Patent ID: 9015131
Filing Date: 2015-04-21
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An information management method in an information processing system comprising: a plurality of user terminals, a computer for providing information that provides information in response to a request from at least one of the user terminals, and an online storage service that stores the information to be provided, wherein the computer for providing information includes: a processor; a configuration block database for managing information of a plurality of configuration blocks obtained by dividing each of a plurality of files received from each of the user terminals; a file configuration database for managing configuration information of the plurality of configuration blocks of the plurality of files; and a meta information database for managing meta information including a directory configuration of each of the plurality of files, wherein each of the configuration block database, the file configuration database, and the meta information database comprises a plurality of divided databases formed by dividing stored information, and wherein the computer for providing information is connected with each of the user terminals via a LAN and is also connected with the online storage service via a WAN, and the information management method comprising: the processor eliminating duplication in the plurality of configuration blocks stored in the configuration block database to generate a duplication-eliminated configuration block group; the processor managing information of a degree of duplication indicating a degree of each of the plurality of configuration blocks being commonly used in other files; and the processor uploading the duplication-eliminated configuration block group, the configuration information of the plurality of configuration blocks, and the meta information to the online storage service.