Account consolidation

• US 20070100856A1
• Filed: 10/21/2005
• Published: 05/03/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 10/21/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Oath Inc. (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Yahoo! Inc. (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: Ebbesen, Bjorn
• Application Number:
  US11/256,296
• Publication Number:
  US 20070100856A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/48 Message addressing, e.g. address format or anonymous messages, aliases

Abstract

In one aspect a system and method for aggregating data from multiple content nodes are provided. In one example, a system for aggregating content nodes on a single content node backend includes logic operable to associate a first content node with a second content node on a first backend, wherein the first content node is hosted by the first backend, the second content node is mirrored from a remote location, and the second content node is hosted by the remote location. The data of the first and second content nodes may be grouped as a single dataset (e.g., a connected dataset) hosted by the first backend, and the data of the first and second content nodes may be organized as separate folders of the connected dataset.

Claims

1. A system for aggregating data of remote content nodes, the system comprising logic operable to:

associate, on a first backend, first data of a first content node with second data of a second content node, wherein;

the first content node is hosted by the first backend,

the second data is mirrored from a remote location, and

the second content node is hosted by the remote location.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the first data and second data are grouped as a single dataset on the first backend.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the first data and second data are organized into respective folders of a connected dataset on the first backend.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the first and second content nodes comprise user accounts.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the first content node comprises a user account and the second content node comprises at least one of a user account, an exchange, or a remote device.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the data of the first and second content nodes are associated together based on an information management service.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the information management service comprises at least one of a contact, calendar, or task application.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the data of the first and second content nodes are accessible by a third content node accessing the first backend.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the third content node comprises a mobile device.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the second content node is mirrored from a content node hosted by a second backend.

11. The system of claim 1, further comprising logic operable to associate an item identification to data entries of the first content node and to data entries of the second content node, and logic operable to compare the item identifications of data entries to identify identical data entries.

12. A device comprising logic operable to:

access a connected dataset comprising data associated with two or more content nodes, the connected dataset located on a backend of one of the content nodes and accessible by the device.

13. The device of claim 12, wherein the data of the first and second content nodes are grouped as a single dataset with the first backend.

14. The device of claim 12, wherein the data of the first and second content nodes are accessible as separate folders of a connected dataset.

15. The device of claim 12, wherein the data of the first and second content nodes are associated together based on an application program.

16. The device of claim 15, wherein the application program comprises at least one of a contact, calendar, or ToDo application.

17. A method for aggregating data associated with multiple content nodes, the method comprising:

associating, on a first backend, first data of a first content node with second data of a second content node, wherein;

the first content node is hosted by the first backend,

the second data is mirrored from a remote location, and

the second content node is hosted by the remote location.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the first data and the second data are grouped as a single dataset on the first backend.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein the first data and second data are organized into respective folders of a connected dataset on the first backend.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein the first and second content nodes comprise user accounts.

21. The method of claim 17, wherein the first content node comprises a user account and the second content node comprises at least one of a user account, an Exchange, or a remote device.

22. The method of claim 17, further comprising associating the first and second content nodes together based on an information management service.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein the information management service comprises at least one of a contact, calendar, or task application.

24. The method of claim 17, wherein the data of the first and second content nodes are accessible as separate folders of a connected dataset.

25. The method of claim 17, wherein the data of the first and second content nodes are accessible by a third content node accessing the first backend.

26. The method of claim 25, wherein the third content node comprises a mobile device.

27. The method of claim 17, wherein the second content node is mirrored from a content node hosted by a second backend.

28. The method of claim 17, further comprising associating an item identification to data entries of the first content node and to data entries of the second content node, and comparing the item identifications of data entries to identify at least similar data entries.

29. A computer program product comprising program code associated with aggregating data of multiple content nodes, the computer program product comprising:

program code operable to associate, on a first backend, first data of a first content node with second data of a second content node, wherein;

the first content node is hosted by the first backend,

the second data is mirrored from a remote location, and

the second content node is hosted by the remote location.

30. The computer program product code of claim 29, wherein the first data and the second data are grouped as a single dataset on the first backend.

31. The computer program product code of claim 29, wherein the first data and second data are organized into respective folders of a connected dataset on the first backend.

32. The computer program product code of claim 29, wherein the first and second content nodes comprise user accounts.

33. The computer program product code of claim 29, wherein the first content node comprises a user account and the second content node comprises at least one of a user account, an exchange, or a remote device.

34. The computer program product code of claim 29, further comprising program code operable to associate the data of the first and second content nodes together based on an information management service.

35. The computer program product code of claim 34, wherein the information management service comprises at least one of a contact, calendar, task application.

36. The computer program product code of claim 29, wherein the data of the first content node and the data of the second content node are accessible as separate folders of a connected dataset.

37. The computer program product code of claim 29, wherein the data of the first and second content nodes are accessible by a third content node accessing the first backend.

38. The computer program product code of claim 37, wherein the third content node comprises a remote device.

39. The computer program product code of claim 29, wherein the data of the second content node is mirrored a second backend.

40. The computer program product code of claim 29, further comprising program code operable to associate an item identification to each data entry of the first content node and to each data entry of the second content node, and to compare the item identifications of data entries to identify at least similar data entries.