Removing duplicate objects from an object store
First Claim
1. A computer-readable medium have computer-executable instructions for performing steps comprising:
- prompting a user to select a property to compare;
reading an object in an object store;
modifying a special case property of the object;
calculating a signature of the object based on a property selected by the user; and
removing a first object signature equivalent to a second object signature of a second object in the object store.
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Abstract
A computer program for removing duplicate objects from an object store. The program allows the user to select which properties of the objects will be compared to determine equivalence. These properties are then read and a signature number is calculated based on the values of the those properties, using the cyclic redundancy code. Prior to the calculation of the signature, special cases are accounted for by modifying the properties. Such special cases can include: missing critical properties which can be calculated, text field formatting and leading and lagging spaces, order of attachments, order of categories, name properties, and recurring appointments. Once the signature values are calculated, objects with the same signature are, by definition, equivalent by the properties the user selected. Prior to discarding all but one of the equivalent objects, the program can check whether the object contains a link. As between two equivalent objects, the one with the link should be retained.
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38 Claims
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1. A computer-readable medium have computer-executable instructions for performing steps comprising:
- prompting a user to select a property to compare;
reading an object in an object store;
modifying a special case property of the object;
calculating a signature of the object based on a property selected by the user; and
removing a first object signature equivalent to a second object signature of a second object in the object store. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
- prompting a user to select a property to compare;
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16. A method of removing duplicate objects from an object store comprising:
prompting a user to select a property to compare;
reading an object in an object store;
modifying a special case property of the object;
calculating a signature of the object based on a property selected by the user; and
removing from the object store a first object with a first object signature equivalent to a second object signature of a second object in the object store.- View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A computing device comprising:
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a memory, having stored thereon an information management program and an object store;
a user interface comprising a property selection interface for a user to select a property to compare; and
a processor performing steps comprising;
reading an object in the object store, modifying a special case property of the object, calculating a signature of the object based on a property selected by the user, and removing from the object store a first object with a first object signature equivalent to a second object signature of a second object in the object store. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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