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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2018

Filed:

Dec. 03, 2015
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Jessica P. Doherty, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);

Heidi Lagares-Greenblatt, Jefferson Hills, PA (US);

Justin A. McCoy, Austin, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 12/14 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0604 (2013.01); G06F 3/067 (2013.01); G06F 3/0608 (2013.01); G06F 3/0647 (2013.01); G06F 3/0649 (2013.01); G06F 12/1466 (2013.01); G06F 17/30082 (2013.01); G06F 2212/1052 (2013.01);
Abstract

According to one exemplary embodiment, a method for an automatic memory cloud is provided. The method may include detecting a trigger event. The method may include activating the automatic memory cloud based on detecting the trigger event. The method may include determining if new data is found on a primary device connected to the activated automatic memory cloud, wherein the new data has a data type and a data size. The method may include selecting a destination device from a plurality of secondary devices connected to the activated automatic memory cloud based on determining that the new data is found on the primary device, whereby the selected destination device has an available storage exceeding the data size and a usage type matches the data type associated with the new data. The method may include sending an instruction to transfer the new data from the primary device to the destination device.


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