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Centralized management of technical records across an enterprise

  • US 8,949,933 B2
  • Filed: 08/15/2006
  • Issued: 02/03/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/15/2006
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for managing technical records, the method comprising:

  • controlling, using a data processing system, access to a technical records repository through a centralized technical records security service, wherein the technical records security service controls access to multiple independent technical records repositories for an enterprise, wherein technical records follow a strict naming convention set by the enterprise, and wherein each of the technical records include a specific security classification level set by the enterprise;

    setting up and running a multi-server file communication between a client system and the technical records repository;

    in response to receiving a request for data, applying an integrity rule to a requested data via a technical records data integrity service that provides details of past transactions between the client system and the technical records repository;

    logging a record of interface information previously used when retrieving the requested data;

    facilitating integrity verification of an associated communication using the logged record;

    in response to validation of credentials of a user, returning a resource bundle containing all resources needed to perform an actual communication being requested, wherein the resources in the returned resource bundle contain details on whether a multi-server communication must take place, the naming and storage conventions that are to be used, which describes exactly how a file is to be named when stored, and exactly where the file is to be stored on a remote repository, including a physical location/address;

    authorizing the requested user to access the technical records repository, without identifying a physical name of the server or a physical path way to the technical records repository; and

    matching of a name and pathway to the technical records repository for use by a requesting user, wherein the matching is performed by an algorithm from among;

    using a lookup table that matches the name of the physical location of the technical records repository with the identifier name;

    using a configuration file that points to the technical records repository; and

    a coded algorithm that may be unique for the technical records repository'"'"'s storage system, wherein a choice of an algorithm is based on organization naming and storage conventions utilized by the technical records repository.

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