System and method for immutably cataloging electronic assets in a large-scale computer system
First Claim
1. An extremely large scale computer storage system having an asset catalog, comprising:
- a plurality of asset catalog entries stored according to at least one schema and corresponding to a plurality of assets stored in an external storage architecture wherein said assets and asset catalog entries are referenced, located, and accessed according to an identification scheme, wherein the plurality of assets and the plurality of asset catalog entries are stored in different storage areas;
an asset catalog storage architecture configured to store the plurality of asset catalog entries, the asset catalog storage architecture being federated and partitioned to support searching, indexing, and accessing of the plurality of asset catalog entries and/or the plurality of assets using the identification scheme; and
one or more relations among and/or between at least some of the asset catalog entries and/or assets, each said relation being representable by the at least one schema, wherein the asset catalog is scalable essentially without limitation and is configured to enable the assets to remain accessible over time regardless of the assets'"'"' format(s).
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Abstract
Systems and/or methods for storing and/or retrieving assets in connection with an extremely large scale computer storage system are provided. An asset catalog may comprise a plurality of asset catalog entries stored according to at least one schema and corresponding to a plurality of assets. A storage architecture may be capable of storing the plurality of assets, with the storage architecture comprising a storage locator and a federator. An item identification scheme may be capable of providing identifiers to reference, locate, and/or access said assets and/or said asset catalog entries stored in the asset catalog in the storage architecture. The computer storage system may be scalable essentially without limitation while maintaining asset storage and retrieval flexibility and substantially obsolescence-proof survivability of assets.
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68 Claims
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1. An extremely large scale computer storage system having an asset catalog, comprising:
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a plurality of asset catalog entries stored according to at least one schema and corresponding to a plurality of assets stored in an external storage architecture wherein said assets and asset catalog entries are referenced, located, and accessed according to an identification scheme, wherein the plurality of assets and the plurality of asset catalog entries are stored in different storage areas; an asset catalog storage architecture configured to store the plurality of asset catalog entries, the asset catalog storage architecture being federated and partitioned to support searching, indexing, and accessing of the plurality of asset catalog entries and/or the plurality of assets using the identification scheme; and one or more relations among and/or between at least some of the asset catalog entries and/or assets, each said relation being representable by the at least one schema, wherein the asset catalog is scalable essentially without limitation and is configured to enable the assets to remain accessible over time regardless of the assets'"'"' format(s). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A computer-implemented method of managing an extremely large scale computer storage system with an asset catalog, the method comprising:
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storing a plurality of asset catalog entries according to at least one schema and corresponding to a plurality of assets stored in an external storage architecture wherein said assets are referenced, located, and accessed according to an identification scheme, and wherein the plurality of assets and the plurality of asset catalog entries are stored in different storage areas; providing an asset catalog storage architecture configured to store the plurality of asset catalog entries, the asset catalog storage architecture being federated and partitioned to support searching, indexing, and accessing of the plurality of asset catalog entries and/or the plurality of assets using the identification scheme; and establishing one or more relations among and/or between at least some of the asset catalog entries and/or assets, each said relation being representable by the at least one schema, wherein the asset catalog is scalable essentially without limitation and is configured to enable the assets to remain accessible over time regardless of the assets'"'"' format(s). - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68)
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