Collaborative information source recovery

• US 9,081,735 B2
• Filed: 02/12/2011
• Issued: 07/14/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/12/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Bank, Judith H., Bradley, Lisa M., Price, Dana L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Ahn, Sangwoo
• Application Number:
  US13/026,235
• Publication Number:
  US 20120209816A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,613 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1446 Point-in-time backing up or restoration of persistent data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1464 for networked environments
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1469 Backup restoration techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1492 by run-time replication performed by the application software
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/80 Database-specific techniques
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46

Abstract

Systems and methods of recovering a shared information source can involve identifying a first user of a shared information source in response to detection of a data loss with respect to the shared information source. One or more additional users of the shared information source may be identified based on data associated with the first user. Additionally, the shared information source can be recovered based at least in part on data associated with the one or more additional users.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method comprising:

querying a network component in response to detection of a data loss with respect to a shared information source;

receiving, at a component that is co-located with the shared information source and manages recovery of the shared information source, an identifier of a first user of the shared information source from the network component, wherein the identifier includes at least one of an Internet Protocol address, a login identifier, and an email address associated with the first user, wherein the first user provides data to the component in response to being identified to allow the component to determine whether one or more other users known to the first user also use the shared information source;

identifying, at the component, one or more additional users of the shared information source based on analyzing, at the component, the data from the first user, wherein the one or more additional users each provide data to the component in response to being identified to allow the component to determine whether one or more other users known to the one or more additional users also use the shared information source;

identifying, at the component, one or more further additional users of the shared information source based on analyzing, at the component, the data from the one or more additional users, wherein the one or more further additional users each provide data to the component in response to being identified to allow the component to determine whether one or more other users known to the one or more further additional users also use the shared information source;

reconstructing the shared information source based at least in part on the data from one or more of the first user, the one or more additional users, and the one or more further additional users;

conducting a comparison between the reconstructed shared information source and a previous shared information source; and

generating a notification based on the comparison.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the one or more additional users includes obtaining identifiers of the one or more additional users from a computer associated with the first user.

3. A computer implemented method comprising:

identifying, at a component that is co-located with a shared information source and manages recovery of the shared information source, a first user of the shared information source in response to detection of a data loss with respect to the shared information source, wherein the first user provides data to the component in response to being identified to allow the component to determine whether one or more other users known to the first user also use the shared information source;

identifying, at the component, one or more additional users of the shared information source based on analyzing, at the component, the data from the first user, wherein the one or more additional users are each provide data to the component in response to being identified to allow the component to determine whether one or more other users known to the one or more additional users also use the shared information source;

identifying, at the component, one or more further additional users of the shared information source based on analyzing, at the component, the data from the one or more additional users, wherein the one or more further additional users each provide data to the component in response to being identified to allow the component to determine whether one or more other users known to the one or more further additional users also use the shared information source; and

recovering the shared information source based at least in part on the data from one or more of the first user, the one or more additional users, and the one or more further additional users.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein identifying the first user includes:

querying a network component; and

receiving an identifier of the first user from the network component.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the identifier includes at least one of an Internet Protocol address, a login identifier, and an email address associated with the first user.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein identifying the one or more additional users includes obtaining identifiers of the one or more additional users from a computer associated with the first user.

7. The method of claim 3, wherein recovering the shared information includes:

reconstructing the shared information source based on the data from the one or more additional users and the one or more further additional users; and

conducting a comparison between the reconstructed shared information source and a previous shared information source.

8. The method of claim 7, further including generating a notification based on the comparison.

9. The method of claim 3, further including:

contacting the first user to retrieve the data from the first user in response to detection of the data loss;

contacting the one or more additional users to retrieve the data from the one or more additional users in response to analyzing the data from the first user; and

contacting the one or more further additional users to retrieve the data from the one or more further additional users in response to analyzing the data from the one or more additional users.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the data from the first user, the one or more additional users, and the one or more further additional users includes one or more of an address book and content that is used to recover the shared information source, and wherein the address book and the content are to be parsed by the component to determine whether one or more other users also use the shared information source and to identify the one or more additional users and the one or more further additional users.

