AUTO SUMMARIZATION OF CONTENT

• US 20130332412A1
• Filed: 06/08/2012
• Published: 12/12/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CommVault Systems Incorporated
• Original Assignee: CommVault Systems Incorporated
• Inventors: Amarendran, Arun Prasad
• Granted Patent: US 8,892,523 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/610
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/113 Details of archiving lifecycle management in storage systems G06F3/0649; backup systems G06F11/1446
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/13 File access structures, e.g. distributed indices arrangements of input from, or output to, record carriers G06F3/06
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/148 File search processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/178 Techniques for file synchronisation in file systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/345 Summarisation for human users
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/93 Document management systems

Abstract

A method of summarizing data files includes implementing, at a server, a storage event for a data file, analyzing the data file and creating a summary of the data file, and storing the summary linked to the data file.

Claims

1. A method of summarizing data files, comprising the steps of:

implementing, at a server, a storage event for a data file;

analyzing the data file and creating a summary of the data file; and

storing the summary linked to the data file.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the analyzing and creating step is performed at least one of prior to or during the implementing step.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising the step of receiving the data file at the server from a client over a network;

and

wherein the analyzing and creating step is performed on the client.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising the step of creating the data file;

wherein the analyzing and creating step is performed as the data file is being created.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the storage event is at least one of a backup, a migration, a synchronization, or a restoration of the data file.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of scheduling at least one of the implementing and the analyzing and creating steps,

wherein the scheduling is based on at least one of a specified time, a user command, and a defined event.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the analyzing and creating step further comprises the step of summarizing the data file based on at least one of a number of words, a number of sentences, a number of paragraphs, a number of pages, or a percentage of at least one of characters, words, sentences, or paragraphs in the data file.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the analyzing and creating step further comprises the step of inserting at least one link into the summary linking a character in the summary to a character in the data file.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the analyzing and creating step further comprises the step of presenting an analysis of the data file as part of the summary,

wherein the analysis determines at least one of keywords, word use frequency, and a comparison between a previous summary and the summary.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the implementing step further comprises the step of creating a duplicate data file containing at least one of the data file or changes made to the data file,

wherein the summary is stored on a same memory device as the duplicate data file.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising the step of appending the summary into at least one of a header or a trailer of the duplicate data file.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the implementing step fu her comprises the steps of:

creating a duplicate data file containing at least one of the data file or changes made to the data file, wherein the summary is stored on a separate memory device from the duplicate data, file; and

appending a location of the summary to the duplicate data file.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising a steps of:

receiving, at the server, a request to search the data file for a keyword;

searching the data file for the keyword;

identifying the keyword in the data file; and

returning, to the requestor, the summary associated with the data file.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising the steps of:

receiving, from the requestor, a request for the data file associated with the summary; and

returning, to the requestor, the data file.

15. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

receiving, at the server, a request to search the data file for a keyword;

searching the summary associated with the data file for the keyword;

identifying the keyword in the summary; and

returning, to the requestor, at least one of the summary and the data file.

16. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

searching the summary for a keyword; and

scheduling the implementing step for the data file associated with the summary based on a schedule associated with the keyword.

17. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

searching at least one of the data file and the summary for a keyword;

truncating the summary containing the keyword based on a displaying device; and

displaying the truncated summary on the displaying device.