RU2728282C1 - Remote data management system - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: information technology.SUBSTANCE: invention relates to information technologies. For this purpose, disclosed is a remote data management system, which includes at least one communication device, having a function of remote connection to a server, including a signal receiving unit, a hard disk with centralized data storage and operating system software. This communication device includes a display, a command input/output unit, an external data carrier connection unit, a network connection unit and a random access memory unit. Server is configured to identify a communication means connected thereto and display on a display screen or monitor of said application means to provide access through server operating system to server installed on this server and access to data in centralized data storage server for viewing and replenishment from external data medium.EFFECT: providing a secure and unhackable by a third party access to a cloud server data storage when a hard disk for storing data is not available on the device.1 cl, 1 dwg

Description

The invention relates to the field of information technology. In particular, the invention relates to the field of remote access in a data network and contemplates a method for remote access control of digital content hosted on other network endpoints.

As people accumulate digital content, users post it, usually on drives or hard drives of servers, personal computers (PCs), wearable computers, portable phones, etc. Digital content refers to information of a personal or business nature. But, on the one hand, this is a convenience of use, since this content is always at hand and at any time and in any circumstances, it can be accessed, and on the other hand, a computerized tool can get lost or fail, or can be limited their applied and physical capabilities.

In addition, it is not always advisable to carry with you such a "storage" of personal or work information, or for a number of life circumstances there is an urgent or constant need to directly refer to personal or business information posted elsewhere for its correction and (or) modification in the absence of such opportunities.

Portable devices have become very popular nowadays, and are usually provided with connectivity capabilities that allow communication over networks. While the electronic storage capabilities of portable devices are growing, they are still small compared to the storage capabilities of hard drives found in servers, PCs, and other types of consumer electronic equipment. Thus, small-format portable computing devices are not typically used to store most of the digital content, requiring a more powerful device.

To exchange files between computers and mobile gadgets, cables and flash drives are no longer needed. If devices have Internet access, files can “fly” between them “on the cloud”. More precisely, they can "settle" in the cloud storage, which is a collection of servers scattered around the world (combined into one virtual - cloud server), where users place their data for a fee or for free. In the cloud, files are stored in the same way as on a computer's hard drive, but they are accessible not from one, but from different devices that are able to connect to it.

The NAS can function as a web and FTP server, serve as a torrent client, process data from webcams, and much more. Even in the absence of the user, it will regularly perform the duties assigned to it (download movies and music, for example), but this does not mean that no intervention is required in its operation: the owner may need to change the list of downloads or settings, add or remove items, view information from cameras.

For these purposes, almost any network attached storage is equipped with a remote control function (it is usually based on a web interface). With this option, the NAS can be controlled from anywhere and from any device connected to the Internet: laptop, netbook, smartphone or tablet. It is very convenient when any operations can be performed while in the office or on vacation, the main thing is to have access to the Network. Of course, the network attached storage must be configured so that you have access to it.

Basically, cloud storage is a common application. It creates a folder on the computer under its own name. Everything that is placed in this folder is simultaneously copied to the cloud Internet server and becomes available from other devices. The size of this folder is limited and can grow within the allocated disk space.

If the cloud storage application is launched and the computer (mobile gadget) is connected to the global network, the data on the hard disk and in the cloud is synchronized in real time. When working offline, as well as when the application is not working, all changes are saved only in the local folder. When the machine is connected to the Internet, access to the storage becomes possible, including through a browser.

Files and folders uploaded to the cloud are full-fledged web objects, just like any content on Internet sites and ftp-storages. You can link to them and share links with other people, even those who do not use this service. But only those to whom you yourself have allowed it can download or see an object from your storage. In the cloud, your data is hidden from prying eyes and is securely password protected.

So, a known remote data management system is known, containing at least one communication means, made with the function of remote connection via a wired or wireless network with a remotely located server, including a unit for receiving a signal from a communication means, a hard disk with a centralized data storage and software operating system (RU 2463717, H04L 12/18, publ. 10.10.2012).

