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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2012
Emlyn Whittick, Powys, GB;
Martin E. D. Adams, Southampton, GB;
Fenghui Jiang, Eastleigh, GB;
Jasmin H. Deakin, Southampton, GB;
Emlyn Whittick, Powys, GB;
Martin E. D. Adams, Southampton, GB;
Fenghui Jiang, Eastleigh, GB;
Jasmin H. Deakin, Southampton, GB;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method, system and program for uploading a resource from remote storage to a remote service. The method comprises the steps of connecting to the remote service, initiating an upload of the resource to the remote service, selecting the remote storage as a source of the resource, acquiring the resource from the remote storage, and uploading the resource to the remote service. In one embodiment, at least part of the method is executed by a proxy server and the step of acquiring the resource from the remote storage comprises downloading the resource to the proxy server. In another embodiment, the remote service communicates directly with the remote storage. In this further embodiment, a client device acquires authentication data for the resource from the remote storage and the step of acquiring the resource from the remote storage includes providing the authentication data to the remote storage.