Storage of application specific profiles correlating to document versions

• US 7,937,702 B2
• Filed: 08/28/2008
• Issued: 05/03/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: CommVault Systems Incorporated
• Original Assignee: CommVault Systems Incorporated
• Inventors: De Meno, Randy, Schwartz, Jeremy A., Prahlad, Anand, McGuigan, James J.
• Primary Examiner(s): To; Jennifer N
• Application Number:
  US12/200,666
• Publication Number:
  US 20080320032A1
• Time in Patent Office: 978 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 718/100
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/10 File systems; File servers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44 Arrangements for executing specific programs
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/42 Mailbox-related aspects, e.g. synchronisation of mailboxes
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99952 Coherency, e.g. same view to multiple users
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99953 Recoverability

Abstract

A computer system that includes a processor for operating a software application in the computer system. The software application provides for creation, storage, and retrieval of a file, the file having a corresponding profile that the software application uses for at least the purpose of preparing the software application to display the file upon its retrieval by the software application. Also included is a plurality of storage media that are communicatively coupled to the processor. A storage management module distributes stored files and their accompanying profiles among the plurality of storage media according to predetermined patterns. One of such predetermined patterns is separate storage of a file and the file'"'"'s corresponding profile.

Claims

1. An application specific profile storage and retrieval system for a computer system, wherein the computer system includes a software application that creates a version of a file and a corresponding application specific profile associated with the file version, the system comprising:

multiple storage media; and

at least one storage management module, wherein the at least one storage management module is configured to manage storage of application specific profiles and configured to manage storage of corresponding files among the multiple storage media, wherein the at least one storage management module stores the application specific profiles at separate locations from the corresponding files and wherein an application specific profile may be retrieved separately from a corresponding file;

a processor for operating the software application in the computer system;

wherein the software application provides for storage and retrieval of the file and the corresponding application specific profile wherein the corresponding application specific profile is used by the software application for at least a purpose of preparing the software application to display the file upon its retrieval by the software application;

wherein the multiple storage media are communicatively coupled to the processor; and

wherein the at least one storage management module distributes stored files and corresponding profiles among the multiple storage media according to predetermined patterns, wherein at least one of the predetermined patterns includes storing of a file at a separate location from its corresponding application specific profile.

2. The application specific profile storage and retrieval system of claim 1 wherein at least one of the multiple storage media is located locally.

3. The application specific profile storage and retrieval system of claim 1 wherein at least one of the multiple storage media is located remotely.

4. The application specific profile storage and retrieval system of claim 1 wherein the at least one storage management module distributes stored files and corresponding profiles among the multiple storage media according to predetermined patterns, and wherein at least one of the predetermined patterns enables retrieval of the file'"'"'s corresponding application specific profile before retrieval of the file by the software application.

5. The application specific profile storage and retrieval system of claim 1 wherein the application specific profiles that are stored among the multiple storage media comprise different application specific profiles for different versions of a corresponding file.

6. The application specific profile storage and retrieval system of claim 1 wherein the at least one storage management module provides concurrent access of the application specific profile and the file.

7. The application specific profile storage and retrieval system of claim 1 wherein the application specific profile is retrieved prior to the file and sets up the software application in preparation for receipt of the file.

8. The application specific profile storage and retrieval system of claim 1 wherein the at least one storage management module is further configured to retrieve the application specific profile before the corresponding file.

9. A method for storage and retrieval in a computer system comprising:

creating multiple versions of a file using a software application;

creating an application specific profile corresponding to a version of the file, wherein the application specific profile is used by the software application for at least the purpose of preparing the software application to display the file upon its retrieval by the software application, a new profile being created at least each time the file is saved;

sending the file, with the software application, to a storage management module that manages storage of the file and storage of the application specific profile;

storing the file and the application specific profile to separate storage locations in the computer system;

requesting for the retrieval of the file with the software application such that the storage management module retrieves the file and the application specific profile as though the file and its application specific profile were located in a single location; and

formatting the software application in accordance with the retrieved application specific profile prior to display of the file with the software application.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein the software application is selected from the group consisting of a word processor, an engineering graphics program, a standard graphics program, a database, and a web browser.

11. The method of claim 9 wherein a different profile is stored with the storage of each version of the file as the file is created.

12. The method of claim 9 wherein the storage management module distributes different files and file versions in a first set of storage media and stores different application specific profiles for each of the files and versions of the files in a second set of storage media.

13. A system for storage and retrieval in a computer system comprising:

means for creating multiple versions of a file using a software application;

means for creating an application specific profile corresponding to a version of the file, wherein the application specific profile is used by the software application for at least the purpose of preparing the software application to display the file upon its retrieval by the software application, wherein a new profile is created at least each time the file is saved;

means for sending the file, with the software application, to storage management means for managing storage of the file and storage of the application specific profile;

means for storing the file and the application specific profile to separate storage locations in the computer system;

means for requesting for the retrieval of the file with the software application such that the storage management means retrieves the file and the application specific profile as though the file and its application specific profile were located in a single location; and

means for formatting the software application in accordance with the retrieved application specific profile prior to display of the file with the software application.