Patent ID: 8862852

Claim:
A method to selectively provide information to one or more computing devices, comprising the steps of: providing an information storage and retrieval system comprising first information, a first logical partition, and a second logical partition, wherein said first information is disposed in said first logical partition; receiving by said information storage and retrieval system from a first customer a customer business policy specifying a time interval after which data is made available to business partners; receiving by said information storage and retrieval system from said first customer a plurality of customer-defined data extraction algorithms; based upon said customer business policy, forming by said processor second information comprising an instantaneous point-in-time copy of said first information; forming by said processor a plurality of customer-specific datasets from said second information using said plurality of customer-defined data extraction algorithms; migrating by said processor said plurality of customer-specific datasets from said first logical partition to said second logical partition, wherein one or more computing devices have access rights to said second logical partition but not to said first logical partition.