KR20120079552A - File sharing system and method based on storage, file sharing service apparatus and method of communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A file sharing apparatus, a method thereof, a file sharing apparatus thereof based on storage are provided to transmit a temporary authentication number of a mobile terminal. CONSTITUTION: An authenticating unit(156) generates a temporary authentication number for user authentication. The authenticating unit transmits the generated temporary authentication number to a terminal device number. A file sharing unit(158) transmits access information to an e-mail address based on sharing user information. The file sharing unit supplies a file corresponding to the success information to a user terminal.

Description

FILE SHARING SYSTEM AND METHOD BASED ON STORAGE, FILE SHARING SERVICE APPARATUS AND METHOD OF COMMUNICATION TERMINAL}

The present invention relates to a file sharing, and more particularly, in response to receiving shared user information consisting of an e-mail address and a mobile terminal device from a user-side terminal requesting sharing, a file set to be shared while transmitting a temporary authentication number to the number of the mobile terminal device. Storage-based file sharing device and method that can send access information to an email address, and sharing user information when setting up sharing for files stored in storage with email address and mobile terminal device number, and temporary authentication And a file sharing service providing apparatus and method for a terminal device terminal device terminal device capable of downloading a shared file through access information after performing authentication with a temporary authentication number as a number and access information are received.

In recent years, in addition to the hard disk or external hard disk attached to your computer, USB memory, etc., the storage space provided by a specific server (for example, web hard) on the web in order to easily utilize the storage space in any internet-enabled space. The use of (for example, hard disks) is increasing. A general method of operating a hard disk on the web is a method of allowing a content provider server to distribute a hard disk connected to a server operated by the user to a plurality of users.

Recently, cloud computing technology is widely known, and a file sharing service using the same has been provided. That is, a file sharing device using cloud storage may be virtually increased in order to increase the utilization of the system even if data is used by different users. They are managed on the same storage device, such as a hard disk, or stored together in the same folder, physically on the same device, such as a storage server, while being presented to individual users as storage devices that are isolated from each other.

In particular, the storage space on the storage is mainly used to share a large amount of data that can not be received by email. In other words, if you have more than a few tens of megabytes of data that aren't easily received by email, you're using storage on storage.

In addition, if a user has a wired / wireless internet, the user can check files such as text, images, and videos stored in the storage space of the storage anytime, anywhere, and users are using the storage space of the storage.

Moreover, in recent years, the use of digital cameras, camcorders, mobile phones with digital camera functions, and the like has increased, and the amount of multimedia data such as images and videos has increased. Therefore, users use a storage device such as a USB memory or an external hard drive or use storage space on the storage to store and manage multimedia data such as an image or a video captured by the user. In particular, recently released mobile terminal devices such as mobile phones are equipped with a digital camera function and memory, it is possible to check the multimedia data such as images, videos anytime and anywhere. However, in order to accommodate a large number of image and video files in a mobile device, there is still a limitation of memory, and there is an inconvenience in that a large amount of multimedia files stored in a storage space of a computer or a storage device need to be manually moved to the memory of the mobile device. do.

In addition, when managing the multimedia data using the storage space of the storage, in order to access the multimedia data, the user must log in to the cloud storage providing the storage space. Therefore, if you want to provide the data of the storage to others, it is necessary to inform others of their ID and password to access the cloud storage server, which may cause security problems accordingly.

In order to solve the above problems, an object of the present invention is to send a temporary authentication number to the number of the mobile terminal device in response to receiving shared user information consisting of an email address and a mobile terminal device from the user terminal requesting sharing; In addition, the present invention provides a storage-based file sharing device and method for transmitting access information of a shared file to an email address.

In addition, the present invention sets the shared user information to the e-mail address and the number of the mobile terminal device when setting up sharing for the files stored in the storage server, and performs authentication with the temporary authentication number as the temporary authentication number and access information are received. Then, the present invention provides a file sharing service providing device terminal device terminal device and method for a terminal device that can download a shared file through the access information.

The object of the present invention is not limited to those mentioned above, and other objects not mentioned will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

According to an aspect of the present invention, a storage-based file sharing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention is a storage in which files received from a user terminal through a wired or wireless network is stored, and the user side in response to a request for a sharing service of the user terminal A service provider which receives shared user information consisting of an e-mail address and a number of a terminal device and information of a file to be shared, and generates access information corresponding to the file information, and a temporary authentication number for user authentication. After generating and transmitting to the number of each terminal device in the shared user information, and the authentication unit for performing authentication according to the response of each terminal device, and transmitting the access information to the e-mail address based on the shared user information The user terminal on the file corresponding to the access information It may include a file sharing unit provided in.