This decision was made as a prototype for the declared object.

The bulk of cloud services have additional functionality - a file viewer, built-in document editors, screenshot creation tools, etc. Take Microsoft OneDrive, a cloud storage service, as an example. For Windows users, the advantage of the Microsoft OneDrive service over its counterparts is perhaps only one - it does not need to be installed. You also don't need to create a separate account for it - to enter the cloud, you just need to enter your Microsoft account details. The owner of one account Microsoft OneDrive provides 5GB of free disk space to store any information. There are possibilities:

- Support for other operating systems - Mac OS X, iOS and Android.

- View and edit documents using the built-in Office suite applications.

- Remote access to all contents of the computer (not just the OneDrive folders) where the service is installed and your Microsoft account is used.

- Create photo albums.

- Built-in messenger (Skype).

- Create and store text notes.

- Search.

- Offline folders.

- Multi-page scanning with saving documents in a PDF file.

As computerized communication tools in remote data management systems on the "cloud", users use a laptop, netbook, smartphone or tablet as portable communication tools that can always be at hand in any circumstances (for example, outside the office). Such portable computers are of interest to ordinary users, as they have convenient service and familiar system functionality:

- The touch screen (with such a screen - replacing the keyboard and mouse - it is convenient to work when performing common tasks: viewing e-mail, drawing up schedules and plans, viewing images, diagram maps, etc.

- Compactness (overall dimensions are small, so such a device can be carried with you everywhere.

- Convenience of reading e-books (they make it possible to read a book using vertical screen orientation, the screen can be rotated 180 degrees).

- A great tool for communication and meetings.

- Built-in Wi-Fi and 3G modules (for Internet access)

- Multimedia capabilities.

However, such portable communication processing means have serious disadvantages. The main disadvantage is the problems with running "heavy" software. Tablets or netbooks are suitable for most office tasks and work on the Internet, but they do not cope well with the launch of specialized software, for example, the same Photoshop or when working with tables or when working with voluminous text material, rich in graphics. To work with "heavy" programs, it is better to use a stationary PC or laptop. But these types of tools are inconvenient for portability and are not portable tools that you can take with you and work outside the office.

Today, portable communication processing means / devices are widely used for transferring information content and managing remote data over the Internet. But using the Internet for banking, social media, or other services often makes personal information vulnerable to theft. There are no 100% secured name, account numbers, address, photos, and credit card numbers from theft or unauthorized use. Unscrupulous hackers can gain access to our confidential information through unsecured connections.

The preservation of a large amount of data, the exclusion of access to them by third parties and the possibility of personal access to this data today is solved through the use of fully functional computerized processor tools. But it is precisely in the full functionality of such tools that there is an open possibility of hacking them and gaining access to the contents of the hard drive. Therefore, a businessman working on production data may not even suspect that this data is being downloaded from his PC or tablet only because the multifunctionality of the processor unit implies the presence of open ports (redundant and unused by the user) through which you can access the hard disk.

There is a growing need for platforms and methods that enable people to leverage handheld devices to reliably access personal digital content hosted on various other cloud server endpoints, and that do not have the redundant functionality that is a weak point of existing processor devices of various kinds. ...

The present invention is directed to the achievement of the technical result, which consists in providing secure and non-disclosed by a third party access to the data storage of a cloud server in the absence of a hard disk storage on the connection means.

The specified technical result is achieved by the fact that in a remote data management system containing at least one communication means configured with the function of remote connection via a wired or wireless network with a remotely located server, including a signal receiving unit from the communication means, a hard disk with a centralized data storage and operating system software and an unlimited amount of disk space and existing application programs for the operation of the operator of the communication facility without the additional need to install software (hereinafter referred to as the software) on the communication facility.

In the existing system, information is mainly created and formalized as a result in the form of files with the appropriate program extension (such as: *. Doc, * .txt, etc.). Files and parent software are created, modified, stored and deleted on the so-called. digital memory disks with the functionality of recording and rewriting information and which are actually a necessary component of modern computers. All software and the result of its work often "overload" disk space or reduce it due to garbage in the residual traces of files of previously removed software.

