CONTENT-BASED STORAGE MANAGEMENT
First Claim
1. A method for managing data storage comprising:
- receiving a stream of audio data related to a communication over a communication network;
automatically analyzing the audio content of the stream to determine at least one characteristic of the audio content of the received stream;
generating, based on the content analysis of the audio data, metadata associated with the at least one characteristic; and
selecting according to said generated metadata pertaining to said at least one characteristic and according to at least one rule either to store at least a portion of the audio data in a selected storage option from a plurality of storage options having different types of accessibility and/or capacity and placing at least said portion of the audio data in the selected storage option or selecting not to store the audio data and deleting said portion of the audio data.
3 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention are directed to a system and method for data management according to the content of the data. The system may enable data to be stored in one of a plurality of different storage options according to at least one characteristic of the data, in which the at least one characteristic is related to the content of the data. The system may comprise a rule-based storage management mechanism for the processes of archiving and/or retrieving data. Optionally, the data is stored for a time interval according to the at least one characteristic of the data and may be moved to a different type of storage option after an event occurs, for example the time interval has elapsed.
-
Citations
20 Claims
-
1. A method for managing data storage comprising:
-
receiving a stream of audio data related to a communication over a communication network; automatically analyzing the audio content of the stream to determine at least one characteristic of the audio content of the received stream; generating, based on the content analysis of the audio data, metadata associated with the at least one characteristic; and selecting according to said generated metadata pertaining to said at least one characteristic and according to at least one rule either to store at least a portion of the audio data in a selected storage option from a plurality of storage options having different types of accessibility and/or capacity and placing at least said portion of the audio data in the selected storage option or selecting not to store the audio data and deleting said portion of the audio data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
-
-
13. A system for audio data management comprising:
-
an analyzer to automatically analyze the content of a stream of audio data related to a communication over a communication network so as to determine at least one characteristic of the audio content of the stream and to generate, based on the content analysis of the audio data, metadata associated with the at least one characteristic; a rule engine to compare at least a portion of the generated metadata to at least one rule and to select either to store at least a portion of the audio data in a selected storage option from a plurality of storage options having different types of accessibility and/or capacity or to select not to store the audio data; and a storage manager to receive a decision from said rule engine. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
-
Specification