Patent ID: 8612570

Claim:
In a networked computer system where data objects are transferred in the networked computer system in data signals over network infrastructure, a method for classifying and managing the data objects stored in the computer system, the method comprising: tapping a data signal in the computer system using a tapping device connected to the network, the tapping device connected with an information management server configured to provide information management in the networked computer system, wherein the data signals in the computer system, including the data signal, transmit the data objects between devices in the computer system during operation of the computer network; collecting information about the data objects transmitted in the data signal with the tapping device without disrupting operation of the computer system during routine transmission of the data objects in the computer system by the data signals, wherein the collected information is collected by the information management server using the tapping device; storing the collected information, by the information management server, in a repository associated with the information management server; classifying, by the information management server, the data objects stored in the computer system to assign categories to the data objects based on the collected information about the data objects, wherein the categories are stored by the information management server wherein the information management system differentiates between data objects that require services and data objects that do not require services based on the categories assigned to the data objects; storing, by the information management server, the results of the classification in the repository, wherein the information management server identifies services for each of the data objects stored in the computer system using the results of the classification including the categories assigned to the data objects; and orchestrating, by the information management server, the services for each of the data objects stored in the computer system according to the results of the classification.