For ease of use in the modern world, all software of each individual computer, as a rule, is controlled by operating system environments such as Windows, Mac OS X, iOS, Android, etc. including digital media - memory disks. Constant updating of software, operating systems, new software and operating systems are increasingly demanding the updating of storage media - computers.

In any modern information system, users exchange information, which is essentially encrypted in digital format by some users and decrypted by other users according to the well-known system operation algorithm based on the principle of analogy of programs and analogy of software environments, in some cases their adaptation.

In the proposed scheme, the communication means, which mainly includes a display or monitor, a command input-output unit, a block for connecting an external data carrier and a block for connecting to a wired or wireless network, other necessary engineering infrastructure (options aimed at maintaining a stable network connection ensuring the operability of the system in overall) - is endowed with exclusive remote control functionality.

Remote control in the proposed system provides for such control when the operator, having only a communication facility with him, acquires the opportunity to enter the segment of the cloud storage allocated for him, in which he can choose the operating system that interests him. In it, you can choose the amount of required memory, disk space and almost any software without the need for additional installations and installations. Create, store, exchange information using only the resources of the server and mainly the wireless network.

The whole system in the presentation is one whole.

In this system, information is encrypted - it is decrypted into digital files already on the cloud server and therefore is understandable to all users available to the information, since software environments and operating systems are located there.

The operator of the CS has only a small relatively simple remote control device for a rather complex process of generating and processing information produced by a constantly improving system of remote computers.

The server is designed with the function of identifying the communication tool connected to it and demonstrating this application tool on the display or monitor screen for accessing the server operating system and data in the centralized data storage for viewing and replenishing from an external data carrier.

These features are essential and are interconnected with the formation of a stable set of essential features, sufficient to obtain the required technical result.

The present invention is illustrated by a specific example of implementation, which, however, is not the only possible, but clearly demonstrate the possibility of achieving the required technical result.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a remote data management system.

According to the present invention, a novel system for managing remote data stored on a hard disk of a remote located server in a cloud storage system is contemplated.

In general, this system provides for the creation, storage and transmission of information in online storages, in which data is created, stored on numerous servers distributed in a network, provided for use by clients with the ability to receive and transmit information directly through online storage.

Since the system provides for the organization of an online operating system (s), actually located on a remote server for interacting with users via wired, mainly wireless communication when using a processor communication tool that does not have a hard disk, that is, a storage for digital data, a prerequisite for a gradual exclusion from circulation of the so-called pirated (unlicensed software), the system of protection against computer viruses is systematized.

The system should stimulate the improvement of wireless and mobile communication systems, and in some cases, their modernization.

The system should also stimulate the development of cloud servers without replacing the existing system, and in the future, replacing it with a more modern one.

Such a system contains at least one communication means 1, made with the function of remote connection via a wired or wireless network 2 with a remotely located server 3, which includes a unit 4 for receiving a signal from a communication means 1, a hard disk 5 with a centralized data storage 6 and software operating system software (OS software).

In this system, the communication means 1 includes a display 7 or monitor, a command input-output unit 8, a unit 9 for connecting an external storage medium 10 and a unit 11 for connecting to a wired or wireless network 2.

Server 3 is designed with the function of identifying the communication means 1 connected to it and demonstrating on the display screen 7 or the monitor of this application means for accessing the operating system (OS software) of the server and to the data in the centralized data storage 6 for viewing them, working with the corresponding server text application and replenishment from an external data carrier (if necessary).

Server 3 or cloud server is a data hosting technology with networked access to computing resources. Using them eliminates the need to interact with the provider, and the operation algorithm is quite simple - downloading, editing and deleting information (or part of it) occurs in real time when connected to the Internet.

