Patent ID: 11907168
Assignee: COMMVAULT SYSTEMS, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H  Y | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A computer-implemented method for encrypting files stored within a cloud storage site, the computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving a request to encrypt a data file located on a cloud storage site;
receiving an indication of a requested type of encryption method to utilize when encrypting the data file located on the cloud storage site,
wherein the requested type of encryption method is one of multiple types of encryption methods; and

determining whether the requested type of encryption method is supported by one or more application programming interfaces (APIs) provided by the cloud storage site;
when the requested type of encryption method is supported by the one or more APIs provided by the cloud storage site,
then utilizing the one or more APIs provided by the cloud storage site to encrypt the data file; and

when the requested type of encryption method is not supported by the one or more APIs provided by the cloud storage site,
then performing:
downloading a copy of the data file from the cloud storage site;
content indexing data in the downloaded copy of the data file by creating or updating at least one index associated with the data file;
encrypting the downloaded copy of the data file to create an encrypted version of the data file; and
sending the encrypted version of the data file to the cloud storage site via the one or more APIs to either—
 overwrite the data file stored on the cloud storage site with the encrypted version of the data file, or
 write the encrypted version of the data file to the cloud storage site and delete the data file stored on the cloud storage site.