Patent ID: 9032179
Filing Date: 2015-05-12
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A gateway device adapted to connect a local network to the Internet comprising: at least one USB or wireless LAN interface for connecting said gateway device to at least one storage device; a user interface for selecting a storage device of the at least one storage device connected to said gateway device, said selected storage device becoming a managed storage section of said gateway device; a disk identifying module configured to mark said selected storage device so that said gateway device can identify if a storage device connected to said gateway device is the selected storage device; a configuring module configured to obtain a list of end users authorized to access said gateway device; the configuring module being further configured to, on selection of a managed storage section, automatically partition said managed storage section into a directory structure of a plurality of directories wherein a directory is created for each one of said end users, said directory structure comprising a directory for at least one application running on said gateway device for storing data used by said application; and a securing module configured to define access rights to said plurality of directories respectively for each end user registered to said gateway device.