In the storage-based file sharing device according to an embodiment of the present invention, the access information may be an FTP URL or an HTTP URL.

In the storage-based file sharing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, the authentication unit may generate the temporary authentication number using a ran number generated for each number of the terminal device.

According to another aspect of the invention, the file sharing service providing apparatus of the terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention can set the sharing for the file stored in the file sharing device, using the email address and the number of the terminal device sharing user A sharing setting unit providing an interface for setting information, and requesting sharing of the shared file by transmitting sharing user information set through the interface to the file sharing device so that access information of the shared file is set to the email; And a sharing request unit for transmitting the temporary authentication number to the address of the terminal device of the shared user information.

In the apparatus for providing a file sharing service of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the sharing setting unit may provide an interface for setting the shared user information by using address book information in which the email address and the number of the terminal device are mapped. It features.

In the apparatus for providing a file sharing service of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the sharing setting unit may input the email address with respect to a number of the terminal device selected from the address book information to which the number of the terminal device is mapped and the address book information. It is characterized by providing an interface.

In the file sharing service providing apparatus of the terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention, the temporary authentication number may be a ran number generated for each user in the shared user information by the file sharing device.

Terminal device terminal device terminal device terminal device terminal device terminal device terminal device terminal device terminal device terminal device terminal device terminal device According to another aspect of the present invention, a storage-based file sharing method according to an embodiment of the present invention Providing an interface for searching a file stored in a storage space of a user according to a request; receiving shared user information including information on a selected file, an email address, and a number of a terminal device through the interface; Generating access information and a temporary authentication number corresponding to the information of the file, transmitting the generated temporary authentication number to the number of each terminal device in the shared user information and sending the access information to an e-mail address; And perform authentication with the terminal device that has received the temporary authentication number, The method may include providing a file corresponding to the access information to the terminal device that performed the authentication based on the authentication result.

In the storage-based file sharing method according to an embodiment of the present invention, the generating of the temporary authentication number may include generating a random number according to the number of the terminal device and using the random number to generate the temporary authentication number. It may comprise the step of generating.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the method for providing a file sharing service of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention is connected to the file sharing device to search for a file stored by the user, at least one or more of the searched files Setting sharing information for a file and setting sharing user information using an email address and a number of a terminal device, and requesting sharing of the shared file by transmitting the sharing user information to the file sharing device; And accessing the shared information of the file to an e-mail address, and sending a temporary authentication number to the number of the terminal device.

In the method of providing a file sharing service of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the setting of the shared user information may include selecting at least one number of terminal devices from address book information in which numbers of a plurality of terminal devices are stored. And receiving an email address to be mapped to the number of the selected terminal device, and setting the shared user information by using the received email address and the number of the selected terminal device.

In the method of providing a file sharing service of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the setting of the shared user information may include providing address book information including a plurality of terminal devices and email addresses mapped to the numbers. And setting the shared user information by using the number of the terminal device selected from the address book information and an e-mail address mapped to the selected number.

The present invention sets sharing user information to an e-mail address and a number of a mobile terminal device when setting sharing for a file stored in a storage server, and transmits a temporary authentication number to the number of the mobile terminal device. By sending the access information to an e-mail address, not only can the security of file sharing be improved but also the restriction of expression of access information can be removed.

In addition, the present invention can improve the convenience of the sharing request user by setting the shared user information using address book information consisting of an e-mail address and the number of the mobile terminal device.

1 is a block diagram showing a cloud storage file sharing apparatus and its surrounding configuration using address book information according to an embodiment of the present invention;
2 is a flowchart illustrating a process of receiving a file sharing service using a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;
3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing a file sharing service in a cloud storage file sharing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The advantages and features of the present invention and the manner of achieving them will become apparent with reference to the embodiments described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as being limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the concept of the invention to those skilled in the art. Is provided to fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art, and the invention is only defined by the scope of the claims. Like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout.

In the following description of the present invention, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear. The following terms are defined in consideration of the functions in the embodiments of the present invention, which may vary depending on the intention of the user, the intention or the custom of the operator. Therefore, the definition should be based on the contents throughout this specification.

Hereinafter, referring to the accompanying drawings, when setting sharing for a file stored in a storage, sharing user information is set to an e-mail address and a mobile terminal device number, and a temporary authentication number is transmitted to the set mobile terminal device number. A file sharing device and method for transmitting access information of a shared file to an e-mail address will be described.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a cloud storage file sharing apparatus and a peripheral configuration thereof according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, and may include a user-side terminal 100, a communication network 120, a cloud storage file sharing apparatus 150, and the like. have.

