SOCIAL DRIVE FOR SHARING DATA
Particular embodiments described herein provide for an electronic device that can be configured to receive a request to share data, determine metadata for the data to be shared, communicate the metadata to a social drive, where the social drive is separate from the electronic device and the data is not located on the social drive, and communicate the shared data to a member of the social drive when the member requests the data.
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26 . At least one machine-readable medium comprising one or more instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
receive a request from a member of a social drive to view data;
determine metadata for the data, wherein the metadata is located on the social drive;
locate the data based on the determined metadata, wherein the data is not located on the social drive; and
communicate the data to the member of the social drive.
27 . The at least one computer-readable medium of claim 26 , wherein the data is located on an electronic device that communicated the metadata to the social drive.
28 . The at least one computer-readable medium of claim 27 , wherein the social drive includes a plurality of members and a notification was sent to each of the plurality of members when the metadata was communicated to the social drive.
29 . The at least one computer-readable medium of claim 28 , wherein the plurality of members do not have access to the location of the data.
30 . The at least one computer-readable medium of claim 28 , wherein each of the plurality of members can view the data on a unique electronic device.
31 . The at least one computer-readable medium of claim 26 , wherein the data located in a cache that is separate from the social drive and an electronic device that communicated the metadata to the social drive.
32 . The at least one computer-readable medium of claim 26 , wherein a notification is sent to an owner of the data when the member requests the data.
33 . The at least one computer-readable medium of claim 26 , wherein access to the data is restricted by an owner of the data.
34 . An apparatus comprising:
a unifying data module configured to:
receive a request to share data;
determine metadata for the data to be shared;
communicate the metadata to a social drive, wherein the social drive is separate from the unifying data module and the data is not located on the social drive; and
communicate the shared data to a member of the social drive when the member requests the data.
35 . The apparatus of claim 34 , wherein the data is located on an electronic device that includes the unifying data module.
36 . The apparatus of claim 34 , wherein the social drive includes a plurality of members and a notification is sent to each of the plurality of members when the metadata is communicated to the social drive.
37 . The apparatus of claim 36 , wherein the plurality of members do not have access to the location of the data.
38 . The apparatus of claim 36 , wherein each of the plurality of members can view the data on a unique electronic device.
39 . The apparatus of claim 34 , wherein a notification is sent to an owner of the data when the member requests the data.
40 . The apparatus of claim 34 , wherein access to the data is restricted by an owner of the data.
41 . The apparatus of claim 34 , wherein the unifying data module is further configured to communicate the shared data to a cache that is separate from the unifying data module and the cache can communicate the shared data to the member when the unifying data module is not available.
42 . A method comprising:
receiving, at an electronic device, a request to share data;
determining metadata for the data to be shared;
communicating the metadata to a social drive, wherein the social drive is separate from the electronic device and the data is not located on the social drive; and
communicating the shared data to a member of the social drive when the member requests the data.
43 . The method of claim 41 , wherein the data is located on the electronic device and the member of the social drive does not have access to the location of the data.
44 . A system for sharing data using a social drive, the system comprising:
an integrity verification module configured for:
receiving, at an electronic device, a request to share data;
determining metadata for the data to be shared;
communicating the metadata to a social drive, wherein the social drive is separate from the electronic device and the data is not located on the social drive; and
communicating the shared data to a member of the social drive when the member requests the data.
45 . The system of claim 44 , wherein the data is located on the electronic device.
46 . The system of claim 44 , wherein the data is located in a cache that is separate from the electronic device and the social drive.
47 . The system of claim 44 , wherein the social drive includes a plurality of members and a notification is sent to each of the plurality of members when the metadata is communicated to the social drive.
48 . The system of claim 47 , wherein the plurality of members do not have access to the location of the data.
49 . The system of claim 47 , wherein each of the plurality of members can view the data on a unique electronic device.
50 . The system of claim 44 , wherein a notification is sent to an owner of the data when the member requests the data.