System for logging and reporting access to content using unique content identifiers

• US 8,095,558 B2
• Filed: 12/08/2008
• Issued: 01/10/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/14/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mustafa Noorzai
• Original Assignee: Casdex Incorporated
• Inventors: Barley, David M., Masuda, Ryuji J., Daley, Richard
• Primary Examiner(s): Lewis, Cheryl
• Application Number:
  US12/330,496
• Publication Number:
  US 20090157740A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,128 Days
• Field of Search: 707/791, 711/108
• US Class Current: 707/791
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/90339 by using parallel associative memories or content-addressable memories

Abstract

One embodiment of a system for logging and reporting access to content includes a content addressable storage manager configured to control storing of data elements to the content storage and retrieving of data elements from the content storage, the content addressable storage manager including a content identifier generator configured to generate a content identifier for each data element stored in the content storage, and an access log module configured to record access data for each data element stored in the content storage and to associate the access data for each data element with a content identifier of that data element. The access log module is also configured to generate an access report that includes access data for one or more data elements stored in the content storage.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a content storage;

a content addressable storage manager configured to control storing of data elements to the content storage and retrieving of data elements from the content storage, the content addressable storage manager including a content identifier generator configured to generate a content identifier for each data element stored in the content storage; and

an access log module configured to record access data for each data element stored in the content storage and to associate the access data for each data element with a content identifier of that data element.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the content identifier generator is configured to generate the content identifier by applying a hash algorithm to content of the data element.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the access log module is configured to store the access data in an access log.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the access log module is further configured to generate an access report that includes access data for one or more data elements stored in the content storage.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the access data for a data element includes an identifier of an action taken with regard to the data element.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the action taken with regard to the data element is a retrieval of the data element from the content storage.

7. The system of claim 5, wherein the action taken with regard to the data element is changing a storage location of the data element within the content storage.

8. The system of claim 5, wherein the action taken with regard to the data element is the storage of the data element in the content storage.

9. The system of claim 5, wherein the action taken with regard to the data element is changing a filename of the data element.

10. A system comprising:

a content addressable storage manager configured to control storing of data elements to a content storage and retrieving of data elements from the content storage, the content addressable storage manager including a content identifier generator configured to generate a content identifier for each data element stored in the content storage, wherein the content identifier is derived from the content of the data element;

a content addressable storage application configured to communicate with the content addressable storage manager and a content addressable interface of a client, and configured to enable a user at the client to store data elements in the content storage and retrieve data elements from the content storage; and

an access log module configured to record access data for each data element stored in the content storage and to associate the access data for each data element with a content identifier of that data element.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the content identifier generator is configured to generate the content identifier by applying a hash algorithm to content of the data element.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the access data for a data element includes an identifier of an action taken with regard to the data element.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the access log module is further configured to generate an access report that includes access data for one or more data elements stored in the content storage.

14. A system comprising:

a content addressable storage application configured to send data elements to a content addressable storage system for storage and to request retrieval of data elements from the content addressable storage system; and

an access log module configured to record access data for each data element stored in the content addressable storage system and to associate the access data for each data element with a content identifier of that data element.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the access log module receives the content identifier for each data element stored in the content addressable storage system from the content addressable storage system.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the content identifier of a data element is derived from the content of the data element using a hash algorithm.

17. The system of claim 14, wherein the access data for a data element includes an identifier of an action taken with regard to the data element.

18. The system of claim 14, wherein the access log module is further configured to generate an access report that includes access data for one or more data elements stored in the content storage.