Patent ID: 8260753
Filing Date: 2012-09-04
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for information management comprising: intercepting output from an application by continuously monitoring input/output (I/O) as the I/O traverses from the application to an operating system but prior to arrival at the operating system in order to trap file I/O before information is written to storage without modification to the operating system, wherein the output is directed towards protected data; using a processor to analyze the intercepted output to determine whether a predetermined type of version of the protected data has been created; in the event it is determined that the predetermined type of version of the protected data has been created at least in part because the analyzed intercepted output includes a save and a close, automatically backing up the protected data, including by storing at least some of the intercepted output as a backup version of the protected data, wherein the version backed up is the predetermined type of version; and not backing up the protected data in the event it is determined that the predetermined type of version of the protected data has not been created.