Patent ID: 9235356
Filing Date: 2016-01-12
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A system for in-place-migration of data to a cloud-based data storage service, the system comprising: a Cloud Storage Import Utility (CSIU) device including a file selection module and a network server comprising memory storing the CSIU device and having a processor configured to host the CSIU device, and configured to generate a user interface at a client device; the user interface configured to allow a user at the client device to select one or more files or file folders associated with a primary shared storage device connected directly to the network, to be published to a remote cloud-based storage service for use with the cloud-based storage service, and for providing an indication of said selection, the primary shared storage device being separate from the client device; the CSIU device being separate from the primary shared storage device and configured to capture metadata for the selected files or file folders; the CSIU device configured to provide one or more commands understandable by the cloud-based data storage service, to cause the metadata to be copied to the cloud-based data storage service independently of the one or more files or file folders, wherein the files or file folders are usable by the cloud-based storage service without any need to move the files or file folders to the cloud-based storage service, wherein the CSIU device transmits the captured metadata to the cloud-based storage service via a wide area network.