Methods, systems and products for data preservation

• US 20050171977A1
• Filed: 07/20/2004
• Published: 08/04/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 02/02/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: UNICOM Systems Incorporated (UNICOM Global, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: UNICOM Systems Incorporated (UNICOM Global, Inc.)
• Inventors: Bui, Hong Q., Winant, Philip B., Brosnahan, L. Nicholas, Osborne, James W., McDaniel, Michael D.
• Application Number:
  US10/895,612
• Publication Number:
  US 20050171977A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1451 by selection of backup contents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3447 Performance evaluation by modeling
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3476 Data logging G06F11/14, G06F11/2205 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/86 Event-based monitoring

Abstract

A method implementable by an electronic system comprises identifying an event corresponding to a data set, the data set being of a type of a plurality of data-set types; identifying the type of the data set; identifying an association between the type of the data set and an entity of a plurality of entities; and instructing the entity to perform an action with respect to the data set.

Claims

1. A method implementable by an electronic system, the method comprising:

identifying an event corresponding to a data set, the data set being of a type of a plurality of data-set types;

identifying the type of the data set;

identifying an association between the type of the data set and an entity of a plurality of entities; and

instructing the entity to perform an action with respect to the data set.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the event is of a type of a plurality of event types.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the action depends on the event type.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the event comprises creation of the data set.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the event comprises modification of the data set.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the event comprises deletion of the data set.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the type of the data set corresponds to an application that creates the data set.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the data set comprises a file created by a digital camera, scanner, or other digital photographic transformation.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the association is created by a user of the electronic system.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein the entity is remote from the electronic system.

11. The method of claim 1 wherein the entity comprises a memory.

12. The method of claim 1 wherein the entity comprises a person.

13. The method of claim 1 wherein performing an action with respect to the data set comprises encrypting the data set.

14. The method of claim 1 wherein performing an action with respect to the data set comprises storing the data set.

15. The method of claim 1 wherein performing an action with respect to the data set comprises deleting the data set.

16. The method of claim 1 wherein performing an action with respect to the data set comprises printing a graphic image represented by the data set.

17. The method of claim 1 wherein the data set is a duplicate of a second data set stored in a memory of the electronic system.

18. An article of manufacture, comprising:

a machine-readable medium having instructions stored thereon to;

identify an event corresponding to a data set, the data set being of a type of a plurality of data-set types;

identify the type of the data set;

identify an association between the type of the data set and an entity of a plurality of entities; and

instruct the entity to perform an action with respect to the data set.

19. The article of claim 18 wherein the medium comprises a modulated carrier signal.

20. A system implementable by an electronic system, comprising:

an identifier operable to identify an event corresponding to a data set, the data set being of a type of a plurality of data-set types, the identifier further operable to identify the type of the data set, the identifier further operable to identify an association between the type of the data set and an entity of a plurality of entities; and

an instructor operable to instruct the entity to perform an action with respect to the data set.