US 2006/0218198 A1 · Method and computer-readable medium for formula-based document retention

Abstract

A method and computer-readable medium are provided for formula-based document retention. According to the method, a retention formula and a retention action are defined for one or more items. The retention formula is utilized to calculate a retention date for each item. The retention action specifies the action that should be taken on or after the retention date. The retention date for one or more items is initially calculated using the retention formula for the items. A retention service may be periodically executed to identify any items having a retention date earlier than the current date. If any items are identified that have a retention date earlier than the current date, the retention service recalculates the retention date for these items utilizing the corresponding retention formula. If the recalculated retention date for any item is still prior to the current date, the retention action for the item is executed.

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Dependent claims

A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a computer, will cause the computer to:

periodically identify one or more items having an associated retention date prior to a current date and,
for each item having a retention date prior to the current date,
to recalculate the retention date based upon a retention formula,
to determine if the recalculated retention date is prior to a current date, and
to execute a retention action for each item having a recalculated retention date that is prior to the current date.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Method and computer-readable medium for formula-based document retention

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Abstract

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