System for archive integrity management and related methods

• US 20060200508A1
• Filed: 05/02/2006
• Published: 09/07/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 08/08/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. (JP Morgan Chase & Co)
• Original Assignee: JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. (JP Morgan Chase & Co)
• Inventors: Telkowski, William A., Leong, Sang F.
• Granted Patent: US 7,617,261 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/0727 in a storage system, e.g. in a DASD or network based storage system drivers for digital recording or reproducing units G06F3/06; circuits for error detection or correction within digital recording or reproducing units G11B20/18; for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS], H04L67/1097
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/0772 Means for error signaling, e.g. using interrupts, exception flags, dedicated error registers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/113 Details of archiving lifecycle management in storage systems G06F3/0649; backup systems G06F11/1446
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/119 Details of migration of file systems migration mechanisms in storage systems G06F3/0647
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/1865 Transactional file systems
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99953 Recoverability
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99955 Archiving or backup

Abstract

A system for archive integrity management and related methods are disclosed. The invention includes one or more integrity manager applications, each of which monitor the integrity of an aspect of a data archive. Some integrity manager applications monitor the integrity of processes executed by the archive system, and other integrity manager applications monitor the integrity of communication paths in the archive system. A file input integrity manager application monitors the integrity of a plurality of processes associated with storing a new data file in the archive. A business content integrity manager application determines what documents are required for a transaction and monitors whether all of the required documents have been received by the archive system. Further, an event integrity manager application executes predetermined events triggered by characteristics of documents stored in the archive system and ensures that all events have been properly executed.

Claims

1. A computer-readable-document archive system comprising:

storage media for archiving computer-readable documents;

an input interface for receiving documents to be archived;

an output interface;

a content integrity manager application that instructs a processor to perform actions comprising;

(a) determining whether documents pertaining to a transaction have been received by the input interface based upon a comparison of at least data identifying a set of documents required for the transaction and data identifying documents associated with the transaction that have been received, and (b) transmitting a notification signal via the output interface, if at least one document in the set of documents has not been received;

an event integrity manager application that instructs a processor to perform actions comprising;

(a) executing predetermined events triggered by characteristics of the documents stored on the storage media, (b) recording results of the execution of the predetermined events, (c) determining whether the predetermined events have been executed successfully based upon a comparison of at least data identifying the predetermined events and the recorded results, and (d) transmitting a notification signal via the output interface, if at least one predetermined event did not successfully execute; and

a document destruction integrity manager application that instructs a processor to perform actions comprising;

(a) generating a document retention schedule, (b) interfacing with the retention schedule, (c) interfacing with an archive storage system, and (d) destroying the documents.

2. The archive system of claim 1, wherein transmitting a notification signal via the output interface, if at least one document in the set of documents has not been received, includes the step of determining if at least one document in the set has been received incorrectly.

3. A computer-readable-document archive system comprising:

storage media for archiving computer-readable documents;

an input interface for receiving documents to be archived; and

a document destruction integrity manager application that instructs a processor to perform actions comprising;

(a) generating a document retention schedule, based on one or more pre-determined purge rules, (b) interfacing with the retention schedule, (c) interfacing with an archive storage system, and (d) destroying the documents.

4. The archive system of claim 3, wherein the purge rules include retaining images of bank checks for a predetermined period of time from the date of check presentment.

5. The archive system of claim 3, wherein the purge rules include retaining loan documentation for a predetermined number of years from the date that the loan is paid off.

6. The archive system of claim 3, wherein destroying the documents comprises deleting index records and documents corresponding with the document records.

7. The archive system of claim 3, wherein destroying the documents comprises writing over a storage area containing data related to the documents.

8. A method for archiving, the method comprising the steps of:

archiving computer-readable documents at a storage media;

receiving documents to be archived at an input interface;

instructing, by a content integrity manager application, a processor to perform actions comprising;

(a) determining whether documents pertaining to a transaction have been received by the input interface based upon a comparison of at least data identifying a set of documents required for the transaction and data identifying documents associated with the transaction that have been received, and (b) transmitting a notification signal via the output interface, if at least one document in the set of documents has not been received; and

instructing, by an event integrity manager application, a processor to perform actions comprising;

(a) executing predetermined events triggered by characteristics of the documents stored on the storage media, (b) recording results of the execution of the predetermined events, (c) determining whether the predetermined events have been executed successfully based upon a comparison of at least data identifying the predetermined events and the recorded results, and (d) transmitting a notification signal via an output interface, if at least one predetermined event did not successfully execute.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the transaction comprises a loan transaction.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein the transaction comprises a mortgage loan transaction.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the documents include a contract.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the documents include a survey map.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the documents include a loan agreement.

