Patent ID: 7792757
Filing Date: 2010-09-07
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A risk-based computer-implemented method for storing digital assets in a distributed digital asset management environment, the method comprising: (a) receiving, by a server from a client, an asset identification tag associated with an original version of a digital asset which is initially created and stored on the client; (b) identifying, by the server and in response to receiving the asset identification tag, a risk-management policy corresponding to the client and security of the digital asset stored on the client; (c) executing an action dictated by the risk-management policy; (d) transmitting, by the server to the client, a transfer command which identifies the digital asset and directs the client to transfer the digital asset from the client to the server; and (e) obtaining, by the server from the client, a copy of the digital asset while the client concurrently deletes the original version of the digital asset in response to the transfer command; wherein the client is a portable laptop computer; wherein the server is a secure datacenter; wherein the asset identification tag received by the server from the client indicates that the digital asset has a given priority; wherein identifying the risk-management policy includes: wherein executing the action dictated by the risk-management policy includes: