HOME-HUB PRIVATE CLOUD

摘要

A method and system to architect a private cloud, called a Home-Hub system, so that a user is given sufficient control over data stored in a Home-Hub system over a home or small-business network. A Home-Hub system comprises a home or office network, and 2 types of devices directly attached to the network: Hub devices and Branch devices. A Hub device is a wireless access point and a storage node. A Hub device is a central node for data exchange in a home network. A Branch device is a terminal, relay or peer node.;A Hub or Branch device may contain a digital storage device, a wireless AP (access point) or terminal, a positioning device such as a global positioning system receiver, one or more (wireless or fixed-line) modems connecting to the Internet, a network digital video recorder, and software that provides data sync and data backup.

主权项

1. A machine-implemented method to architect a private cloud, called a Home-Hub system, to allow a user to control the storage location, the security and privacy protection method, and the syncing, the backup, and the interaction, of personal data stored in a said Home-Hub system over a network in a home or a small business office, comprising:
a home or office network; a plurality of Hub devices, all directly attached to said home or office network; a plurality of branch devices, all directly attached to said home or office network;wherein a said Hub device is both a wireless access point (AP) and a storage node; a said Branch device acts as terminals, or rely, or a peer node in said home or office network; all Hub devices together act as the control center for said Home-Hub system; special Home-Hub operating system (OS) is installed on all Hub devices, and optionally on some Branch devices.