication technique, the files determined to be transported to the network based storage system using the first file communication technique;
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• communicating, using the second file communication technique in parallel with the first file communication technique, the files determined to be transported to the network based storage system using the second file communication technique;
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• controlling storing of files communicated to the network based mass storage system using the first and second file communication techniques to prevent overwriting a modified file communicated to the network based mass storage system by one of the first and second file communication techniques with an unmodified file communicated to the network based mass storage system by the other one of the first and second file communication techniques.