Systems and methods for cross-system digital asset tag propagation

A system for propagating a digital asset identification tag associated with a digital asset of a distributed computing environment, the environment having a central computing device that at least stores the digital asset identification tag for the digital asset and one or more clients that locally stores the digital asset, the system comprising:

• (a) a client in communication with the network;
• and
• (b) a central computing device in communication with a network, the central computing device configured to:
• i. receive a command from the client, the command comprising an indication that a change occurred to the asset identification tag of a digital asset of the client and the changed digital asset identification tag;
• ii. locate the digital asset identification tag at a central resource of the central computing device;
• iii. update the digital asset identification tag in response to the received command to generate an updated digital asset identification tag;
• and
• iv. transmit to another client having a copy of the digital asset the updated digital asset identification tag;
• wherein the digital asset identification tag includes a global unique identifier field which is constructed and arranged to store a global unique identifier of the digital asset to uniquely identify the digital asset among other digital assets;
• wherein the central computing device, when receiving the command, is configured to obtain, within the global unique identifier field of the digital asset identification tag, the global unique identifier of the digital asset;
• the global unique identifier being a hash result generated via application of a hash result generated via application of a hash function, by a client, to contents of the digital asset;
• and
• wherein the digital asset identification tag further includes a level identifier field which is constructed and arranged to store a level identifier one of (i) an “unmanaged” value indicating that the digital asset identification tag is not persistently stored by the client and not persistently stored by the central computing device, (ii) a “managed” value indicating that the digital asset identification tag is persistently stored by the client and not persistently stored by the central computing device, and (iii) a “records managed” value indicating that the digital asset identification tag is persistently stored by the client and persistently stored by the central computing device.

A computer readable medium having executable instructions thereon to propagate a digital asset identification tag associated with a digital asset of a distributed computing environment, the environment having a central computing device that at least stores the digital asset identification tag for the digital asset and one or more clients that locally stores the digital asset, the computer readable medium comprising:

• (a) instructions to receive a command from a client of the distributed computing system to a central computing resource of the central computing device, the command comprising an indication that a change occurred to the asset identification tag of a digital asset of the client and the changed digital asset identification tag;
• (b) instructions to locate the digital asset identification tag at the central computing resource;
• (c) instructions to update the digital asset identification tag in response to the received command to generate an updated digital asset identification tag;
• and
• (d) instructions to transmit to another client having a copy of the digital asset the updated digital asset identification tag;
• wherein the digital asset identification tag includes a global unique identifier field which is constructed and arranged to store a global unique identifier of the digital asset to uniquely identify the digital asset among other digital assets;
• wherein the instructions to receive the command includes instructions to obtain, within the global unique identifier field of the digital asset identification tag, the global unique identifier of the digital asset;
• the global unique identifier being a hash result generated via application of a hash result generated via application of a hash function, by a client, to contents of the digital asset;
• and
• wherein the digital asset identification tag further includes a level identifier field which is constructed and arranged to store a level identifier one of (i) an “unmanaged” value indicating that the digital asset identification tag is not persistently stored by the client and not persistently stored by the central computing device, (ii) a “managed” value indicating that the digital asset identification tag is persistently stored by the client and not persistently stored by the central computing device, and (iii) a “records managed” value indicating that the digital asset identification tag is persistently stored by the client and persistently stored by the central computing device.