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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2004
Christopher Hercules Claudatos, San Jose, CA (US);
William Dale Andruss, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Christopher Hercules Claudatos, San Jose, CA (US);
William Dale Andruss, Minneapolis, MN (US);
EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
A method, article of manufacture, and apparatus for managing a lifecycle of an object are disclosed. In an embodiment, this comprises analyzing the content of the object and associating the object to an information lifecycle management policy based on the content analysis and metadata. Metadata may be generated based on the content analysis, and used in setting the information lifecycle management policy. A date of disposition may be associated with the object, and actions in the ILM policy taken on the date of disposition.