System and method of discovering information
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1. A method for automated discovery of data comprising:
- defining at least one source resource containing a set of information objects, wherein the set of information objects defines a set of users;
discovering said set of users from said source resource;
defining an additional resource containing a second set of information objects, wherein each information object from said second set of information objects corresponds to a user from said set of users;
discovering said second set of information objects from said additional resource based on said additional resource definition; and
associating each information object from said second set of information objects with the corresponding user from said set of users and with said additional resource.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention include the steps of (i) defining a first resource containing information objects defining a set of users; (ii) discovering said information objects based on said first resource definition; (iii) associating each of said information objects with a user from said set of users and said first resource. Embodiments of the present invention can include delegation of discovery tasks to allow additional resources to be defined.
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1. A method for automated discovery of data comprising:
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defining at least one source resource containing a set of information objects, wherein the set of information objects defines a set of users;
discovering said set of users from said source resource;
defining an additional resource containing a second set of information objects, wherein each information object from said second set of information objects corresponds to a user from said set of users;
discovering said second set of information objects from said additional resource based on said additional resource definition; and
associating each information object from said second set of information objects with the corresponding user from said set of users and with said additional resource. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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12. A method of discovering users and accounts comprising:
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defining at least one source resource containing a first set of user accounts from which a set of users are discoverable;
discovering said set of users based on said set of user accounts; and
associating each user account from said first set of user accounts with the corresponding user and with said source resource.
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21. A system for discovering information on a network comprising:
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a computer readable medium; and
a software program stored on said computer readable memory and executable by a computer processor to;
receive a source resource definition, wherein said source resource contains a first set of information objects from which a set of users are discoverable;
connect to said source resource;
discover said user names;
receive a second resource definition, wherein said second resource contains a second set of information objects and wherein each of said second set of information objects corresponds to a user from said set of users;
discover said second set of information objects from said second resource;
associate each information object from said second set of information objects with the corresponding user. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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27. A system for discovering information on a network comprising:
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a computer readable medium; and
a software program stored on said computer readable memory and executable by a computer processor to;
receive a source resource definition, wherein said source resource contains a first set of resource from which a set of users are discoverable;
connect to said source resource;
discover said user names;
receive a second resource definition, wherein said second resource contains a second set of resource accounts and wherein each of said second set of resource accounts corresponds to a user from said set of users;
discover said second set of resource accounts from said second resource;
associate each resource account from said second set of resource accounts with the corresponding user.
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33. A method for automated discovery of data comprising:
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receiving from a first administrator a definition of at least one source resource containing a set of information objects, wherein the set of information objects defines a set of users;
discovering said set of users from said source resource;
receiving from said first administrator a definition a second resource containing a second set of information objects, wherein each information object from said second set of information objects corresponds to a user from said set of users;
discovering said second set of information objects from said additional resource; and
associating each information object from said second set of information objects with the corresponding user from said set of users. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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36. A method for discovering information comprising:
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receiving a source resource definition from a first administrator, wherein a set of users are discoverable from said source resource;
discovering said set of users from said source resource;
receiving an additional resource definition from a second administrator, wherein said additional resource contains information objects corresponding to each user from said set of users;
discovering said information objects from said additional resource; and
associating said information objects with said users from said set of users.
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41. A method for discovering data comprising:
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defining a first resource containing information objects defining at least one user from a set of users;
discovering said information objects based on said first resource definition;
associating each of said information objects with a user from said set of users and with said first resource. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 49, 50, 51)
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48. A method of discovering information comprising:
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receiving a first resource definition from a first administrator, wherein said first resource contains a first set of information objects defining at least one user from a set of users;
receiving a second resource definition from a second administrator, wherein said second resource contains a second set of information objects defining at least one user from said set of users;
discovering said first set of information objects from said first resource;
associating each information object from said first set of information objects with at least one user from said set of users and with said first resource;
discovering said second set of information objects from said second resource; and
associating each information object from said second set of information objects with at least one user from said set of users and with said second resource.
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52. A method for discovering information comprising:
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defining a plurality of resources, wherein each of the plurality of resources contains a set of information objects defining at least one user from a set of users;
discovering said sets of information objects from each of the plurality of resources; and
associating each information object from said sets of information objects with a user from said set of users and with the resource from which the corresponding information object was discovered. - View Dependent Claims (53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59)
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