Systems and methods for preventing digital asset restoration
AssigneeAutonomy, Inc.
InventorsSteven Blumenau, Matthew Barnes
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Abstract
Systems and methods for managing digital assets in a distributed computing environment are described. Meta-data for the digital assets is stored separately from the digital assets. Meta-data for some of the digital assets is copied and stored at a central location. Meta-data for the digital assets is generated by clients of the system.
Claims20
A method of preventing the restoration of a digital asset that has been removed from a distributed computing environment, the environment having a central computing device that stores meta-data for at least one digital asset and one or more clients that locally stores respective digital assets, the method comprising:
- (a) receiving, from a client, meta-data associated with a digital asset created by the client;
- (b) comparing at least a portion of the received meta-data with a list of known meta-data to generate a result;
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- (c) transmitting a command to remove the digital asset associated with the received meta-data when the result indicates that the digital asset is expired.
A system for preventing the restoration of a digital asset that has been removed from a distributed computing environment, the environment having a central computing device that stores meta-data for at least one digital asset and one or more clients that locally stores respective digital assets, the system comprising:
- (a) a client in communication with a network, the client receiving meta-data associated with a digital asset created by the client and transmitting the meta-data to the network;
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- (b) a server connected to a network, the server receiving the meta-data and comparing at least a portion of the received meta-data with a list of known meta-data to generate a result, and transmitting a command to remove the digital asset associated with the received meta-data when the result indicates that the digital asset is expired.
A computer readable medium having executable instructions thereon to prevent the restoration of a digital asset that has been removed from a distributed computing environment, the environment having a central computing device that stores meta-data for at least one digital asset and one or more clients that locally stores respective digital assets, the computer readable medium comprising:
- (a) instructions to receive, from a client, meta-data associated with a digital asset created by the client;
- (b) instructions to compare at least a portion of the received meta-data with a list of known meta-data to generate a result;
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- (c) instruction to transmit a command to remove the digital asset associated with the received meta-data when the result indicates that the digital asset is expired.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.