Systems and methods for searching digital assets using virtual folders having labels based on taxonomy tags

• US 20060106782A1
• Filed: 11/17/2005
• Published: 05/18/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 11/17/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Iron Mountain Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Iron Mountain Incorporated
• Inventors: Barnes, Matthew, Blumenau, Steven
• Application Number:
  US11/282,465
• Publication Number:
  US 20060106782A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/125 characterised by the use of retention policies retention policies for HSM systems G06F16/185
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/14 Details of searching files based on file metadata
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/182 Distributed file systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/10 Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material protection in video systems or pay television H04N7/16 ; Digital rights management [DRM]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/16 Program or content traceability, e.g. by watermarking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2101 Auditing as a secondary aspect
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2135 Metering
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2137 Time limited access, e.g. to a computer or data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2143 Clearing memory, e.g. to prevent the data from being stolen
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/913 Multimedia
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99931 Database or file accessing

Abstract

Systems and methods for managing digital assets in a distributed computing environment are described. Meta-data for the digital assets is stored separately from the digital assets. Meta-data for some of the digital assets is copied and stored at a central location. Meta-data for the digital assets is generated by clients of the system.

Claims

1. A method of locating a digital asset in a distributed computing environment, the environment having a central computing device that stores meta-data for at least one digital asset and one or more clients that locally stores respective digital assets, the method comprising:

(a) receiving a search command from an end-user of the client;

(b) identifying at least one taxonomy tag associated with a digital asset stored by the client; and

(c) displaying at least one folder to the end-user, the at least one folder having a label associated with the at least one identified taxonomy tag.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising identifying at least one keyword by processing the digital assets stored by the client.

3. The method of claim 2 further comprising displaying at least one additional folder containing a reference to a digital asset including the at least one keyword.

4. The method of claim 2 further comprising displaying at least one folder having a label comprising the identified keyword.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the at least one folder is displayed graphically to the end-user.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising intercepting the search command by a filter driver.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising intercepting the search command by a plug-in module.

8. A system for locating a digital asset in a distributed computing environment, the environment having a central computing device that stores meta-data for at least one digital asset and one or more clients that locally stores respective digital assets, the system comprising:

a computing device that receives a search command from an end-user of the computing device, identifies at least one taxonomy tag associated with a digital asset stored by the client, and displays at least one folder to the end-user, the at least one folder having a label associated with the at least one identified taxonomy tag.

9. The system of claim 8 wherein the computing device identifies at least one keyword by processing the digital assets stored by the computing device.

10. The system of claim 9 wherein the computing device displays at least one additional folder containing a reference to a digital asset including the at least one keyword.

11. The system of claim 9 wherein the computing device displays at least one folder having a label comprising the identified keyword.

12. The system of claim 8 wherein the at least one folder is displayed graphically to the end-user.

13. The system of claim 8 wherein the computing device comprises a filter driver that intercepts the search command.

14. The system of claim 8 wherein the computing device comprises a plug-in module that intercepts the search command.

15. A computer readable medium having executable instructions thereon to locate a digital asset in a distributed computing environment, the environment having a central computing device that stores meta-data for at least one digital asset and one or more clients that locally stores respective digital assets, the computer readable medium comprising:

(a) instructions receive a search command from an end-user of the client

(b) instructions to identify at least one taxonomy tag associated with a digital asset stored by the client; and

(c) instruction to display at least one folder to the end-user, the at least one folder having a label associated with the at least one identified taxonomy tag.

16. The computer readable medium of claim 15 further comprising instructions to identify at least one keyword by processing the digital assets stored by the client.

17. The computer readable medium of claim 16 further comprising instructions to display at least one additional folder containing a reference to a digital asset including the at least one keyword.

18. The computer readable medium of claim 16 further comprising instructions to displays at least one folder having a label comprising the identified keyword.

19. The computer readable medium of claim 15 wherein the at least one folder is displayed graphically to the end-user.

20. The computer readable medium of claim 15 further comprising instructions to cause a filter driver to intercept the search command.

21. The computer readable medium of claim 15 further comprising instructions to cause a plug-in module to intercept the search command.