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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2005
Michael C. Pelletier, Coral Springs, FL (US);
Joseph C. Polimeni, Parkland, FL (US);
Michael C. Pelletier, Coral Springs, FL (US);
Joseph C. Polimeni, Parkland, FL (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system, method, and computer program product for managing a retention period for electronic content data are disclosed. The method includes running a records manager system. The records manager system defines a retention period for a plurality of electronic content data. The records manager system instructs a digital rights manager system to protect each of the plurality of electronic content data. Each of the plurality of electronic content data are protected with at least one usage policy for at least one of the plurality of electronic content data related to the retention period as governed by the records manager system. The defined retention period is logged, for later auditing, for each of the plurality of the electronic content data.