Patent ID: 9485221
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for selective allocation of file content portions between cloud and secured hardware device storage mediums, the method comprising: responsive to receiving a request to store a first file to a cloud storage system, wherein the request comprises a confidential portion of content of the first file that is designated as confidential, and a remainder portion of content of the first file that is different from the confidential portion and is not designated as confidential, a hardware controller on a first device component that is in network communication with a cloud storage system: storing the confidential portion of the first file as a second file on the first device; generating a uniform resource indicator that comprises at least a routing identifier to the first device, and a section routing identifier to the second file stored on the first device; storing a revised version of the first file to the cloud storage system wherein the confidential portion of the first file is replaced with the generated uniform resource indicator within the revised version of the first file at a location of the confidential portion of content of the first file; and responsive to receiving a request from a second device to retrieve the first file from the cloud storage system, and to determining that a cookie generated in response to synching the second device to the first device is present and stored on both of the first device and the second device during the storing of the revised version of the first file to the cloud storage system, enabling the second device to retrieve the confidential portion from the second file via an authorized routing path and to reconstruct the first file by replacing the uniform resource indicator located within the revised version of the first file with the confidential portion retrieved from the second file.