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US 2016/0259798 A1Published application
Polymorphic application of policy
AssigneeEMC Corporation
InventorsDavid Humby, John-David Dorman, Steve Sauder, Fiona Schrader, Dan Taillefer
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Abstract
Polymorphic application of a policy is disclosed. An indication is received that a retention policy is to be applied with respect to an object. A rule is evaluated associated with the retention policy, in light of a circumstance of the object, to determine a manner in which the retention policy is to be configured to behave with respect to the object.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- receiving an indication that a polymorphic retention policy is to be polymorphically applied with respect to an object;
- and
- evaluating a rule associated with the polymorphic retention policy, wherein the polymorphic retention policy comprises a single retention policy providing a type of retention in light of a circumstance of the object, and wherein evaluating the rule comprises determining a manner in which the polymorphic retention policy is to be configured to behave with respect to the object.
A system, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory coupled with the processor, wherein the memory is configured to provide the processor with instructions which when executed cause the processor to:
- receive an indication that a polymorphic retention policy is to be polymorphically applied with respect to an object;
- and
- evaluate a rule associated with the polymorphic retention policy, wherein the polymorphic retention policy comprises a single retention policy providing a type of retention in light of a circumstance of the object, and wherein evaluating the rule comprises determining a manner in which the polymorphic retention policy is to be configured to behave with respect to the object.
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A computer program product, the computer program product being embodied in a tangible computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:
- receiving an indication that a polymorphic retention policy is to be polymorphically applied with respect to an object;
- and
- evaluating a rule associated with the polymorphic retention policy, wherein the polymorphic retention policy comprises a single retention policy providing a type of retention in light of a circumstance of the object, and wherein evaluating the rule comprises determining a manner in which the polymorphic retention policy is to be configured to behave with respect to the object.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.