Patent ID: 8839392

Claim:
A method for selecting data for transmission to a cloud computing system or data center, the method comprising: a computer, responsive to receiving the data from a computing device connected to the computer in the cloud computing system or data center, identifying selection criteria associated with the computing device; the computer, responsive to identifying the selection criteria associated with the computing device, determining whether the data is authorized for transmission to a storage device in the cloud computing system or data center; the computer, responsive to determining that the data is authorized for transmission to the storage device in the cloud computing system or data center, forwarding the data to the storage device; the computer, responsive to identifying a user-selected size trigger of a specified amount of storage capacity remaining in the storage device that is less than a maximum storage capacity of the storage device, activating prioritization of the data to be stored within the storage device in the cloud computing system or data center; and the computer, responsive to identifying a user-selected behavior trigger of a change in user behavior within a period of time, activating the prioritization of the data to be stored within the storage device in the cloud computing system or data center, wherein the change in user behavior within the period of time is based on an increase in a computed average number of data generated by the computing device within the period of time.