One step security system in a network storage system

An electronic device for controlling access to content in local clouds, the electronic device comprising a processor configured to:

• identify a plurality of devices associated with a first user account;
• define a local cloud comprising the plurality of devices associated with the first user account, wherein the local cloud is defined based on one or more resources of each device of the plurality of devices made available for the local cloud;
• receive, at a librarian service operating on the electronic device, a request from a first device in the local cloud to allow a third device access to the content stored on a second device in the local cloud, wherein the third device is associated with a second user account;
• receive, at the librarian service from the second device, an indication that the third device associated with the second user account is authorized to access the content stored on the second device;
• determine whether the third device associated with the second user account is known to the librarian service, wherein to determine whether the third device is known to the librarian service the processor is further configured to determine whether the third device has been made available to the librarian service to form another local cloud;
• when the third device associated with the second user account is determined to be known to the librarian service:
• identify credentials associated with the second user account, and
• when the credentials are already installed at the third device associated with the second user account, associate the credentials with the content to provide the third device authorization to access the content;
• and
• provide addressing information for the local cloud to the third device associated with the second user account, wherein the addressing information is used by the third device to connect to the local cloud to gain access to the content stored on the second device.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor included in a computing device, cause the computing device to authorize access to content stored on a local cloud, by carrying out steps that include:

• receiving, at a librarian service operating on a master device, a request from a first device to provide a third device with access to the content stored on a second device, wherein:
• the first device and the second device are associated with a first user account,
• the third device is associated with a second user account, and
• the librarian service selects the first and second devices to form the local cloud associated with the first user account based on one or more resources of each of the first and second devices made available for the local cloud;
• receiving, at the librarian service from the second device, an indication that the third device associated with the second user account is authorized to access the content stored on the second device;
• determining, at the librarian service, whether the third device associated with the second user account is known to the librarian service, wherein said determining involves determining whether the third device has been made available to the librarian service to form another local cloud;
• when the third device associated with the second user account is determined to be known to the librarian service:
• identifying credentials associated with the second user account, and
• when the credentials are already installed at the third device associated with the second user account, associating the credentials with the content to provide the third device authorization to access the content;
• and
• providing, by the librarian service, addressing information for the local cloud to the third device associated with the second user account, wherein the addressing information is used by the third device to connect to the local cloud to gain access to the content stored on the second device.