Unified access to personal data
First Claim
1. A method for managing distributed data in an information management system, comprising:
- defining an information management policy for multiple different computing devices having data objects and associated with the information management system,wherein the multiple computing devices and the data objects are associated with a user,wherein the user is one of multiple users associated within an organization,wherein the multiple computing devices include at least one mobile computing device,wherein the defining includes receiving input from an administrator of the information management policy, the user associated with the multiple computing devices, or both the administrator and the user,wherein the input selects which ones of the data objects to collect, manage and distribute in accordance with the information management policy, andwherein the input selects which ones of the multiple computing devices to which to distribute the selected data objects;
analyzing the data objects to generate an identifier for each data object;
indexing the identifier for each of the data objects in an object index,wherein the object index associates a logical location of each data object with the respective identifier of each object;
receiving at least some of the data objects from the multiple computing devices,wherein not all of the data objects exist on all of the multiple computing devices;
creating copies of the selected data objects in accordance with the information management policy;
creating a preview version for each of the selected data objects to enable the user to preview at least a portion of content of the selected data objects,wherein the preview version is based at least partially on the capabilities of the computing device that will display the preview version to the user; and
distributing the copies and the preview version of the selected data objects to the selected ones of the multiple computing devices in accordance with the information management policy.
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Abstract
A method and system for providing unified access to data for multiple computing devices includes a system that associates multiple computing devices with a user of an information management system, assigns information management policies to data from the multiple computing devices within the information management system, and collects multiple data objects from the multiple computers. The system may generate a preview version of each collected data object, and provide at least one preview version of a collected data object to a computing device associated with the user. The system may also generate indexing information for each collected data object and distribute the indexing information with the preview version of the data object.
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17 Claims
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1. A method for managing distributed data in an information management system, comprising:
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defining an information management policy for multiple different computing devices having data objects and associated with the information management system, wherein the multiple computing devices and the data objects are associated with a user, wherein the user is one of multiple users associated within an organization, wherein the multiple computing devices include at least one mobile computing device, wherein the defining includes receiving input from an administrator of the information management policy, the user associated with the multiple computing devices, or both the administrator and the user, wherein the input selects which ones of the data objects to collect, manage and distribute in accordance with the information management policy, and wherein the input selects which ones of the multiple computing devices to which to distribute the selected data objects; analyzing the data objects to generate an identifier for each data object; indexing the identifier for each of the data objects in an object index, wherein the object index associates a logical location of each data object with the respective identifier of each object; receiving at least some of the data objects from the multiple computing devices, wherein not all of the data objects exist on all of the multiple computing devices; creating copies of the selected data objects in accordance with the information management policy; creating a preview version for each of the selected data objects to enable the user to preview at least a portion of content of the selected data objects, wherein the preview version is based at least partially on the capabilities of the computing device that will display the preview version to the user; and distributing the copies and the preview version of the selected data objects to the selected ones of the multiple computing devices in accordance with the information management policy. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for providing unified access to data, comprising:
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associating multiple computing devices with a user of an information management system, wherein at least one of the multiple computing devices is a mobile device having wireless communication capabilities; assigning information management policies to data from the multiple computing devices within the information management system, wherein the information management policy is provided by an employer of the user or by an administrator; collecting multiple data objects from the multiple computing devices; analyzing the data objects to generate an identifier for each data object; indexing the identifiers of the data objects in an object index; generating at least one preview version of each collected data object, wherein the preview version is based at least partially on the capabilities of the computing device that will display the preview version to the user; and providing the at least one preview version of a collected data object and the identifier of the collected data object to at least one of the multiple computing devices associated with the user. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for providing a user with a synchronized view of a user'"'"'s data, comprising:
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at least one processor; means for receiving a data object from a user at a computing device associated with an information management system; means for determining that the data object is subject to a distribution policy; means for analyzing the data object to generate an identifier for the data object; means for indexing the identifier of the data object in an object index; means for generating a preview of the data object, wherein the preview is based at least partially on the capabilities of the computing device that will display the preview to the user; and means for distributing the preview of the data object, the identifier of the data object, and a copy of the data object to other computing devices associated with the user and associated with the information management system, in accordance with the distribution policy. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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