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Determining quality of tier assignments

US8024285B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 27, 2007
Grant dateSep 20, 2011
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Expiry dateJun 23, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L67/1097
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Described herein is a method that includes receiving user history data and generating an indication of quality of a tier assignment used to store searchable digital items in a tiered storage system, wherein the indication is based at least in part upon a subset of the user history data. Also described herein is a system that includes a receiver component that receives user history data. The system further includes a quality indicator component that determines an indication of quality of a tier assignment used to store digital items that are retrievable by way of querying, wherein the quality indicator component generates the indication based at least in part upon a subset of the user history data and the tier assignment indicates where digital items are to be stored in a tiered storage system.

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