The user terminal 100 may include a mobile terminal having a communication function and a storage space for storing predetermined data, and a wireless terminal such as a smart phone, and the like, for storing a file according to an embodiment of the present invention. User information is stored. Here, the user information may include an e-mail address, a telephone number of a terminal device capable of receiving a short message service (SMS), and the like.

In addition, the user terminal 100 is installed with a program for accessing the cloud storage file sharing device 150 to search for files stored by the user, and enter the user authentication information on the initial screen as the program is executed. A graphical user interface can be displayed on the screen. When the user enters his or her own authentication information, for example, an ID / password, a unique authentication number provided from the cloud storage file sharing device 150, and the like, the user stores all the information stored in the cloud storage file sharing device 150. A graphical user interface for browsing files and folders may be output on the screen.

Meanwhile, the user terminal 100 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may provide a file sharing service providing apparatus including a sharing setting unit 102, a sharing request unit 104, an authentication unit 106, a file receiving unit 108, and the like. It can be provided. Here, the file sharing service providing apparatus may be installed in the user terminal 100 in the form of an application.

The sharing setting unit 102 can provide a graphic user interface that can not only set sharing for any file stored in the cloud storage file sharing device 150 but also designate a sharing user by using address book information when setting sharing. have. This graphical user interface allows the user to set up shared users as well as shared files. As the sharing is set for any file, the cloud storage file sharing device 150 may change the attribute information of the arbitrary file into the sharing state.

Meanwhile, the sharing setting unit 102 may use address book information in which the number and email address of the mobile terminal device are stored when setting the shared user information. In other words, the user may select the number and email address of the mobile terminal device from the address book information. You can set the shared user information through.

In addition, the sharing setting unit 102 provides an interface for selecting at least one or more numbers from the address book information in which the number of the mobile terminal device is stored, and inputting an e-mail address for each selected number. The shared user information can be set using the entered email address.

The sharing request unit 104 may request sharing of an arbitrary file by transmitting information on the shared user set through the graphic user interface provided by the sharing setting unit 102 to the cloud storage file sharing device 150.

Meanwhile, the authentication unit 106 may provide a graphic user interface that may perform authentication with the cloud storage file sharing device 150 as a temporary authentication number and access information are received from the cloud storage file sharing device 150. . The user may obtain a right to access a file stored in the cloud storage file sharing device 150 by inputting a temporary authentication number received through the graphic user interface provided by the authentication unit 106.

The file receiving unit 108 obtains an access right to the cloud storage file sharing device 150 through the authentication unit 106, and downloads a random shared file as the user manipulates the access information, thereby allowing the user to receive the shared file in the user terminal 100. The data may be stored in a predetermined storage medium (not shown) or displayed on a display device (not shown) of the user terminal 100.

A process of receiving a file sharing service by accessing the cloud storage file sharing device 150 from the user terminal 100 having the above configuration will be described with reference to FIG. 2.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a process in which a user terminal receives a file sharing service according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Prior to the description, a process in which a user terminal provides a file sharing service under the premise that a user creates a predetermined folder in a storage space allocated from the cloud storage file sharing apparatus 150 and stores a file using a wired or wireless terminal. This will be described.

As shown in FIG. 2, the user-side terminal 100 accesses the cloud storage file sharing device 150 through the communication network 120 (S200), so that the user interface information may be input to the cloud storage file. It is provided from the sharing device 150, and enters its own authentication information, such as ID / password or the user's unique ran number on the graphical user interface to perform the authentication process with the cloud storage file sharing device 150 (S202).

Then, the user terminal 100 outputs a graphic user interface for searching for files stored in the storage space allocated by the user through driving of the program (S204), and the graphic user through driving of the sharing setting unit 102. The interface provides a graphical user interface for specifying shared files and shared user information.

By specifying the shared file and the shared user through the graphical user interface provided by the sharing setting unit 102 (S206), the sharing request unit 104 transmits the shared user information to share the shared file with the cloud storage file sharing device. Request to 150 (S208). Accordingly, the cloud storage file sharing device 150 changes the attribute of the requested shared file to the shared state and shares the access information for accessing the temporary authentication number and the shared file using the shared user's information. Send to the mobile terminal device and the email address.

Meanwhile, as a temporary authentication number and access information for accessing an arbitrary shared file are received from the cloud storage file sharing device 150 (S210), the authentication unit 106 may provide a graphic user interface for inputting authentication information. In operation S212, an authentication procedure is performed with the cloud storage file sharing apparatus 150 using the authentication information input through the graphic user interface.

