Patent ID: 9063940
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of managing stored content, comprising: using one or more processors to apply a retention policy to a content item, the retention policy comprising one or more phases for the content item to go through including a final phase that indicates a final disposition for the content item, and wherein applying the retention policy to the content item includes associating the content item with a retention policy instance that includes an attribute that indicates whether a supersede is enabled with respect to the content item; determining that a subsequent version of the content item exists; using the one or more processors to determine whether the attribute associated with the applied retention policy instance indicates that the supersede with respect to the content item is enabled, wherein the supersede allows the content item to be superseded by the subsequent version; and in the event that the attribute indicates that supersede with respect to the content item is enabled, using the one or more processors to: override the retention policy applied to the content item so as to promote-the content item to the final phase of the retention policy instance associated with the content item and immediately qualify the content item for final disposition, without regard to any intervening requirement or phase of the retention policy instance associated with the content item.