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Systems and methods for recovering electronic information from a storage medium

US7873802B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 24, 2008
Grant dateJan 18, 2011
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Expiry dateJan 20, 2029

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L41/40
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In one embodiment of the invention, a method is provided for retrieving certain electronic information previously stored on certain storage media after a threshold set in the storage retention criteria has been exceeded in an electronic information storage system that stores electronic information on storage media in accordance with a storage retention criteria is provided. The method includes storing a record in a memory associated with a system manager that assigns the storage retention criteria to the certain electronic data, designating the storage media available for overwrite after the threshold set in the storage retention policy has been exceeded, identifying the certain storage media available for overwrite, and retrieving information from the certain media after the threshold set in the storage retention policy has been exceeded.

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