Methods, systems and products for data preservation
OwnerJames W. Osborne, Hong Q. Bui +3inventors
InventorsJames W. Osborne, Hong Q. Bui, L. Nicholas Brosnahan, Michael D. McDaniel, Philip B. Winant
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Abstract
A method implementable by an electronic system comprises identifying an event corresponding to a data set, the data set being of a type of a plurality of data-set types; identifying the type of the data set; identifying an association between the type of the data set and an entity of a plurality of entities; and instructing the entity to perform an action with respect to the data set.
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A computer-readable physical medium including computer-executable instructions which, when executed on a data processing system, perform at least the steps of:
- receiving from a user a plurality of user preferences identifying respective backup destinations associated with a plurality of digital files, each digital file having been generated by an application of a plurality of applications;
- determining a change in state of a first file of the plurality of digital files;
- identifying the application that generated the first file;
- identifying, based on the identified application, from the user preferences a first backup destination to which the user desires the first file to be stored;
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- in response to determining the change in state of the first file and identifying the first backup destination, automatically transmitting the first file to the first backup destination.
A computer-readable physical medium including computer-executable instructions which, when executed on a data processing system, perform at least the steps of:
- determining a change in state of a first file of a plurality of files, each file having been generated by an application of a plurality of applications;
- identifying the application that generated the first file;
- identifying, based on the identified application, from user preferences a first backup destination to which the user desires the first file to be stored;
- in response to determining the change in state of the first file, automatically creating a backup copy of the first file;
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- in response to identifying the first backup destination, automatically transmitting the backup copy to the first backup destination.
A computer-readable physical medium having computer-executable components comprising:
- an identifier component operable to detect an event corresponding to a data set, the data set being of a type of a plurality of data-set types and having been generated by an application of a plurality of applications, the identifier component further operable to identify the application that generated the data set, the identifier component further operable to determine an association between the identified application and a destination entity of a plurality of destination entities configured to received the data set;
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- an instructor component operable, in response to the identifier component detecting the event and identifying the application that generated the data set, to instruct the destination entity to perform an action with respect to the data set.
A computer-readable physical medium including computer-executable instructions which, when executed on a data processing system, perform at least the steps of:
- receiving from a user a plurality of user preferences identifying respective backup destinations associated with a plurality of digital files, each digital file having been generated by an application of a plurality of applications;
- determining a change in state of a first file of the plurality of digital files, the first file being configured in a first format;
- identifying the application that generated the first file;
- identifying, based on the identified application, from the user preferences a first backup destination to which the user desires the first file to be stored;
- in response to determining the change in state, automatically configuring the first file in a second format different from the first format and appropriate to the first backup destination;
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- in response to identifying the first backup destination and configuring the first file in the second format, automatically transmitting the first file to the first backup destination.
A computer-readable physical medium including computer-executable instructions which, when executed on a data processing system, perform at least the steps of:
- receiving from a user a plurality of user preferences identifying respective backup destinations associated with a plurality of digital files, each digital file having been generated by an application of a plurality of applications;
- determining a change in state of a first file of the plurality of digital files, the first file being configured in a first format;
- identifying the application that generated the first file;
- identifying, based on the identified application, from the user preferences a first backup destination to which the user desires the first file to be stored;
- in response to determining the change in state, creating a backup copy of the first file, the backup copy configured in a second format different from the first format and appropriate to the first destination;
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- transmitting the backup copy to the first destination.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.