11. A computer program product comprising:

a non-transitory computer readable storage medium; and

computer usable code stored on the non-transitory computer readable storage medium, where, if executed by a processor, the computer usable code causes a computer to;

identify, at a component that is co-located with a shared information source and manages recovery of the shared information source, a first user of a shared information source in response to detection of a data loss with respect to the shared information source, wherein the first user is to provide data to the component in response to being identified to allow the component to determine whether one or more other users known to the first user also use the shared information source;

identify, at the component, one or more additional users of the shared information source based on an analysis, at the component, of the data from the first user, wherein the one or more additional users are each to provide data to the component in response to being identified to allow the component to determine whether one or more other users known to the one or more additional users also use the shared information source;

identify, at the component, one or more further additional users of the shared information source based on an analysis, at the component, of the data from the one or more additional users, wherein the one or more further additional users are each to provide data to the component in response to being identified to allow the component to determine whether one or more other users known to the one or more further additional users also use the shared information source;

recover the shared information source based at least in part on the data from one or more of the first user, the one or more additional users, and the one or more further additional users.

12. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the computer usable code causes a computer to:

query a network component; and

receive an identifier of the first user from the network component.

13. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein the identifier is to include at least one of an Internet Protocol address, a login identifier, and an email address associated with the first user.

14. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the computer usable code causes a computer to obtain identifiers of the one or more additional users from a computer associated with the first user.

15. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the computer usable code causes a computer to:

reconstruct the shared information source based on the data from the one or more additional users and the one or more further additional users; and

conduct a comparison between the reconstructed shared information source and a previous shared information source.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the computer usable code causes a computer to generate a notification based on the comparison.

17. A computer implemented method comprising:

receiving, from a component that is co-located with a shared information source and manages recovery of the shared information source, a first recovery request associated with the shared information source at a first user of the shared information source, wherein the first recovery request is received in response to a detection, at the component, of a data loss with respect to the shared information source; and

transmitting data associated with the first user from the first user to the component in response to the first recovery request to allow the component to determine whether one or more other users known to the first user also use the shared information source, wherein the data transmitted by the first user is analyzed, at the component, to identify, at the component, the one or more additional users of the shared information source, wherein each of the one or more additional users receive a second recovery request from the component and transmit data to the component in response to the second recovery request to allow the component to determine whether one or more other users known to the one or more additional users also use the shared information source, wherein the data transmitted by the one or more additional users is analyzed, at the component, to identify, at the component, one or more further additional users of the shared information source, and wherein each of the one or more further additional users receive a third recovery request from the component and transmit data to the component in response to the third recovery request to allow the component to determine whether one or more other users known to the one or more further additional users also use the shared information source.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein transmitting the data associated with one or more additional users includes transmitting identifiers of the one or more additional users.

19. The method of claim 17, further including prompting the first user for permission to transmit the data associated with the one or more additional users.

20. A computer program product comprising:

a non-transitory computer readable storage medium; and

computer usable code stored on the non-transitory computer readable storage medium, where, if executed by a processor, the computer usable code causes a computer to;

receive, from a component that is co-located with a shared information source and manages recovery of the shared information source, a first recovery request associated with the shared information source at a first user of the shared information source, wherein the first recovery request is to be received in response to a detection, at the component, of a data loss with respect to the shared information source; and

transmit data associated with the first user from the first user to the component in response to the first recovery request to allow the component to determine whether one or more other users known to the first user also use the shared information source, wherein the data to be transmitted by the first user is to be analyzed, at the component, to identify, at the component, the one or more additional users of the shared information source, wherein each of the one or more additional users are to receive a second recovery request from the component and are to transmit data to the component in response to the second recovery request to allow the component to determine whether one or more other users known to the one or more additional users also use the shared information source, wherein the data transmitted by the one or more additional users is to be analyzed, at the component, to identify, at the component, one or more further additional users of the shared information source, and wherein each of the one or more further additional users are to receive a third recovery request from the component and are to transmit data to the component in response to the third recovery request to allow the component to determine whether one or more other users known to the one or more further additional users also use the shared information source.

21. The computer program product of claim 20, wherein the computer usable code causes a computer to transmit identifiers of the one or more additional users.

22. The computer program product of claim 20, wherein the computer usable code causes a computer to prompt a first user for permission to transmit the data associated with the one or more additional users.