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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2022
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Tor Kreutzer, Tromso, NO;
Jan-Ove Almli Karlberg, Tromso, NO;
Shamika Ruklan Jayasundara, Oslo, NO;
Øystein Fledsberg, Trondheim, NO;
Øystein Torbjørnsen, Trondheim, NO;
Åge Andre Kvalnes, Mo i Rana, NO;
Helge Grenager Solheim, Oslo, NO;
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A method comprising: storing, in a database, a list of geographical regions in which the party consents to their data being stored; receiving a request to store data of the party, wherein at least one of the data has a region-restriction that restricts the regions in which that data can be stored; determining, based on a respective region-restriction of a respective one of the data, in which of the list of regions the respective data can be stored; storing the data, wherein each respective data is stored in at least one respective storage centre associated with one of the regions according to the determination; storing, in the database, a list comprising a pointer to each respective stored data, wherein the pointer identifies the respective storage centre; receiving a request to retrieve a respective stored data; and using the pointer to route the request to the respective storage centre.