The cloud processes the data and is provided to the user as an online service. The server is remotely accessible, and the user can always connect to it when logging in to the browser from any device: PC, tablet, smartphone. Materially, a cloud server is a computerized device or specialized computer or specialized equipment for running service software on it, that is, it is a powerful computing computer constantly connected to the Internet. Such a server is provided with special server software. Similar to a standard PC, it includes a processor, RAM, hard drive, and motherboard. Such a computer provides storage of website resources (HTML documents, JavaScript files, etc.) and their delivery to the Internet user's device (usually a browser). The web server works according to a simple scheme - it accepts the user's http requests through the browser, processes the information and gives a response in the form of HTML markup, stores files, folders and other materials posted on sites (this service is known as hosting).

In addition, the cloud server is, in fact, a storage for various kinds and types of data (information) with authorized access to a personal storage section. Access to such a server is made after user identification (which appears after the user is registered on the cloud).

It should be borne in mind that at present the Server Application (OS software) is a specialized program that receives client requests, processes them and provides answers to these questions. In order to better understand what a server application is, you need to understand that the client-server interaction model is designed to share the load and functionality between client applications and server applications, so the client application and the server application can run on the same computer and at the same time interact together. The server application performs a certain set of functions, which is limited by its purpose. For example, a web server must accept HTTP requests from a client, analyze them by checking the received HTTP methods and header fields, then perform the actions specified in the request and report to the client about the results of its work using a special HTTP message called a response. And, for example, a MySQL server application must analyze the SQL request received from the client, process it, organize access to the file system, and return the query result to the client. It is important to understand that server applications play a strictly defined role and, in the client-server architecture, are service providers for clients.

The issue of transferring data, for example, related to the company's activities, to a cloud storage server is not considered within the framework of this application. For example, this data can be transferred from the company's computer 12 to the storage of a cloud server. The interaction of this office computer with cloud storage can be carried out according to any of the existing schemes. For example, a "cloud" storage client program is installed on a personal (office) computer or laptop, the path to the folders located on the hard disk that is planned to be placed in this "cloud" is written. The client program copies information from the specified folders to the storage, and then monitors any changes in these folders and automatically makes adjustments to the "cloud" data storage. If the user decides to change a file stored in the "cloud", the program will make the changes to the copies of the files on the office computer.

A feature of the claimed system is the use of a new communication tool made with the function of remote connection via a wired or wireless network with a remotely located server. This communication means in appearance can repeat the design of most portable computers (smartphone, tablet, cell phone) and includes a display or monitor, a command input / output unit, an external data carrier connection unit and a wired or wireless network connection unit.

This communication tool is a means of connecting to a remotely located server, which, after identifying a user, opens the corresponding application on this tool and provides access to the storage in that part of the data that is available by the identification parameters to this user. At the same time, this application provides access to editors for correcting existing data or creating new data (working with data). This communication tool is not a repetition of an office computer, it belongs to the category of additional means through which you can provide access to data in the storage of a cloud server. Such a communication tool is communicators with the function of accessing office data and can be an assistant for the management of the company to continue working outside the office, on business trips and under other conditions (for example, during a meeting outside the office).

In hardware, this communication tool, as a reference example, includes a split case (as a possible implementation example), on one half of which a screen or monitor is brought out - an LCD matrix on thin-film transistors (Thin Film Transistor), matrix model - GL080001T0-50 VI ... Nearby on this half of the case is a 3.7V lithium battery Li-polymer with a capacity of 3000 mAh. The battery has a built-in charge / discharge controller with a built-in charge / discharge controller. In the center of the printed circuit board (located on the second half of the case) there is a single-core processor - ALLWINNER TECH А13 (1 GHz), next to an 8-pin microcircuit in the SO8 package is PCF8563T (8563Т) - a real time clock (RTC) with an integrated calendar, next to a chip ( CF227) is a crystal resonator and a 24 MHz master oscillator IC.

The touchscreen is controlled by the FT5306DE4 chip, a capacitive touch panel controller. This controller is used to work with touch panels from 4.3 '' to 7 ''. The FT5306DE4 communicates with the main processor via the 1 ² C or SPI interface.

There may also be such elements as a vibration motor, a miniature speaker, a microphone, an SD card slot, a USB cable connector, a headphone output, a power connector.

