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Systems and methods for managing unstructured data

US8954690B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 10, 2012
Grant dateFeb 10, 2015
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 24, 2032

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F11/1446
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Improved data management systems for managing and maintaining unstructured data in a computing system environment. Data content is associated with particular types of metadata to create data objects. In certain examples, the metadata is stored in various fields of the data objects, certain fields being designated as permanently read-only after their creation. Such fields can include, for instance, a unique identifier, a type of content and a classification governing copy permissions relating to the data object. Data objects, or didgets, can be grouped into logical containers referred to as chambers, which are further grouped by common control elements or attributes into domains. Chambers within a particular domain can generally freely share information therebetween, including copies of various types of didgets. A control program, or didget manager, in each domain manages the creation of didgets and subsequent operations directed thereto.

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