Policy based population of genealogical archive data

• US 10,546,033 B2
• Filed: 03/15/2018
• Issued: 01/28/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 05/23/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyndryl Incorporated
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Hale, Michael D., Pan, Tian M., Rendahl, Randy A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Ly, Anh
• Application Number:
  US15/922,113
• Publication Number:
  US 20180203938A1
• Time in Patent Office: 684 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/113 Details of archiving lifecycle management in storage systems G06F3/0649; backup systems G06F11/1446
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/20 of structured data, e.g. relational data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/23 Updating
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9027 Trees
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/954 Navigation, e.g. using categorised browsing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/972 Access to data in other repository systems, e.g. legacy data or dynamic Web page generation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]

Abstract

An approach for managing a family tree archive is provided. The approach includes creating an electronic archive based on a family tree. The approach also includes automatically discovering Internet-based data associated with at least one member of the family tree. The approach additionally includes adding the Internet-based data to the archive. The approach further includes storing the archive at a storage device.

Claims

1. A method implemented in a computer infrastructure comprising a combination of hardware and software, the method comprising:

creating an electronic archive for a user based on a family tree using an archive engine, including prompting the user to enter relationship policies regarding how many generations of the family tree to analyze in creating the electronic archive and creating content policies for the electronic archive;

discovering Internet-based data associated with at least one member of the family tree using the archive engine comprising;

crawling through a plurality of nodes and analyzing at least one site identified in at least one of the plurality of nodes;

inspecting the at least one site for at least one new link that matches a name of a member of the family tree, the at least one new link being a link to another site at which the user has an account;

sending a message to the user associated with the at least one new link requesting permission to update the at least one of the plurality of nodes with the at least one new link; and

adding the at least one new link to the at least one of the plurality of nodes upon receiving permission from the user;

identifying the Internet-based data within the at least one site which complies with the content policies and which has not been collected in the past;

adding the identified Internet-based data to the at least one of the plurality of nodes and marking the identified Internet-based data as new and un-reviewed data;

presenting the new and un-reviewed data to the user for permission or denial to add the new and un-reviewed data to the archive using the archive engine; and

adding the Internet-based data from the at least one site to the archive, using the archive engine, upon receiving permission from the user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the archive engine is associated with a computer device in a cloud environment.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing users associated with archive access to the archive via a Software as a Service (Saas) interface.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising creating a plurality of nodes in the archive, wherein each respective one of the plurality of nodes corresponds to a respective member of the family tree.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein each one of the plurality of nodes in the archive comprises a data structure that contains information regarding the members of the family tree.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the information regarding the members of the family tree contained in the data structure includes at least one of:

name, age, gender, birth date, place of birth, place of residence, job title, pictures, videos, relationship status, a link to an account at a website, and contact information.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the data structure further contains at least one of a link to an account at a website and contact information.

8. The method of claim 4, further comprising automatically discovering the Internet-based data associated with at least one member of the family tree.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising requesting permission to update the at least one of the plurality of nodes with the at least one new link and storing the archive at a storage device.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising permitting the user to review the Internet-based data.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the relationship policies include rules with regard to at least one of direct predecessor generations, indirect predecessor generations, direct descendents and indirect descendents.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining a predetermined user, among a plurality of users, to control a selected one of the plurality of nodes.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the predetermined user is directly associated with the selected one of the plurality of nodes.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the predetermined user is delegated control to the selected one of the plurality of nodes by one of the plurality of users who is directly associated with the node.

15. The method of claim 1, further comprising presenting the new and un-reviewed data to the user via an interface at a local computing device of the user.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising recording the Internet-based data which has been denied permission by the user to avoid collecting the denied data again in future updates of the archive.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein the content policies include at least one of video size limits, custom data upload limits, administrative control levels for other users of the electronic archive, relationship node additions and node ownership rules.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein the archive comprises at least one of a photo, a video, an accomplishment, and a general history.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the updating the at least one of the plurality of nodes comprises editing a biographic information of at least one member of the family tree.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the relationship policies comprise relationship distances between members of the family tree, the relationship distances including at least one of sibling, spouse, child, cousin and second cousin.