Managing a message communication and file system
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1. A system for managing communications involving file entities comprising:
- means for storing a new entry in a user-extensible token action log, the new entry comprising;
a) a new token generated by the system as a random set of symbols, andb) one or more actions associated with the new token, which actions are to be automatically executed at the event of receiving a file entity that has the new token attached via a communication network;
means for distributing the new token so that the new token will be attached to one or more file entities such that the token is transmitted together with each attached file entity;
means for detecting an event involving a file entity that has been received with an attached token via a communication network, which attached token is from the set of tokens previously stored in the token action log;
means for identifying the attached token stored with the file entity involved in the detected event;
means for retrieving from the token action log one or more actions which correspond to the identified token and the detected event; and
means for executing the retrieved actions.
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Abstract
A file system or other system that manages information entities includes a sub-system to store one or more tokens, as well as a token action log to associate each token with a customizable set of one or more actions, where each token is to trigger the associated set of one or more actions in response to accompanying a file-system/information entity that experiences an event. The file system also includes a token log manager, which initiates the appropriate actions corresponding to file-system entities that experience an event.
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1. A system for managing communications involving file entities comprising:
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means for storing a new entry in a user-extensible token action log, the new entry comprising; a) a new token generated by the system as a random set of symbols, and b) one or more actions associated with the new token, which actions are to be automatically executed at the event of receiving a file entity that has the new token attached via a communication network; means for distributing the new token so that the new token will be attached to one or more file entities such that the token is transmitted together with each attached file entity; means for detecting an event involving a file entity that has been received with an attached token via a communication network, which attached token is from the set of tokens previously stored in the token action log; means for identifying the attached token stored with the file entity involved in the detected event; means for retrieving from the token action log one or more actions which correspond to the identified token and the detected event; and means for executing the retrieved actions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for managing file entities in a system, the method comprising:
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storing a new entry in a user-extensible token action log, the new entry comprising; a) a new token as a set of symbols that together have no prior functional meaning within the system, and b) one or more actions associated with the new token, which actions are to be automatically executed when a file entity associated with the new token experiences a predetermined event; providing a system operator with a command for accessing the new token so that the new token will be associated with one or more file entities by the system; detecting a predetermined event involving a file entity with an associated token, which associated token is from the set of tokens previously stored in the token action log; identifying the token associated with the file entity involved in the detected event; retrieving from the token action log one or more actions which correspond to the identified token and the detected event; and executing the retrieved actions. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for managing file entities in a system, the method comprising:
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storing a new entry in a user-extensible token log, the new entry comprising; a) a new token as a set of symbols that together have no prior functional meaning within the system, and b) one or more settings associated with the new token, which settings correspond to one or more actions are to be automatically executed when a file entity associated with the new token experiences a predetermined event; providing a system operator with a command for accessing the new token so that the new token will be associated with one or more file entities by the system; detecting a predetermined event involving a file entity with an associated token, which associated token is from the set of tokens previously stored in the token log; identifying the token associated with the file entity involved in the detected event; retrieving from the token log one or more settings which correspond to the identified token given the detected event; and executing actions which correspond to the retrieved settings.
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