US 12,596,676 B2Granted

Records retention management

AssigneeMastercard International Incorporated

InventorsHaley Ott, Alex Valensi, David Brawley, Dorian Tomace, Joseph Beyer, William Watson

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Abstract

Examples provide record retention to content items in a content management system. The system identifies a content item stored in a content items database and displays a user interface (UI) that includes a list for a categorization criterion. User input is received from the UI indicating a user selection for the first categorization criterion. A retention mapping schedule maps the criterion options to retention labels of a retention schedule. A retention label for the content item is determined based on the first user selection and the retention mapping schedule, the retention label being defined in the retention schedule and having an expiration duration defining how long content items marked with the retention label are retained. The retention label is stored as metadata for the content item, and the content item is deleted after an expiration duration of the content item has elapsed.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A content management system for adding record retention to content items stored in a content items database and deleting content items from the content items database upon retention expiration, the content management system comprising:

at least one processor;
and
at least one memory comprising computer-readable instructions, the at least one processor, the at least one memory and the computer-readable instructions configured to cause the at least one processor to:
identify a content item stored in the content items database, the content item including content data and content metadata;
cause a user interface (UI) to be displayed on a user device, the UI includes a first list for a first categorization criterion, the first categorization criterion including one or more first criterion options selectable via the first list;
receive first user input from the UI indicating a first user selection for the first categorization criterion, the first user selection being one of the one or more first criterion options;
identify a retention mapping schedule, the retention mapping schedule maps the one or more first criterion options to retention labels of a retention schedule;
determine a retention label for the content item based on the first user selection and the retention mapping schedule, the retention label being defined in the retention schedule and having a retention duration defining how long content items marked with the retention label are retained;
store the retention label as metadata for the content item;
based on a user modifying the content item, automatically reset the retention duration;
and
delete the content item from the content items database after the retention duration of the content item has elapsed.

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A method for adding record retention to content items stored in a content items database and deleting content items from the content items database upon retention expiration, the method comprising:

identifying a content item stored in a content items database;
causing a user interface (UI) to be displayed on a user device, the UI includes a first list for a first categorization criterion, the first categorization criterion including one or more first criterion options selectable via the first list;
receiving first user input from the UI indicating a first user selection for the first categorization criterion, the first user selection being one of the one or more first criterion options;
identifying a retention mapping schedule, the retention mapping schedule maps the one or more first criterion options to retention labels of a retention schedule;
determining a retention label for the content item based on the first user selection and the retention mapping schedule, the retention label being defined in the retention schedule and having a retention duration defining how long content items marked with the retention label are retained;
storing the retention label as metadata for the content item;
based on a user modifying the content item, automatically resetting the retention duration;
and
deleting the content item from the content items database after the retention duration of the content item has elapsed.

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A computer storage medium having computer-executable instructions that, upon execution by a processor of a computer, cause the processor to at least:

identify a content item stored in a content items database;
cause a user interface (UI) to be displayed on a user device, the UI includes a first list for a first categorization criterion, the first categorization criterion including one or more first criterion options selectable via the first list;
receive first user input from the UI indicating a first user selection for the first categorization criterion, the first user selection being one of the one or more first criterion options;
identify a retention mapping schedule, the retention mapping schedule maps the one or more first criterion options to retention labels of a retention schedule;
determine a retention label for the content item based on the first user selection and the retention mapping schedule, the retention label being defined in the retention schedule and having a retention duration defining how long content items marked with the retention label are retained;
store the retention label as metadata for the content item;
based on a user modifying the content item, automatically reset the retention duration;
and
delete the content item from the content items database after the retention duration of the content item has elapsed.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.