Storage or removal actions based on priority

• US 8,250,040 B2
• Filed: 06/15/2009
• Issued: 08/21/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/15/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Murphy, Elissa S., Mehr, John D., Marshall, Catherine Claire, Dickson, Matthew J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Breene, John E
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ly, Anh
• Application Number:
  US12/484,979
• Publication Number:
  US 20100318575A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,163 Days
• Field of Search: 707/770, 707/802, 707/803, 707/805, 707/E17.005, 707/E17.007, 707/662, 707/695, 707/812, 709/224, 711/162, 711/E12.001, 715/769, 715/764, 726/1, 726/7, 726/30
• US Class Current: 707/662
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1451 by selection of backup contents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1464 for networked environments
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking

Abstract

Techniques for providing content management services are described. Managing content services includes determining a value of content and determining storage actions of the content based on the value. The value of the content is determined by weighting factors, such as access frequency, a rating, a size of the content, a type of the content, and a security level of the content. Based on the value of the content, one or more storage actions may be determined for the content to optimize storage. The storage actions may include identifying a version of the content to be saved, compressing the content, determining a back up of the content to store, identifying a location to store the content, performing erasure encoding of the content, and/or removing the content.

Claims

1. A method implemented at least partially by a processor, the method comprising:

prioritizing content by determining a value of the content, the determining the value of the content being based on one or more of;

identifying an access frequency of the content based on actions of a user, the access frequency comprising a number of times the content has been accessed during a predetermined time;

evaluating a level of security of the content;

establishing a size of the content, the size being compared with a predetermined threshold size;

determining a subscription level of the user; and

managing the content based at least in part on the prioritized content by performing storage actions including;

identifying a version of the content to save on a server;

compressing the version of the content saved on the server;

backing up the content;

identifying a location to store the content;

performing erasure encoding of replicated portions of the content; and

removing copies of the content from the server based at least in part on the prioritized content.

2. One or more computer-readable media encoded with instructions that, when executed by a processor of a server, perform acts comprising:

identifying, by the processor, content to which to apply storage actions;

collecting, by the processor, a value of the content based on weighting factors, the weighting factors comprising;

an access frequency of the content;

a rating of the content provided by a user;

a security level of the content;

a size of the content;

a type of the content; and

a subscription level of the content;

determining, by the processor, storage actions to be performed on the content based at least in part on the value of the content;

performing the storage actions on the content based on a scheduled time occurring at a predetermined interval;

visually displaying a representation of the content on a user interface of a computing device, the user interface usable to select the content; and

deleting the content that is selected based at least in part on the value of the content and a selection of the content.

3. The computer-readable media of claim 2, wherein the storage actions to be performed comprise identifying a version of the content to save on a server.

4. The computer-readable media of claim 2, wherein the storage actions to be performed comprise compressing the content by a lossless compression based on a threshold value, or otherwise, compressing the content by a lossy compression.

5. The computer-readable media of claim 2, wherein the storage actions to be performed comprise backing up the content to store on a server.

6. The computer-readable media of claim 2, wherein the storage actions to be performed comprise identifying a location on a set of servers to store the content.

7. The computer-readable media of claim 2, wherein the storage actions to be performed comprise performing erasure encoding of the content.

8. A system comprising:

memory;

a processor coupled to the memory to perform acts comprising;

identifying, by the processor, content to which to apply storage actions;

generating, by the processor, a value for the content based on weighting factors for the content, the weighting factors including one or more of;

a frequency at which a user accesses the content, the frequency including a number of times the content has been accessed during a predetermined time,

a level of security of the content as specified by a user,

a size of the content compared to a predetermined threshold size,

a subscription level at which a user has agreed to with a service provider; and

determining, by the processor, the storage actions to be performed on the content based at least in part on the value of the content, the storage actions comprising;

identifying a version of the content to store on a server;

compressing the version of the content saved on the server;

performing a back up of the content to store;

identifying a location to store the content;

performing an erasure encoding of repeated portions of the content and

removing copies of the content from the server based at least in part on the content.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the weighting factors for the content comprise a subjective rating of the content as specified by a user.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the weighting factors for the content comprise a type of the content.

11. The system of claim 8, further comprising managing the content by removing copies of the content stored on a server, the content based at least in part on the weighted factors for the content.