SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ATOMIZING AND INDIVIDUATING DATA AS DATA QUANTA

• US 20160321316A1
• Filed: 06/09/2016
• Published: 11/03/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/03/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: gDial Inc.
• Original Assignee: gDial Inc.
• Inventors: SUHANIC, West, PENNEFATHER, Peter
• Granted Patent: US 10,331,658 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/148 File search processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2365 Ensuring data consistency and integrity
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/64 Protecting data integrity, e.g. using checksums, certificates or signatures

Abstract

The present specification provides a method comprising: providing a value file containing a value entry associated with a recording event and a recording record file containing a recording record entry associated with the value entry and also with the recording event. The method also comprises, at a computing device, associating in a data quantum file the value entry with the corresponding recording record entry; generating a data quantum unique identifier by applying an algorithm to the data quantum file such that any change to the value entry or the recording record entry produces a corresponding change to the data quantum unique identifier according to the algorithm; and associating in a registration file the data quantum unique identifier and a data quantum file locator. The data quantum unique identifier allows for detecting alterations of any one of the value entry and the recording record entry.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

providing a value file containing a value entry associated with a recording event, the value entry comprising value entry bytes;

providing a recording record file containing a recording record entry associated with the value entry, the recording record entry also associated with the recording event, the recording record entry comprising recording record entry bytes;

associating, at a computing device, in a data quantum file the value entry with the corresponding recording record entry, the data quantum file containing a data quantum comprising both the value entry bytes and the recording record entry bytes;

generating, at the computing device, a data quantum unique identifier by applying an algorithm to the data quantum file such that any change to the value entry or the recording record entry produces a corresponding change to the data quantum unique identifier according to the algorithm; and

associating, at the computing device, in a registration file the data quantum unique identifier and a data quantum file locator;

whereby the recording record provides information regarding the value entry in the context of the recording event, and the data quantum unique identifier allows for detecting alterations of any one of the value entry and the recording record entry.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing the registration file in a repository located on a computer-readable memory in communication with the computing device;

indexing the registration file, the indexing configured to make the registration file findable in a search of the repository;

finding the registration file in the repository;

generating, at the computing device, another data quantum unique identifier by applying the algorithm to the data quantum; and

comparing, at the computing device, the other data quantum unique identifier with the data quantum unique identifier to determine if any one of the value entry and the recording record entry has been altered.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating, at the computing device, a registration file unique identifier by applying a second algorithm to the registration file such that any change to the registration file produces a corresponding change to the registration file unique identifier according to the second algorithm; and

associating, at the computing device, the registration file with the registration file unique identifier;

whereby the registration file unique identifier allows for detecting alterations of the registration file.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the second algorithm is the same as the algorithm.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the registration file further comprises additional data, the additional data being different than the data quantum file locator and the data quantum unique identifier.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the generating comprises:

providing an empty buffer located on a computer-readable memory in communication with the computing device;

writing to the buffer the value entry bytes and the recording record entry bytes; and

applying the algorithm to the contents of the buffer to generate the data quantum unique identifier.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

after the applying;

opening a data quantum unique identifier file;

storing the data quantum unique identifier in the data quantum unique identifier file;

and wherein the associating in the registration file comprises;

opening the registration file;

storing in the registration file the data quantum unique identifier file and one or more of;

the data quantum file; and

the data quantum file locator.

8. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

after the applying, modifying the data quantum file to designate the data quantum unique identifier as a descriptor of the data quantum file.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the descriptor comprises one or more of:

a name of the data quantum file; and

an indexable attribute of the data quantum file.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing a second value file containing a second value entry, the second value entry comprising second value entry bytes, the second value entry related to the value entry; and

providing a second recording record file containing a second recording record entry associated with the second value entry, the second recording record entry comprising second recording record entry bytes, the second recording record entry describing the relationship between the value entry and the second value entry, the value entry being obtainable based on the second value entry and the second recording record entry.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing one or more additional data quantum files each comprising a corresponding additional data quantum, each of the additional data quanta comprising;

a corresponding additional recording record entry related to the recording record entry; and

a corresponding additional value entry;

wherein;

the generating the data quantum unique identifier comprises applying the algorithm to the data quantum and the one or more additional data quanta such that any change to any one of the value entry, the recording record entry, the corresponding additional recording record entries, and the corresponding additional value entries produces a corresponding change to the data quantum unique identifier according to the algorithm; and

the associating in the registration file comprises associating in the registration file the data quantum unique identifier with

the data quantum file locator and the one or more additional data quantum file locators.

