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Custom metadata tag inheritance based on a filesystem directory tree or object storage bucket

US12259874B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 16, 2023
Grant dateMar 25, 2025
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Expiry dateMar 16, 2043

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06Q10/105
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and/or system of managing metadata are disclosed that include connecting a source data storage system (DSS) that stores both data and metadata to a metadata management platform (MMP); scanning metadata records onto the MMP from the DSS; storing metadata attributes for at least one of the group consisting of directories and buckets on the DSS in a look-up table on the MMP; and adding updated metadata attributes to the look-up table on the MMP for each subsequent scan of the DSS.

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