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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2024
Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Jagannathdas Rath, Bengaluru, IN;
Srisailendra Yallapragada, Cupertino, CA (US);
Nitin Madan, San Jose, CA (US);
Salil Dangi, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
A selective automatic retention lock system defines, as attributes, an automatic retention lock (ARL) period specifying an amount of time to lock the file, and a cooling (COP) period specifying an amount of time within the first ARL after which the file will be locked if no modifications are made to the file during the first COP. An entire directory tree can be designated as ARL enabled, and certain sub-level directories within the namespace can be excluded from ARL by appropriate labeling so that files in the directory cannot be auto retention locked under the ARL policy of the entire directory tree.