When the authentication process is completed, the file receiving unit 108 provides an interface for manipulating the access information received by the e-mail address, and responds to the access information from the cloud storage file sharing device 150 according to the manipulation of the access information. The shared file can be downloaded (S214).

In the embodiment of the present invention, the e-mail address provided with the access information is set in the user terminal 100, that is, the user can receive the access information using his or her wired or wireless terminal as well as the access information. Through the operation, the shared file can be downloaded to the wired or wireless terminal and executed.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, by transmitting the temporary authentication number to the wireless terminal that is the user terminal 100 of the sharing user to authenticate the sharing user, and transmits the access information to the email address, the size and expression of the string Access information can be transmitted without restriction.

The cloud storage file sharing apparatus 150 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a storage 152, a service provider 154, an authentication unit 156, a file sharing unit 158, and the like. Can consist of one server or different servers.

The storage 152 includes a storage space for storing files received from a plurality of users, and stores the files received from a terminal of a plurality of users connected to a wired / wireless communication network in a storage space allocated to each user.

The service providing unit 154 provides file information for searching for a file stored by a user of the user terminal 100 as the user terminal 100 is connected, and shared user information from the user terminal 100. After receiving shared file information to be shared, access information for accessing the shared file may be generated. Here, the access information may be address information that can access the shared file, such as URL and HTTP information.

The authentication unit 156 generates a temporary authentication number for each user in the shared user information for user authentication based on the shared user information, and transmits it to the number of the mobile terminal device in the shared user information. You can perform authentication according to. Here, the temporary authentication number is a disposable ran number, which cannot be used after one use.

The file sharing unit 158 may provide the shared file to the mobile terminal device of the sharing user when there is access to the shared file using the access information from the mobile terminal device of the sharing user authenticated through the authenticator 156. .

A process of providing a file sharing service by the cloud storage file sharing device 150 having the above configuration will be described with reference to FIG. 3.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing a file sharing service by a cloud storage file sharing apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 3, as the user terminal 100 connects to the cloud storage file sharing device 150, the authentication unit 156 authenticates the user of the user terminal 100 through a predetermined authentication procedure. In operation S300, a file search interface for searching a file stored in a storage space of an authenticated user may be provided.

Subsequently, the service provider 154 of the cloud storage file sharing device 150 receives the shared file information, the e-mail address, and the shared user information including the number of the mobile terminal device, which the user wants to share from the user terminal 100 ( S302). Here, the shared file information may be received as the user sets after selecting at least one file in the file search interface.

The service providing unit 154 generates access information for accessing the shared file as the shared user information and the shared file information are received from the user terminal 100, and transmits the generated access information to the email address of the shared user information. A temporary authentication number is generated for each user and transmitted to the number of each mobile terminal device in the shared user information (S304).

Subsequently, when an authentication request using the temporary authentication number is received from the predetermined mobile terminal device (S306), the authentication unit 156 receives the temporary authentication number sent by the service providing unit 154 and the temporary authentication number received from the predetermined mobile terminal device. It is determined whether the shared user is normal by comparing the authentication numbers (S308). As a result of determination in S308, when a predetermined mobile terminal device requests a shared file using the access information in the case of a normal sharing user, the file sharing unit 158 searches for the shared file corresponding to the access information in the storage 152. This is provided to a predetermined mobile terminal device (S310).

According to a file sharing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shared file information and shared user information are received from a user terminal, a temporary authentication number is transmitted to the number of the mobile terminal apparatus, and access information of the public file is converted into an email address. By transmitting, not only the security can be improved when sharing files, but the restriction of the expression of access information can be removed.

Meanwhile, in the above-described embodiment, the cloud storage file sharing device 150 and the file sharing device of the user terminal 100 separately perform each individual function, but the cloud storage file sharing device 150 and the user side are illustrated. If the file sharing device of the terminal 100 has installed a computer program that can provide a file sharing service to an online cloud computing server that can be accessed through the communication network 120, the cloud storage file sharing device 150 or The file sharing device of the user terminal 100 may be implemented as a cloud computing environment in which a computer program is loaded, used, and executed. The code and code segments that make up this computer program can be easily deduced by a computer programmer in the field. In addition, the computer program is stored in a computer readable media and can be read and executed by a computer or a file sharing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, thereby controlling the overall control method of the file sharing system. Can be implemented. Here, the information storage medium may include a magnetic recording medium, an optical recording medium and a carrier wob medium.

