File system management with user-definable functional attributes stored in a token action log
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1. A method comprising:
- storing one or more tokens within a file system;
associating each token with one or more customizable sets of one or more actions in a token action log, wherein each token is to trigger the associated set of one or more actions in response to accompanying a file-system entity that experiences an event designated for those one or more actions;
associating specific tokens with specific file-system entities.
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Abstract
A file system or other system that manages information entities includes a subsystem to store one or more tokens, as well as a token action log to associate each token with a customizable set of one or more actions, where each token is to trigger the associated set of one or more actions in response to accompanying a file-system/information entity that experiences an event. The file system also includes a token log manager, which initiates the appropriate actions corresponding to file-system entities that experience an event.
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1. A method comprising:
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storing one or more tokens within a file system;
associating each token with one or more customizable sets of one or more actions in a token action log, wherein each token is to trigger the associated set of one or more actions in response to accompanying a file-system entity that experiences an event designated for those one or more actions;
associating specific tokens with specific file-system entities. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A system comprising:
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a token action log to associate each token with a customizable set of one or more actions in a token action log, wherein each token is to trigger the associated set of one or more actions in response to accompanying a file-system entity that experiences an event; and
a token distributor to attach tokens to specific entities within the file system. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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51. A file-system apparatus comprising:
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means for storing one or more tokens within a file system;
means for associating each token with a customizable set of one or more actions in a token action log, wherein each token is to trigger the associated set of one or more actions in response to accompanying a file-system entity that experiences an event, means for associating specific tokens to specific entities within the file system. means for detecting an event involving a file-system entity accompanied by a specific token previously stored within the file system;
means for searching the token action log for a set of one or more actions associated with the specific token; and
means for executing the set of one or more actions.
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52. A computer program product comprising program code for performing a method, the method comprising:
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storing one or more tokens within a file system;
associating each token with a customizable set of one or more actions in a token action log, wherein each token is to trigger the associated set of one or more actions in response to accompanying a file-system entity that experiences an event, associating specific tokens to specific entities within the file system. detecting an event involving a file-system entity accompanied by a specific token previously stored within the file system;
searching the token action log for a set of one or more actions associated with the specific token; and
executing the set of one or more actions.
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