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Information source agent systems and methods for distributed data storage and management using content signatures

  • US 10,565,163 B2
  • Filed: 03/05/2018
  • Issued: 02/18/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/22/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for identifying information source clients that have unique file distribution characteristics, comprising:

  • identifying a group of interest comprising one or more information source clients within an enterprise environment, wherein the one or more information source clients of the group of interest run the same operating system or share a job function;

    generating respective content signature summaries corresponding to the one or more information source clients of the group of interest, wherein the respective content signature summaries include content signatures for files that appear on the corresponding one or more information source clients;

    determining a count of the one or more information source clients that contain a content signature for a file of the files that appear on the corresponding one or more information source clients;

    characterizing the file as an outlier file that is inappropriate for the one or more information source clients of the group of interest upon determining that the count is below an outlier threshold, wherein the outlier threshold is a predetermined number greater than one;

    determining a respective count of outlier files contained within each of the one or more information source clients; and

    generating a usage report for each of the one or more information source clients of the group of interest, the usage report including the respective count and identification of outlier files contained within each of the one or more information source clients.

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