Privacy Protection of Media Files For Automatic Cloud Backup Systems
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1. A method for backing up electronic data files, comprising:
- detecting an electronic trigger event for initiating a data backup operation;
identifying a first electronic data file for backup based on the detection;
determining that either or both of the first electronic data file and one or more data elements of the first electronic data file are designated for exclusion from the backup process, wherein designation for exclusion is based at least in part on identifying, in the first electronic data file or the one or more data elements of the first electronic data file, confidential data; and
initiating a backup operation of one or more data files excluding the first electronic data file.
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Abstract
Backing up electronic data files excluding confidential data. An electronic trigger event for initiating a data backup operation is detected. Data files are identified for backup. One or more files, or parts of a file, are designated for exclusion from the backup process. The backup process initiates a backup operation of one or more files, excluding the designated files.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for backing up electronic data files, comprising:
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detecting an electronic trigger event for initiating a data backup operation; identifying a first electronic data file for backup based on the detection; determining that either or both of the first electronic data file and one or more data elements of the first electronic data file are designated for exclusion from the backup process, wherein designation for exclusion is based at least in part on identifying, in the first electronic data file or the one or more data elements of the first electronic data file, confidential data; and initiating a backup operation of one or more data files excluding the first electronic data file. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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2. The method of 1, further comprising:
backing up a modified version of the first data file, wherein the modified version is defined relative to the first data file to be backed up. - View Dependent Claims (3)
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10. A computer system for backing up electronic data files, comprising:
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one or more computer devices each having one or more processors and one or more tangible storage devices; and a program embodied on at least one of the one or more storage devices, the program having a plurality of program instructions for execution by the one or more processors, the program instructions comprising instructions for; detecting an electronic trigger event for initiating a data backup operation; identifying a first electronic data file for backup based on the detection; determining that either or both of the first electronic data file and one or more data elements of the first electronic data file are designated for exclusion from the backup process, wherein designation for exclusion is based at least in part on identifying, in the first electronic data file or the one or more data elements of the first electronic data file, confidential data; and initiating a backup operation of one or more data files excluding the first electronic data file. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer program product for backing up electronic data files, comprising a non-transitory tangible storage device having program code embodied therewith, the program code executable by a processor of a computer to perform a method, the method comprising:
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detecting, by the processor, an electronic trigger event for initiating a data backup operation; identifying, by the processor, a first electronic data file for backup based on the detection; determining, by the processor, that either or both of the first electronic data file and one or more data elements of the first electronic data file are designated for exclusion from the backup process, wherein designation for exclusion is based at least in part on identifying, in the first electronic data file or the one or more data elements of the first electronic data file, confidential data; and initiating, by the processor, a backup operation of one or more data files excluding the first electronic data file. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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