Selecting storage cloud for storage of entity files from plurality of storage clouds

摘要

A technique to enable the user of storage clouds to use of a plurality of storage clouds without the user of storage clouds being aware of which data is being entrusted to which storage cloud and without sacrificing safety or ease-of-use by selecting at least one storage cloud to store an entity file storable in a cloud-utilizing terminal from among a plurality of storage clouds connected via a network to the cloud-utilizing terminal. This technique includes referencing the attributes or context of an entity file, or the attributes of a virtual folder and each attribute of a plurality of storage clouds, in response to the creation or update of the entity file in the virtual folder in the cloud-utilizing terminal, and selecting at least one storage cloud from among a plurality of storage clouds for storing the entity file so as to satisfy predefined rules.

主权项

1. A method for selecting at least one storage cloud to store an entity file storable in a cloud-utilizing terminal from among a plurality of storage clouds connected via a network to the cloud-utilizing terminal, the cloud-utilizing terminal having a virtual folder able to display links associated with entity files stored in each storage cloud of the plurality of storage clouds, comprising steps of:
the cloud-utilizing terminal executing a step of referencing attributes of a first entity file of the entity files, attributes of a first virtual folder of the at least one virtual folder and attributes of the plurality of storage clouds, in response the creation or update of the first entity file in the first virtual folder in the cloud-utilizing terminal, and using the attributes of the plurality of storage clouds to select a storage cloud from the plurality of storage clouds for storing the first entity file so as to satisfy predefined rules associated with the attributes of the plurality of storage clouds; uploading the first entity file in the cloud-utilizing terminal to a selected storage cloud selected by the cloud-utilizing terminal; and displaying a link to the uploaded first entity file in the first virtual folder, wherein a plurality of synchronizing folders associated respectively with the plurality of storage clouds is also provided in the cloud-utilizing terminal, and the first entity file generated or stored in the first virtual folder is moved from the first virtual folder to a synchronizing folder of the plurality of synchronizing folders associated with the selected storage cloud.