RAM (random access memory) means one or two microcircuits H5TQ2G83CFR DDR3 SDRAM memory of 2Gb (2 gigabits) each.

Basically, it is RAM that is mainly used in computers. The principle of operation of any type of RAM is based on storing information in special electronic cells, each of which has a special address attached. This address is needed in order to be able to access a specific electronic cell, read and write its contents. Reading and writing to an electronic cell must be carried out at any time. Information is stored and rewritten in electronic cells only when the communication means is working, after turning it off, all information that is in RAM is erased.

To store data on a permanent basis (applications, addresses, etc.), ROM (read only memory) is used, for example, NAND FLASH-memory MT29F32G08CBACA (29F32G08CBACA) at 32Gb (32 Gigabit) in a 48-pin TSOP package. Similar chips are used in solid state drives (SSDs) and USB flash drives. The specified disk is specialized in its essence and cannot be considered as hard (similar to the BIOS of a computer with advanced capabilities, since it has additional memory for recording and rewriting, storing, downloading functional service information for installing drivers (mini hardware control programs) without distorting essence of the project and plagiarism of past inventions.

Such a disk can be created by the server as a virtual, separate, target, and mirrored with the disk of a communication tool - a BIOS addition to sustainably maintain the system's functionality. This is achieved by creating specialized software.

Wi-Fi is handled by a USB wireless module based on the Realtek RTL8188CUS chip. It is connected to the circuit using 6 contacts. 2 of them are common wire (GND). Further, plus + 3.3V power supply and two contacts - USB interface (USB DP and USB DN). An antenna is connected to the RF terminal. The power controller is responsible for the power supply - the AXR209 chip.

This example describes the simplest implementation of a communication tool that provides the ability to connect to a remotely located cloud storage server over the Internet. A feature of this tool is that it is not burdened with the presence of a hard disk or ROM for storing the amount of digital data and for installing programs for graphics editors and video broadcasts. The available ROM is used to install your own OS and install the application transmitted from the cloud server (when connected to it in remote access mode), which allows you to create transparent video access to the storage on the cloud and to the server editor for data processing (that is, to work with data in any of their graphical presentation).

For this purpose, the cloud storage server is designed with the function of identifying the communication means connected to it, and demonstrating on the display screen or monitor of this application means for accessing the server operating system and data in the centralized data storage for viewing and replenishing them from an external data carrier.

In this process, the ROM of the communication tool does not participate and its memory does not reflect information on processing data from the storage. Logging in and installing the server application is recorded in RAM. After switching off the communication means, all transmitted data in RAM are reset to zero.

This ensures complete confidentiality and security of the results of access to the server. In the ROM, as in a regular computer, identification data is stored to obtain a connection to the server and access it through the identification menu. But this mode today is well protected from unauthorized access through encryption. Since there are no open (unused ports) in the declared communication tool, an external unauthorized connection to obtain the IP address of this unprotected port becomes unavailable.

The present invention is industrially applicable and can find application in new algorithms for accessing data in cloud server storages for managing them from any place that does not coincide with the location of the computer from which this data was entered into the storage. At the same time, confidentiality, security of connection and management, and inaccessibility to this communication channel from third parties are preserved.

Claims (1)

A remote data management system containing at least one communication means, made with the function of remote connection via a wired or wireless network with a remotely located server, including a unit for receiving a signal from a communication means, a hard disk with a centralized data storage and operating system software, characterized in that the communication means includes a display or monitor, a command input-output unit, a block for connecting an external data carrier, a memory unit in the form of a random access memory for storing operational information in the mode of operation of the communication means and erasing it when this means stops working, and a connection unit with a wired or wireless network for searching for communication with the server and connecting to it, and the server is configured with the function of identifying the communication means connected to it and demonstrating on the display screen or monitor of this means of the application to provide I video access through the server operating system to the editor installed on this server to process data and work in this editor and access data in the centralized storage of the server data for viewing and replenishing it from an external data carrier.

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