Method for preventing storage of prohibited data on an Ad Hoc moving data network

摘要

The present disclosure provides a method operable in a balloon network. The method can include determining that a balloon is at a location associated with a first legally-defined geographic area, wherein an area profile identifies a list of geographically-prohibited data that is restricted from being cached in the first legally-defined geographic area. The method can also include receiving first data. The method can also include using the list of geographically-prohibited data to determine whether or not the first data is geographically-prohibited data. If the first data is geographically-prohibited data, then the method can further include refraining from storing the first data in data storage at the first balloon.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
while a first balloon is at a location within a first legally-defined geographic area, accessing a first list of geographically-prohibited data that identifies data that is restricted from being cached by the first balloon while the first balloon is at the location within the first legally-defined geographic area, wherein the first balloon is part of a balloon network including a plurality of moveable balloons that provide service to client devices in a plurality of legally-defined geographic areas; determining that the first balloon has moved from the first legally-defined geographic area to a location within a second legally-defined geographic area; in response to determining that the first balloon has moved to the location within the second legally-defined geographic area, the first balloon refraining from accessing the first list of geographically-prohibited data and instead accessing a second list of geographically-prohibited data that identifies data that is restricted from being cached by the first balloon while the first balloon is at the location within the second legally-defined geographic area, wherein the second list of geographically-prohibited data further indicates geographically-prohibited data for each of one or more additional legally-defined geographic areas; while the first balloon is at the location within the second legally-defined geographic area, the first balloon receiving data; using the second list of geographically-prohibited data to determine that the received data is geographically-prohibited data in the second legally-defined geographic area; and responsive to a determination that the received data is geographically-prohibited data in the second legally-defined geographic area, (i) identifying a second balloon of the plurality of balloons that is at a location outside of the second legally-defined geographic area, (ii) using the second list of geographically-prohibited data to determine that the received data is not geographically-prohibited at the location of the second balloon, (iii) routing the received data to the second balloon, and (iv) refraining from caching the received data in data storage at the first balloon while the first balloon is at the location within the second legally-defined geographic area.