US 12,073,096 B2
Holistic way of cloud connector integration on existing on-premise product
Rajib Saha, Siliguri (IN); and Venkata Ramana Murthy K, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to SAP SE, Walldorf (DE)
Filed by SAP SE, Walldorf (DE)
Filed on Jun. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/337,977.
Application 18/337,977 is a continuation of application No. 17/546,441, filed on Dec. 9, 2021, granted, now 11,726,673.
Prior Publication US 2023/0333753 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/06 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/0622 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0655 (2013.01); G06F 3/067 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hybrid storage system for an on-premises software product, comprising:
a memory; and
at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to:
assign, based on multiple levels of user access rights, a plurality of cloud storage drives for document storage operations performed by the on-premises software product;
access a first cloud storage drive of the plurality of cloud storage drives, wherein to access the first cloud storage drive, the at least one processor is configured to:
select an object specific plugin, wherein the object specific plugin is configured to provide an object to a cloud-based repository containing the first cloud storage drive;
communicate, based on user authorization, an instance of the object to a cloud plugin, wherein the cloud plugin is configured to communicate to the first cloud storage drive through a thin-client module; and
communicate the instance of the object with the first cloud storage drive.