Managing a message communication and file system
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1. A method for managing a message communication and filing system comprising:
- providing a token log as a data structure that contains a user-extensible set of tokens and conditions under which specific tokens are considered valid;
creating a new token as a set of symbols;
storing the new token in the token log together with information that implies one or more conditions under which the token is considered valid;
distributing the new token to one or more external entities; and
providing a system operator with the ability to change a validity status of the token.
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Abstract
A file system or other system that manages information entities includes a sub-system 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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11 Claims
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1. A method for managing a message communication and filing system comprising:
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providing a token log as a data structure that contains a user-extensible set of tokens and conditions under which specific tokens are considered valid;
creating a new token as a set of symbols;
storing the new token in the token log together with information that implies one or more conditions under which the token is considered valid;
distributing the new token to one or more external entities; and
providing a system operator with the ability to change a validity status of the token. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for managing a message communication and file system comprising:
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providing a token action log as a data structure that contains a user-extensible set of tokens, each token being a set of symbols;
storing a new entry in the token action log comprising;
a) a new token as a set of symbols, and b) one or more actions associated with the new token, which actions are to be automatically executed at the event of receiving a file-system entity that has the new token attached via a communication network;
distributing the new token to one or more other entities by including the new token with one or more outgoing messages that are sent to the one or more other entities;
receiving an incoming message from another entity via a communication network, which message has an attached token from the set of tokens previously stored in the token action log;
identifying the token that is attached to the received message;
retrieving from the token action log the one or more actions which correspond to the identified token and the detected event; and
executing the retrieved actions.
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11. A method for managing a file system comprising:
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providing a token action log as a data structure that contains a user-extensible set of tokens, each token being a set of symbols;
storing a new entry in the token action log comprising;
a) a new token as a set of symbols, and b) one or more actions associated with the new token, which actions are to be automatically executed at the event of receiving a file-system entity that has the new token attached via a communication network;
attaching the new token to one or more file-system entities such that the token is stored together with each attached file-system entity;
detecting an event involving receiving a file-system entity that has an attached token via a communication network, which token is from the set of tokens previously stored in the token action log;
identifying the attached token stored with the file-system entity involved in the detected event;
retrieving from the token action log the one or more actions which correspond to the identified token and the detected event; and
executing the retrieved actions.
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