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Data destruction mechanisms

US9098515B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

SAP SE · DE

Inventors

Matthias Richter · Sinsheim, DE
Mathias Schoenecker · Hambrücken, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 15, 2011
Grant date	Aug 4, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 3, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F16/162
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for data destruction. In one aspect, there is provided a computer-implemented method. The method may include receiving a request to destroy a first data object; determining whether other data objects depend from the first data object; determining a structure for the first data object and the other data objects, when the other data objects depend from the first data object; initiating, based on the determined structure, calls to the other data objects to destroy the other data objects before the first data object; and initiating a call to the first data object to destroy the first data object, when the other data objects have been destroyed. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described.

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