17. The method of claim 8, wherein the documents include a contract.

18. The method of claim 8, wherein the documents include a survey map.

19. The method of claim 8, wherein the documents include a loan agreement.

29. The archive system as in claims 8, further comprising:

a user-interface communicatively connected to the output interface,

wherein at the notification is displayed on the user-interface.

30. The archive system of claim 29, wherein the notification includes data indicating an error severity level.

31. The archive system of claim 30, wherein the user-interface displays a color associated with the error severity level.

32. The archive system of claim 31, wherein the user-interface includes a plurality of separate sections for displaying a plurality of notification signals.

9. A method for archiving computer-readable-documents, the method comprising the steps of:

archiving, by a storage media, computer-readable documents;

receiving, by a an input interface, documents to be archived;

instructing, by a communication line integrity manager application, a processor to perform actions comprising;

(a) determining whether a communication line between points in the archive system is operative based upon a comparison of at least data identifying communication tests scheduled to be performed and data identifying communication tests that have been performed, and (b) transmitting a notification signal via an output interface, if it is determined that the communication is at least partially inoperative; and

instructing, by a retrieval path integrity manager application, a processor to perform actions comprising;

(a) determining whether a document retrieval path of the archive system is operative by at least attempting to retrieve a document from the storage media, and (b) transmitting a notification signal via the output interface, if at least one of the attempts at least partially fails.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the retrieval path integrity manager applications instructs a processor to attempt to retrieve documents stored on different storage media.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the retrieval path integrity manager application instructs a processor to attempt to transmit documents to different locations.

20. The method of claim 9, wherein the documents include a contract.

21. The method of claim 9, wherein the documents include a survey map.

22. The method of claim 9, wherein the documents include a loan agreement.

23. A computer-readable-document archive system comprising:

storage media for archiving computer-readable documents;

an input interface for receiving documents to be archived;

an output interface;

a content integrity manager application that instructs a processor to perform actions comprising;

(a) determining whether documents pertaining to a transaction have been received by the input interface based upon a comparison of at least data identifying a set of documents required for the transaction and data identifying documents associated with the transaction that have been received, and (b) transmitting a notification signal via the output interface, if at least one document in the set of documents has not been received.

24. The archive system of claim 23, wherein the transaction has a transaction type, and the content integrity manager application instructs the processor to perform actions further comprising identifying the set of documents required for the transaction based upon at least the transaction type.

25. A computer-readable-document archive system comprising:

storage media for archiving computer-readable documents;

an input interface for receiving documents to be archived;

an output interface; and

a communication line integrity manager application that instructs a processor to perform actions comprising;

(a) determining whether a communication line between points in the archive system is operative based upon a comparison of at least data identifying communication tests scheduled to be performed and data identifying communication tests that have been performed, and (b) transmitting a notification signal via the output interface, if it is determined that the communication is at least partially inoperative.

26. The archive system of claim 25, wherein the points include a first point and a second point, and the communication line integrity manager application transmits a ping signal from the first point to the second point and adds a result of the transmission of the ping signal to the data identifying communication tests that have been performed.

27. A computer-readable-document archive system comprising:

storage media for archiving computer-readable documents;

an input interface for receiving documents to be archived;

an output interface; and

a file input integrity manager application that instructs a processor to perform actions comprising;

(a) determining whether files received via the input interface are successfully stored by the archive system based upon a comparison of at least data identifying files received via the input interface and data identifying files stored on the storage media, and (b) transmitting a notification signal via the output interface, if at least one of the files received by the archive system were not successfully stored by the archive system.

28. The archive system of claim 27, wherein the comparison further includes a comparison of data identifying received files distributed within the archive system for storing by the archive system.