12. A method comprising:

populating a map data structure comprising keys and key entries with one or more value files each containing a corresponding value entry and one or more recording record files each containing a corresponding recording record entry associated with a corresponding value entry. The value entries and the recording record entries comprising value entry bytes and recording record entry bytes respectively, the one or more value files each stored as one of the keys and the one or more recording record files corresponding to each value file stored as a corresponding key entry, the map data structure located on a computer-readable memory in communication with a computing device;

retrieving, at the computing device, a given key from the map data structure, the given key corresponding to a given value file;

creating, at the computing device, a data quantum file name corresponding to a data quantum file;

opening, at the computing device, the data quantum file;

storing the given value file in the data quantum file located on the computer-readable memory;

retrieving, at the computing device, a given key entry corresponding to the given key, the given key entry comprising a given recording record file corresponding to the given value file;

storing the given recording record file in the data quantum file;

generating, at the computing device, a data quantum unique identifier by applying an algorithm to the data quantum file such that any change to the given value entry or the given recording record entry produces a corresponding change to the data quantum unique identifier according to the algorithm; and

storing, in a registration file located on the computer-readable memory, the data quantum unique identifier and a data quantum file locator associated with the data quantum file.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising before the populating the map data structure:

populating a list data structure with the one or more value files each containing the corresponding value entry and the one or more recording record files each containing the corresponding recording record entry, each entry in the list data structure comprising one of the one or more value files and its corresponding one or more of the one or more recording record files; and

encoding all files in the list data structure to protect the value entries and the recording record entries from being corrupted during subsequent storage in and retrieval from the map data structure.

14. A system comprising:

a processor;

a memory in communication with the processor;

a communication interface in communication with the process;

the processor configured to;

receive a value file through the communication interface, the value file containing a value entry associated with a recording event, the value entry comprising value entry bytes;

receive a recording record file through the communication interface, the recording record file containing a recording record entry associated with the value entry, the recording record entry also associated with the recording event, the recording record value comprising recording record entry bytes;

associate in a data quantum file the value entry with the corresponding recording record entry, the data quantum file containing a data quantum comprising both the value entry bytes and the recording record entry bytes;

generate a data quantum unique identifier by applying an algorithm to the data quantum such that any change to the value entry or the recording record entry produces a corresponding change to the data quantum unique identifier according to the algorithm;

associate in a registration file the data quantum unique identifier with a data quantum file locator; and

whereby the recording record provides information regarding the value entry in the context of the recording event, and the data quantum unique identifier allows for detecting alternation of any one of the value entry and the recording record entry.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the processor is further configured to:

store the registration file in repository located on the memory;

index the registration file, the indexing configured to make the registration file findable in a search of the repository;

find the registration file in the repository;

generate another data quantum unique identifier by applying the algorithm to the data quantum; and

compare the other data quantum unique identifier with the data quantum unique identifier to determine if any one of the value entry and the recording record entry has been altered.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the processor in further configured to:

generate a registration file unique identifier by applying a second algorithm to the registration file such that any change to the registration file produces a corresponding change to the registration file unique identifier according to the second algorithm; and

associate the registration file with the registration file unique identifier;

whereby the registration file unique identifier allows for detecting alternations of the registration file.

17. The system of claim 14, wherein

the memory further comprises a buffer;

and

the generating comprises the processor being configured to;

clear the buffer;

write to the buffer the value entry bytes and the recording record entry bytes; and

apply the algorithm to the contents of the buffer to generate the data quantum unique identifier.

18. The system of claim 17, further comprising:

after the applying, the processor being configured to modify the data quantum file to designate the data quantum identifier as a descriptor of the data quantum file.

19. The system of claim 14, wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive through the communication interface a second value file containing a second value entry, the second value entry comprising second value entry bytes, the second value entry related to the value entry; and

receive through the communication interface a second recording record file containing a second recording record entry associated with the second value entry, the second recording record value comprising second recording record entry bytes, the second recording record entry describing the relationship between the value entry and the second value entry, the value entry being obtainable based on the second value entry and the second recording record entry.

20. The system of claim 14, wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive through the communication interface one or more additional data quantum files each comprising a corresponding additional data quantum, each of the additional data quanta comprising a corresponding additional recording record entry related to the recording record entry and a corresponding additional value entry;

wherein;

the processor being configured to generate the data quantum unique identifier comprises the processor applying the algorithm to the data quantum and the one or more additional data quanta such that any change to any one of the value entry, the recording record entry, the corresponding additional recording record entries, and the corresponding additional value entries produces a corresponding change to the data quantum unique identifier according to the algorithm; and

the processor being configured to associate in the registration file comprises the processor associating in the registration file the data quantum unique identifier with

the data quantum file locator and one or more additional data quantum file locators each corresponding to one of the one or more additional data quantum files.