While the present invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be practical exemplary embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, You will understand. For example, those skilled in the art can change each component according to the field of application, or combine or substitute the disclosed embodiments in a form that is not clearly disclosed in the embodiments of the present invention, but this is also within the scope of the present invention. It is not. Therefore, it should be understood that the above-described embodiments are to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, and that these modified embodiments are included in the technical idea described in the claims of the present invention.

The present invention is a technology applied to a cloud storage-based large file storage service system, in particular can be used as a sharing technology for sharing files.

In addition, the present invention solves the problem of inferior security when sharing files by performing authentication at the time of file sharing by using the number of the mobile terminal device of the sharing user and transmitting access information about the shared files by e-mail. It can be used as a technology to enhance the convenience.

100: user terminal
102: share settings
104: share request unit
106: certification unit
108: file receiving unit
120: wireless communication network
150: cloud storage file sharing device
152: storage
154: service provider
156: certification unit
158: file sharing unit

Claims (12)

Storage that stores the file provided from the user terminal through the wired and wireless communication network,
In response to a request for a sharing service of the user terminal, the user terminal receives the shared user information consisting of an email address and the number of the terminal device and information of a file to be shared, and generates access information corresponding to the information of the file. Studying,
An authentication unit which generates a temporary authentication number for user authentication and transmits it to the number of each terminal device in the shared user information, and performs authentication according to the response of each terminal device;
And a file sharing unit which transmits the access information to the e-mail address based on the shared user information and provides a file corresponding to the access information to the user terminal.
Storage-based file sharing device. The method of claim 1,
Terminal device terminal device terminal device terminal device terminal device terminal device terminal device terminal device terminal device terminal device terminal device terminal device terminal device terminal device The access information is characterized in that the FTP URL or HTTP URL.
Storage-based file sharing device. The method of claim 1,
The authentication unit generates the temporary authentication number by using a ran number generated for each number of the terminal device.
Storage-based file sharing device. A sharing setting unit which can set sharing for a file stored in the file sharing device, and provides an interface for setting sharing user information using an email address and a terminal device number;
Sending the shared user information set through the interface to the file sharing device to request sharing of the shared file so that access information of the shared file is transmitted to the e-mail address, and the terminal device of the shared user information. A sharing request unit for sending a temporary authentication number to the number
File sharing service providing device of the terminal device. The method of claim 4, wherein
The sharing setting unit may provide an interface for setting the sharing user information by using address book information in which the email address and the number of the terminal device are mapped.
File sharing service providing device of the terminal device. The method of claim 4, wherein
The sharing setting unit may provide an interface for inputting the e-mail address with respect to the address book information to which the number of the terminal device is mapped and the number of the terminal device selected from the address book information.
File sharing service providing device of the terminal device. The method of claim 4, wherein
The temporary authentication number is a random number generated by the file sharing device for each user in the shared user information.
File sharing device of the terminal device. Providing an interface for searching a file stored in a storage space of a user according to a request of a user terminal;
Receiving shared user information comprising information on a file selected through the interface, an email address, and a number of a terminal device;
Generating access information and a temporary authentication number corresponding to the information of the file;
Transmitting the generated temporary authentication number to each terminal device in the shared user information and sending the access information to an e-mail address;
Performing authentication with the terminal device that has received the temporary authentication number, and providing a file corresponding to the access information to the terminal device that performed the authentication based on a result of the authentication.
Storage-based file sharing method. The method of claim 8,
Generating the temporary authentication number,
Generating a random number according to the number of the terminal device;
Generating the temporary authentication number using the random number;
Storage-based file sharing method. Accessing the file sharing device and browsing the file stored by the user;
Setting sharing for at least one file among the searched files and setting sharing user information using an email address and a number of a terminal device;
Transmitting the sharing user information to the file sharing device to request sharing of the shared file;
Access information about the shared file is transmitted to an e-mail address, characterized in that the temporary authentication number is transmitted to the number of the terminal device
File sharing service providing method of a terminal device. 11. The method of claim 10,
Setting the shared user information,
Selecting a number of at least one terminal device from address book information in which numbers of a plurality of terminal devices are stored;
Receiving an email address to be mapped to the number of the selected terminal device;
Setting the shared user information by using the received e-mail address and the number of the selected terminal device.
File sharing service providing method of a terminal device. 11. The method of claim 10,
Setting the shared user information,
Providing address book information including a number of terminal devices and an e-mail address mapped to each of the numbers;
Setting the shared user information using a number of the terminal device selected from the address book information and an e-mail address mapped to the selected number;
File sharing service providing method of a terminal device.

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