Prioritized digital media archiving
First Claim
1. A tangible computer-readable storage medium comprising program instructions that responsive to execution on a computer, cause the computer to perform operations comprising:
- determining an investment value of a media file that is representative, in part, of investment in editing the media file, the investment value determined by recording interaction with the media file and ascertaining a frequency and a complexity of editing operations performed on the media file, the complexity based, in part, on how many different types of editing operations are performed on the media file;
determining a uniqueness value of the media file by determining a probability that the media file is irreplaceable based, in part, on at least one of a type of original source media file and distribution actions performed with the media file;
assigning an archival priority to the media file based on a comparison of the media file to an additional media file, the archival priority assigned to the media file being higher than an archival priority of the additional media file if the investment value and uniqueness value of the media file are higher than an investment value and uniqueness value of the additional media file; and
storing the media file in an archival storage device if the archival storage device has space to accommodate the media file, a replication count indicating a combined safety level of one or more storage devices storing the media file is below a predetermined threshold, and the media file has a higher archival priority than the additional media file.
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Abstract
An investment value of a media file is automatically determined by recording an interaction with the media file. Further, a uniqueness value of the media file is automatically determined by determining a probability that the media file is irreplaceable. In addition, an archival prioritization of the media file is performed in comparison with an additional media file. An archival storage device stores the media file if the archival storage device has space to accommodate the media file and the media file has a higher archival prioritization than the additional media file.
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19 Claims
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1. A tangible computer-readable storage medium comprising program instructions that responsive to execution on a computer, cause the computer to perform operations comprising:
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determining an investment value of a media file that is representative, in part, of investment in editing the media file, the investment value determined by recording interaction with the media file and ascertaining a frequency and a complexity of editing operations performed on the media file, the complexity based, in part, on how many different types of editing operations are performed on the media file; determining a uniqueness value of the media file by determining a probability that the media file is irreplaceable based, in part, on at least one of a type of original source media file and distribution actions performed with the media file; assigning an archival priority to the media file based on a comparison of the media file to an additional media file, the archival priority assigned to the media file being higher than an archival priority of the additional media file if the investment value and uniqueness value of the media file are higher than an investment value and uniqueness value of the additional media file; and storing the media file in an archival storage device if the archival storage device has space to accommodate the media file, a replication count indicating a combined safety level of one or more storage devices storing the media file is below a predetermined threshold, and the media file has a higher archival priority than the additional media file. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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determining a first safety value of a first device that stores a media file and is connected to a network, the first safety value being based on a first type of the first device, a safety value for a device type being higher than a safety value for another device type that is designated as being less safe; determining a second safety value of a second device that stores the media file and is connected to the network, the second safety value being based on a second type of the second device; calculating a replication count that is a sum of the first safety value and the second safety value; determining an investment value of the media file that is representative, in part, of investment in editing the media file, the investment value determined by recording interaction with the media file and ascertaining a frequency and a complexity of editing operations performed on the media file; determining a uniqueness value of the media file by determining a probability that the media file is irreplaceable; assigning an archival priority to the media file based on a comparison of the media file to an additional media file if the replication count is less than a predetermined safety threshold, the archival priority assigned to the media file being higher than an archival priority of the additional media file if the investment value and uniqueness value of the media file are higher than an investment value and uniqueness value of the additional media file; and initiating storage of the media file in an archival storage device if it is determined that the archival storage device has space to accommodate the media file and the media file has a higher archival priority than the additional media file. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system comprising:
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one or more processors; and one or more tangible computer-readable storage media storing instructions that are executable by the one or more processors to implement an archival prioritization module configured to; determine an investment value of a media file that is representative, in part, of investment in editing the media file, the investment value determined by ascertaining a frequency and a complexity of editing operations performed on the media file by a user, the complexity based, in part, on how many different types of editing operations are performed by the user; determine a uniqueness value of the media file by determining a probability that the media file is irreplaceable based, in part, on at least one of a type of original source media file and distribution actions performed with the media file; and assign an archival priority to the media file based on a comparison of the media file to an additional media file, the archival priority assigned to the media file being higher than an archival priority of the additional media file if the investment value and uniqueness value of the media file are higher than an investment value and uniqueness value of the additional media file; and an archival storage device configured to store the media file if the archival storage device has space to accommodate the media file, a replication count indicating a combined safety level of one or more storage devices storing the media file is below a predetermined threshold, and the media file has a higher archival priority than the additional media file. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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