Migrating information data into an application

• US 9,418,087 B2
• Filed: 02/29/2008
• Issued: 08/16/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/29/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Inventors: Mattox, John R., Faus, Norman Lee
• Primary Examiner(s): Alam, Hosain
• Assistant Examiner(s): PHAN, TUANKHANH D
• Application Number:
  US12/040,770
• Publication Number:
  US 20090222413A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,091 Days
• Field of Search: 707705-780, 707/809, 715/780
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/214 Database migration support
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/455 Emulation; Interpretation; Software simulation, e.g. virtualisation or emulation of application or operating system execution engines

Abstract

A data classification module is configured to retrieve information from the repository and migrate the information into applications. The data classification module is configured to receive a request to migrate information and data from the repository into an application. The request can include the type of application and the type of information and data requested. The application can be an new application or an existing application. In order to locate information and data to migrate, the data classification module is configured to maintain rules that describe how the various applications maintain data and information.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving a request to migrate, to an electronic mail application, a document stored in a repository, wherein the document comprises a first information in a first document format that is incompatible with the application;

identifying, by a processor, in the document, a second information in a second document format that is compatible with the application;

extracting, by the processor, the identified second information from the document in view of a data received from the application and a rule associated with the identified information for the data, wherein the extracting comprising applying the rule to extract the identified information from a metadata associated with the data;

organizing, by the processor, the second information in the second document format into a new document as a data structure in view of an entity and a person associated with the entity, wherein the new document is searchable in the repository; and

migrating, by the processor, the new document to the application.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the request comprises a version of the electronic mail application.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the second information further comprises:

determining an electronic mail message in view of the electronic mail application.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing the second information to the application.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the application is a newly installed application and wherein the request is received upon installation of the application.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

storing the entity in the data structure as a one record among a plurality of records; and

storing the person associated with the entity as a second record among the plurality of records, wherein the second record is associated with the first record.

7. The method of claim 2 wherein the rule comprises one of a recipient associated with the electronic mail message, a sender associated with the electronic mail message and a subject associated with the electronic mail message.

8. An apparatus comprising:

a memory; and

a processor, operatively coupled to the memory to;

receive a request to migrate, to an electronic mail application, a document stored in a repository, wherein the document comprises a first information in a first document format that is incompatible with the application;

identify, in the document, a second information in a second document format that is compatible with the application;

extract the identified second information from the document in view of a data received from the application and a rule associated with the identified information for the data, wherein the extracting comprising applying the rule to extract the identified information from a metadata associated with the data;

organize the second extracted information in the second document format into a new document as a data structure in view of an entity and a person associated with the entity, wherein the new document is searchable in the repository as a data structure in view of an entity and a person associated with the entity; and

migrate the new document to the application.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the request comprises a version of the electronic mail application.

10. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein to identify the second information, the processor is to determine an electronic message in view of the electronic mail application.

11. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the processor is to provide the second information to the application.

12. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the application is a newly installed application and the processor is to receive the request upon installation of the newly installed application.

13. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the processor is to:

store the entity in the data structure as a one record among a plurality of records; and

store the person associated with the entity as a second record among the plurality of records, wherein the second record is associated with the first record.

14. The apparatus of claim 9 wherein the rule comprises one of a recipient associated with the electronic mail message, a sender associated with the electronic mail message and a subject associated with the electronic mail message.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising data that, when accessed by a processor, cause the processor to:

receive a request to migrate, to an electronic mail application, a document stored in a repository, wherein the document comprises a first information in a first document format that is incompatible with the application;

identify, by the processor, in the document, a second information in a second document format that is compatible with the application;

extract, by the processor, the identified second information from the document in view of a data received from the application and a rule associated with the identified information for the data-, wherein the extracting comprising applying the rule to extract the identified information from a metadata associated with the data;

organize, by the processor, second information in the second document format into a new document as a data structure in view of an entity and a person associated with the entity, wherein the new document is searchable in the repository; and

migrate, by the processor, the new document to the application.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 wherein the request comprises a version of the electronic mail application.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein to identify the second information, the processor is to determine an electronic mail message in view of the electronic mail application.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 wherein the processor is to provide the second information to the application.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 wherein the application is a newly installed application and wherein the request is received upon installation of the application.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 wherein the processor is to:

store the entity in the data structure as a one record among a plurality of records; and

store the person associated with the entity as a second record among the plurality of records, wherein the second record is associated with the first record.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16 wherein the rule comprises one of a recipient associated with the electronic mail message, a sender associated with the electronic mail message and a subject associated with the electronic mail message.