Systems and methods for file loading
OwnerChristopher Paul Carrollinventor
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Abstract
The application describes systems and methods for preventing the distribution of large volumes of electronic data by loading selected sensitive files with pad data to increase the size of the files such that file transfer, distribution, or downloading to removable media storage devices is more cumbersome. In one aspect, a file loading system comprises a datastore for storing a plurality of data files where each of the plurality of data files includes information and a processor arranged to: access the plurality of data files in the datastore, and load a data pad into one or more of the plurality of data files to increase the size of the one or more of the plurality of data files.
Claims18
A file loading system comprising:
- a datastore for storing a plurality of data files, each of the plurality of data files including information,
- a removable media storage device capable of interfacing with the datastore, the removable media storage device having a data storage capacity,
- a first computer arranged to:
- access the plurality of data files in the datastore, and
- load a data pad into one or more of the plurality of data files to increase the size of the one or more of the plurality of data files based on the data storage capacity of the removable media storage device,
- wherein the increased size of the one or more of the plurality of data files, being based on the data storage capacity of the removable media storage device, inhibits a transfer of the one or more of the plurality of data files from the datastore to the removable media storage device and wherein the data pad includes a pattern of data elements.
A method for file loading comprising:
- storing a plurality of data files in a datastore of an information system, each of the plurality of data files including information,
- accessing the plurality of data files in the datastore,
- providing a removable media storage device capable of interfacing with the datastore, the removable media storage device having a data storage capacity, and
- loading a data pad into one or more of the plurality of data files to increase the size of the one or more of the plurality of data files based on the data storage capacity of the removable media storage device,
- wherein the increased size of the one or more of the plurality of data files, being based on the data storage capacity of the removable media storage device, inhibits a transfer of the one or more of the plurality of data files from the datastore to the removable media storage device and wherein the data pad includes a pattern of data elements.
A method for inhibiting the transfer of data comprising:
- storing a plurality of data files in a datastore of an information system, each of the plurality of data files including sensitive information,
- providing one or more removable media storage devices capable of interfacing with the datastore,
- estimating a data size needed for a portion of the plurality of data files to inhibit their transfer from the datastore to the one or more removable media storage devices capable of interfacing with the datastore, the estimate being based on a data storage capacity of the one or more removable media storage devices, and
- loading each of the plurality of data files with padding such that the data size of the portion of the plurality of data files is greater than or equal to the estimated data size
- wherein the increased size of the one or more of the plurality of data files, being based on the storage capacity of the one or more removable media storage devices, inhibits a transfer of the one or more of the plurality of data files from the datastore to the one or more removable media storage devices and wherein the padding in each of the plurality of data files includes a pattern of data elements.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.