Systems and methods for filtering file system input and output
First Claim
1. A method of filtering input/output requests of a computer system, the method comprising:
- (a) receiving a plurality of I/O requests from a filter manager of the computer system, the filter manager executing in the system space of an operating system executing on the computer system;
(b) applying a hierarchical rule set to at least a portion of the plurality of I/O requests by a mini-filter executing in the system space of the operating system executing on the computer;
(c) providing, as a set of filtered I/O requests, at least one of the plurality of I/O requests from the mini-filter to an agent executing in user space of the operating system in response to the application of the hierarchical rule set by the mini-filter, the agent being operable to associate meta-data with a set of digital assets identified by the set of filtered I/O requests;
wherein non-filtered I/O requests are not associated with meta-data by the agent to reduce overall computational load generated by the filter manager, the mini-filter and the agent; and
(d) applying, by the agent, another hierarchical rule set to one or more of the received I/O requests to generate at least at portion of a digital asset identification tag for that I/O request; and
wherein the agent is further operable to perform an inheritance-based categorization operation on a first digital asset in response to a filtered I/O request of the set of filtered I/O requests from the mini-filter, the inheritance-based categorization operation including application of meta-data identifying same categorization information as that of a second digital asset related to the first digital asset.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for managing digital assets in a distributed computing environment are described. Meta-data for the digital assets is stored separately from the digital assets. Meta-data for some of the digital assets is copied and stored at a central location. Meta-data for the digital assets is generated by clients of the system. A method of filtering I/O requests of a computer system includes: receiving a plurality of I/O requests from a filter manager of the computer system, the filter manager executing in the system space of an operating system; applying a hierarchical rule set to at least a portion of the plurality of I/O requests by a mini-filter executing in the system space; and providing at least one of the plurality of I/O requests from the mini-filter to an agent executing in user space in response to the application of the hierarchical rule set by the mini-filter.
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24 Claims
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1. A method of filtering input/output requests of a computer system, the method comprising:
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(a) receiving a plurality of I/O requests from a filter manager of the computer system, the filter manager executing in the system space of an operating system executing on the computer system; (b) applying a hierarchical rule set to at least a portion of the plurality of I/O requests by a mini-filter executing in the system space of the operating system executing on the computer; (c) providing, as a set of filtered I/O requests, at least one of the plurality of I/O requests from the mini-filter to an agent executing in user space of the operating system in response to the application of the hierarchical rule set by the mini-filter, the agent being operable to associate meta-data with a set of digital assets identified by the set of filtered I/O requests;
wherein non-filtered I/O requests are not associated with meta-data by the agent to reduce overall computational load generated by the filter manager, the mini-filter and the agent; and(d) applying, by the agent, another hierarchical rule set to one or more of the received I/O requests to generate at least at portion of a digital asset identification tag for that I/O request; and wherein the agent is further operable to perform an inheritance-based categorization operation on a first digital asset in response to a filtered I/O request of the set of filtered I/O requests from the mini-filter, the inheritance-based categorization operation including application of meta-data identifying same categorization information as that of a second digital asset related to the first digital asset. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for filtering input/output I/O requests of a computer system, the system comprising:
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a processor which, when executing in accordance with a client software, forms; (a) a filter manager operable to output a plurality of I/O requests; (b) a mini-filter in communication with the filter manager, the mini-filter being operable to receive at least a portion of the plurality of I/O commands from the filter manager, and apply a hierarchical rule set to the at least a portion of the received I/O commands; and (c) an agent operable to (i) receive a set of filtered I/O requests from the mini-filter after application of the hierarchical rule set, and (ii) associate meta-data with a set of digital assets identified by the set of filtered I/O requests; wherein non-filtered I/O requests are not associated with meta-data by the agent to reduce overall computational load generated by the filter manager, the mini-filter and the agent; wherein the agent applies another hierarchical rule set to one or more of the received I/O requests to generate at least at portion of a digital asset identification tag for that I/O request; and
wherein the agent is further operable to perform an inheritance-based categorization operation on a first digital asset in response to a filtered I/O request of the set of filtered I/O requests from the mini-filter, the inheritance-based categorization operation including application of meta-data identifying same categorization information as that of a second digital asset related to the first digital asset. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A non-transitory computer readable medium having executable instructions thereon to filter input/output requests of a computer system, the non-transitory computer readable medium comprising:
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(a) instructions to receive a plurality of I/O requests from a filter manager of the computer system, the filter manager executing in the system space of an operating system executing on the computer system; (b) instructions to apply a hierarchical rule set to at least a portion of the plurality of I/O requests by a mini-filter executing in the system space of the operating system executing on the computer; (c) instructions to provide the end-user with a graphical user interface when the end-user performs a specified action, the graphical user interface allowing the end-user to create an alias for the at least one tag, the alias associated with the tag and having a second policy; and (d) instructions to apply, by an agent, another hierarchical rule set to a set of filtered I/O requests to generate a set of a digital asset identification tags for set of filtered I/O requests, wherein the other hierarchical rule set is not applied to non-filtered I/O requests to reduce overall computational load generated by the filter manager, the mini-filter and the agent; wherein the agent is operable to perform an inheritance-based categorization operation on a first digital asset in response to a filtered I/O request of the set of filtered I/O requests from the mini-filter, the inheritance-based categorization operation including application of meta-data identifying same categorization information as that of a second digital asset related to the first digital asset. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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