A unique bag identifier is generated for digital objects to be stored in object storage. A unique download identifier is generated for downloading of these objects and a unique upload identifier is generated for uploading of the objects; all three identifiers are associated in a database. The identifiers are distributed verbally, by electronic mail, by text message, etc. Any holder of these identifiers may access the digital objects without a user account and without installing an application on a computing device other than using a browser. A QR code or alphanumeric code is displayed on a computing device in order to allow another device to access the objects. Objects may be uploaded via electronic mail. Uploading or downloading is protected by an owner-generated password. Digital objects are sealed by calculating their hashes, placing these hashes in a file and calculating a hash for that file. This file hash is submitted to a block chain and a transaction identifier is returned.

The present teaching relates to recommending content by analyzing the streamed data. A request is received from a user requesting one or more recommendations from a set of items. A first distribution indicative of an interest distribution of the user in a plurality of topics is obtained. For each item, a second distribution indicative of a classification distribution of the item with respect to the plurality of topics is obtained. A score is estimated based on the first distribution and the second distribution, wherein the score indicates likelihood that the user is interested in the item. The scores associated with the set of items are ranked. The one or more recommendations are presented based on the ranked scores.

Facilitating the distribution of content is disclosed. A request for content is received from a requesting peer. A peer type of the requesting peer is determined. Determining the peer type of the requesting peer includes determining whether the requesting peer is a regular peer or a lightweight peer. A regular peer is one that is able to accept incoming connection requests and initiate connections. A lightweight peer is one that has less functionality than the regular peer.

Methods and apparatus for uploading data from a sender to a receiver. A data deduplication technique is described that may reduce the bandwidth used in uploading data from the sender to the receiver. In the technique, the receiver, rather than the sender, maintains a fingerprint dictionary for previously uploaded data. When a sender has additional data to be uploaded, the sender extracts fingerprints for units of the data and sends the fingerprints to the receiver. The receiver checks its fingerprint dictionary to determine the data units to be uploaded and notifies the sender of the identified units, which then sends the identified units of data to the receiver. The technique may, for example, be applied in virtualized data store systems to reduce bandwidth usage in uploading data.

Methods and apparatus relating to routing and caching systems for reducing traffic and the bandwidth used by decentralized peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing networks is described. The peer-to-peer network operates over an underlying network including first and second network portions. The method includes routing a peer-to-peer message in one of said network portions with an intended destination in the other of said network portions to a gateway between peer-to-peer modes residing on said first and second network portions. The method further includes controlling transport of said message at said gateway to limit propagation of said message into said other of said network portions.

Domain-based server-selection computer-implemented processes and machines implement an extension of RAFT consensus for leader selection based on patterns of update data proximity. Accounts involved in payment or other transactions are maintained as “sharded” data across data store instances that are split into shards according to their temporal activity. If the domain attributes for a node exceed a threshold and are greater than the other nodes, the node is designated as a leader node and the others are designated as follower nodes. This provides an additional optimization in network performance by introducing insights in normal operations within a domain in a distributed network. If the domain attributes do not exceed the threshold and/or are not greater than the other nodes, a traditional consensus algorithm is used to select leader and follower nodes.

A system for counting shoe and uploading data to a centralized server. The system includes a shoe that counts the number of steps a user takes during a predefined period of time. When the number of steps are greater than a predefined number, e.g., a target, the shoe displays a message congratulating the user. For example, when the target is reach, the display will show a winner message on the shoe. The shoe may be placed on a charging (or docking) station, allowing the shoe to be charged. The charging station may also download the data from the shoe, and transmit the data to a central server.

A system and method for auto-storing and synchronizing device content from an information handling system is disclosed. The method includes identifying a first device within a pre-determined range of a docking station, the first device operable to communicate with the docking station. The method further includes pairing with the first device. The method includes detecting a file on the first device. The method further includes uploading the file to a cloud services system. The method further includes creating a pointer, the pointer pointing to the file's location on the cloud services system. The method further includes storing the pointer to the file.

Systems and method for managing digital assets for a plurality of enterprises. The system may include enterprise profiles for each of the enterprises. Each enterprise profile can include one or more cost centers representative of divisions of the enterprise. Assets can be organized within cost centers within containers and folders. The arrangement of containers and folders can be representative of an organization structure of a division of the enterprise. Access to assets within the cost center can be determined by an access control module and be based on user-level and container-level permissions.

An embodiment of the invention introduces a method for accessing data in cloud storage space, which contains at least the following steps. A file is obtained. File uploads are generated, where each file upload contains partial data of the file. The file uploads are stored in storage servers of the cloud storage space, where the storage servers are governed by different cloud storage providers.