Patent ID: 9652465
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L

Claim:
1. A method, comprising: receiving, from a client device, a request by a user to access an aggregate service device, wherein the aggregate service device connects to a plurality of storage devices of the user; providing access to the aggregate service device by authenticating, at the aggregate service device, the user, wherein the aggregate service device provides access to a plurality of cloud storage accounts of the user hosted by a single cloud storage service by maintaining authentication credentials of the plurality of cloud storage accounts; the maintaining authentication credentials comprising receiving a refresh token derived from the user entering credentials associated with at least one cloud storage account directly to the at least one cloud storage service and wherein the refresh token is limited to a predetermined duration; providing, at the aggregate service device, data analogous to data of the plurality of cloud storage accounts; receiving, by the aggregate service device, a selection of data accessible by the user from the plurality of cloud storage accounts of the user; and facilitating data transfer associated with the selection of data.