Samsung patents cloud storage system that uses unique keys for virtual users
Samsung describes a storage system that manages data for multiple users operating through virtual machines. The system receives mapping information from an external device and generates a unique key for each user's storage space to organize and secure their data.
In the filing’s own words
A storage system includes a plurality of storage devices including a plurality of user storage spaces allocated to each of a plurality of users, a controller configured to receive mapping information, which is information about the plurality of user storage spaces, from an external computing device that performs an operation for each of the plurality of users through a plurality of virtual machines, and a memory storing the mapping information, wherein the controller is configured to generate, when receiving the mapping information, different user keys for each of the plurality of user storage spaces, based on the mapping information, and manage user data stored in the plurality of storage devices by using the mapping information and user keys.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A storage system comprising: a plurality of storage devices including a plurality of user storage spaces allocated to each of a plurality of users; a controller configured to receive mapping information about the plurality of user storage spaces, from an external computing device configured to perform an operation for each of the plurality of users through a plurality of virtual machines; and a memory configured to store the mapping information, wherein the controller is configured to generate a user key for each of the plurality of user storage spaces, based on the mapping information, in response to the controller receiving the mapping information, wherein each user key is unique to each of the plurality of user storage spaces, and wherein the controller is further configured to manage user data stored in the plurality of storage devices by using the mapping information and the user keys.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
- Official title
- Storage system using mapping information and cloud system including the same
- Patent number
- US12730570B2
- Application number
- 18928770
- Filed
- Oct 28, 2024
- Granted
- Sep 8, 2026
- Inventors
- 3
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
G06F 3/0631 Physics & computingG06F 3/0604 Physics & computingG06F 3/0679 Physics & computingMore from Samsung in AI & software
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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