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US 8,712,980 B2Granted
Consistent retention and disposition of managed content and associated metadata
AssigneeEMC Corporation
InventorsRoger W. Kilday, John-David Dorman, David Humby, Fiona Schrader, Dan Bailey
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Abstract
Consistent retention and disposition of managed content and associated metadata is disclosed. An indication that a retention policy is to be applied to a selected item of content comprising a body of managed content is received. The selected item of content and its associated metadata are retained automatically in parallel in accordance with the retention policy.
Claims20
A method of managing content, comprising:
- receiving an indication that a retention policy is to be applied to a selected item of content comprising a body of managed content, wherein the selected item of content is stored in a content store;
- and
- automatically retaining the selected item of content and its associated metadata in parallel in accordance with the retention policy, wherein the associated metadata is stored in a metadata store and wherein automatically retaining in the selected item of content and its associated metadata in parallel comprises applying the retention policy both to the selected item of content and to its associated metadata;
- receiving a hold request to be placed for the selected item of content for a hold period, wherein placing a hold on a content comprises ensuring the content is retained in a prescribed location during a hold period and preventing the content from being changed;
- and
- in the event:
- 1) an expiry notification is received that an applicable retention period of the retention policy has ended for the associated metadata, and 2) a disposal notification is received that the associated metadata is to be disposed,
- using a processor to prevent the associated metadata from being disposed otherwise permitted by the expiry notification of the associated metadata, based in part on the hold period of the selected item of content.
5 more elements
A content management system, comprising:
- a processor configured to receive an indication that a retention policy is to be applied to a selected item of content comprising a body of managed content, wherein the selected item of content is stored in a content store;
- and
- automatically retain the selected item of content and its associated metadata in parallel in accordance with the retention policy, wherein the associated metadata is stored in a metadata store and wherein automatically retaining in the selected item of content and its associated metadata in parallel comprises applying the retention policy both to the selected item of content and to its associated metadata;
- receive a hold request to be placed for the selected item of content for a hold period, wherein placing a hold on a content comprises ensuring the content is retained in a prescribed location during a hold period and preventing the content from being changed;
- and
- in the event:
- 1) an expiry notification is received that an applicable retention period of the retention policy has ended for the associated metadata, and 2) a disposal notification is received that the associated metadata is to be disposed,
- prevent the associated metadata from being disposed otherwise permitted by the expiry notification of the associated metadata, based in part on the hold period of the selected item of content;
- and
- a memory coupled to the processor and configured to provide instructions to the processor.
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A computer program product for managing content, the computer program product being embodied in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:
- receiving an indication that a retention policy is to be applied to a selected item of content comprising a body of managed content, wherein the selected item of content is stored in a content store;
- and
- automatically retaining the selected item of content and its associated metadata in parallel in accordance with the retention policy, wherein the associated metadata is stored in a metadata store and wherein automatically retaining in the selected item of content and its associated metadata in parallel comprises applying the retention policy both to the selected item of content and to its associated metadata;
- receiving a hold request to be placed for the selected item of content for a hold period, wherein placing a hold on a content comprises ensuring the content is retained in a prescribed location during a hold period and preventing the content from being changed;
- and
- in the event:
- 1) an expiry notification is received that an applicable retention period of the retention policy has ended for the associated metadata, and 2) a disposal notification is received that the associated metadata is to be disposed,
- preventing the associated metadata from being disposed otherwise permitted by the expiry notification of the associated metadata, based in part on the hold period of the selected item of content.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.