Patent ID: 9189807
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for providing online storage, comprising: performing operations of a user at a standard bandwidth on a network of a communications network provider; defining a secure private communications network between a data center and the user of the network of the communications network provider when the user requests to upload data to a online storage at the data center, the secure private communication network having a secure connection for accessing the data center to remotely store data for the user; identifying the user requesting initiation of a data upload to the online storage at the data center across the secure private communications network, wherein the online storage at the data center maintains a provisioned amount of the online storage for the registered user; based on identification of the user requesting initiation of the data upload to the online storage at the data center through only the secure private communications network, determining a policy associated with the user for bandwidth allocation based on a contracted service level agreement with the user dictating the provisioned amount of online storage available to the user, the standard bandwidth, and a bandwidth boost for uploads across the private network to the provisioned amount of online storage; and in response to receiving an upload request to the provisioned amount of online storage by the user through only the secure private communications network, allocating the bandwidth boost for the requested data upload across the secure private communication network with the secure connection to the online storage at the data center according to the determined policy associated with the contracted service level agreement with the user and restoring the bandwidth provided to the user to the standard bandwidth on the network of the communication network provider once the upload across the secure private communication network is complete.