System and method to store third-party metadata in a cloud storage system

A cloud storage system identifies and creates metadata associated with a stored file. On receiving a request to access the file with an application, the cloud storage system generates a metadata category associated only with the application, and creates metadata associated with the generated metadat...

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Main Authors Hicks Justin Lee, Jorgensen Russell Blaine, Vongsouvanh Alain, Wyrick Robert Eugene, Clark Stephen Nowland
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 08.08.2017
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
PHYSICS
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Summary:A cloud storage system identifies and creates metadata associated with a stored file. On receiving a request to access the file with an application, the cloud storage system generates a metadata category associated only with the application, and creates metadata associated with the generated metadata category and corresponding to the file. On receiving a request to access file metadata, the cloud storage system identifies an application associated with the metadata access request, identifies a set of metadata categories associated with the identified application, filters metadata associated with the file based on the identified set of metadata categories, and provides the filtered metadata to the application.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201414229712