System and method for storing data with rules on containers for collections of data

A computer-implemented method for automatically filing data objects into containers comprising:

• importing a set of preprogrammed inclusion rules defining which data objects are included in a container and exclusion rules defining what data objects are excluded from a container;
• correlating the inclusion and exclusion rules to containers in a data system organized by containers;
• storing records of the inclusion and exclusion rules and the correlated containers in a database;
• monitoring Operating System events signifying addition of a new data object into the data system;
• upon addition of a data object into a data system organized by containers:
• a) collecting pre-existing metadata from the data object;
• b) extracting key information from content of the data object;
• c) analyzing the key information by interpreting and classifying content to create enhanced metadata;
• d) creating an enhanced data object by adding the pre-existing metadata and enhanced metadata as object attributes;
• e) querying the database by performing phrase matching of the pre-existing metadata and enhanced metadata on the inclusion and exclusion rules;
• f) retrieving a set of containers correlated with matching inclusion and exclusion rules;
• g) said computer, automatically storing a persistent copy of the enhanced data object in any and all matching containers on a data storage.

A system for automatically filing a data object in a container comprising:

• at least one processor;
• a database for storing records of inclusion rules defining which data objects are included in a container and exclusion rules defining what data objects are excluded from a container and correlations of the inclusion and exclusion rules containers in a data system organized by containers;
• the at least one processor configured to perform:
• monitoring Operating System events signifying addition of a new data object into the data system;
• upon addition of a data object into a data system organized by containers:
• a) collecting pre-existing metadata from the data object;
• b) extracting, by a processor, key information from content of the data object;
• c) analyzing the key information by interpreting and classifying content to create enhanced metadata;
• d) querying the database by performing phrase matching of the pre-existing metadata and enhanced metadata on the inclusion and exclusion rules;
• e) retrieving a set of containers correlated with matching inclusion and exclusion rules;
• f) automatically storing a persistent copy of the data object in any and all matching containers on a data storage.