Nested discovery and deletion of resources

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11481399-B1
Application number	US-202016870335-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	May 8, 2020
Priority date	Oct 25, 2019
Publication date	Oct 25, 2022
Grant date	Oct 25, 2022

Abstract

Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media are provided for recursively searching a plurality of workspaces of the system for linked data associated with the seed data, initiating an endpoint process for each the seed data and the linked data, and, upon completion of the search, delete the seed data and the linked data identified based at least in part on the endpoint process. The process may be automatically repeated at a predetermined time interval to identify and remove future data that is stored in the plurality of datasets.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system for storing data, the system comprising:
one or more processors; and
a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to perform:
receive search criteria associated with the data, wherein the data are stored in a plurality of datasets at a plurality of workspaces of the system;
apply the search criteria to the data, wherein the application of the search criteria identifies seed data in the plurality of datasets;
recursively search the plurality of workspaces of the system for linked data associated with the seed data;
initiate an endpoint process that flags the seed data and the linked data for deletion;
upon completion of the search, delete the seed data and the linked data identified based at least in part on the endpoint process; and
automatically repeat, in response to the deletion, the recursive search starting from the deleted seed data and the linked data to identify any additional data that corresponds with the search criteria and remove the any additional data.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the search criteria comprises a threshold date, identification of new data, or version identifier associated with the seed data.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the linked data comprises data files derived from the seed data.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the linked data comprises data permissions of users permitted to access the seed data.

5. The system of claim 1 , further configured to: send one or more notifications of the deletion to one or more administrators.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein deleting the seed data and the linked data comprises an automated process performed by the system.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein deleting the seed data and the linked data comprises highlighting at least one data entry in a database.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the seed data is stored as an object in an object graph.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the object corresponds with a node identifier, description of data corresponding with the node, and a link to other nodes implemented by pointers.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein a linked object to the object in the object graph inherits a data property of the object.

11. A method implemented by a computing system including one or more processors and storage media storing machine-readable instructions, wherein the method is performed using the one or more processors, the method comprising:
receiving search criteria associated with the data, wherein the data are stored in a plurality of datasets at a plurality of workspaces of the system;
applying the search criteria to the data, wherein the application of the search criteria identifies seed data in the plurality of datasets;
recursively searching the plurality of workspaces of the system for linked data associated with the seed data;
initiating an endpoint process that flags the seed data and the linked data for deletion;
upon completion of the search, deleting the seed data and the linked data identified based at least in part on the endpoint process; and
automatically repeat, in response to the deletion, the recursive search starting from the deleted seed data and the linked data to identify any additional data that corresponds with the search criteria and remove the any additional data.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the search criteria comprises a threshold date, identification of new data, or version identifier associated with the seed data.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the linked data comprises data files derived from the seed data.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the linked data comprises data permissions of users permitted to access the seed data.

15. The method of claim 11 , further comprising: sending one or more notifications of the deletion to one or more administrators.

16. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors to perform:
receiving search criteria associated with the data, wherein the data are stored in a plurality of datasets at a plurality of workspaces of the system;
applying the search criteria to the data, wherein the application of the search criteria identifies seed data in the plurality of datasets;
recursively searching the plurality of workspaces of the system for linked data associated with the seed data;
initiating an endpoint process that flags the seed data and the linked data for deletion;
upon completion of the search, deleting the seed data and the linked data identified based at least in part on the endpoint process; and
automatically repeat, in response to the deletion, the recursive search starting from the deleted seed data and the linked data to identify any additional data that corresponds with the search criteria and remove the any additional data.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the search criteria comprises a threshold date, identification of new data, or version identifier associated with the seed data.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the linked data comprises data files derived from the seed data.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the linked data comprises data permissions of users permitted to access the seed data.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 16 , further causing the one or more processors to perform: sending one or more notifications of the deletion to one or more administrators.

Assignees

• Palantir Technologies Inc

Inventors

• Juelich Jakob
• Baker James

Classifications

• G06F16/9024

  Graphs; Linked lists (G06F16/9027 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G06F16/90335

  Query processing · CPC title

• G06F2221/2143

  Clearing memory, e.g. to prevent the data from being stolen · CPC title

• G06F21/6227 Primary

  where protection concerns the structure of data, e.g. records, types, queries · CPC title

• G06F16/953

  Querying, e.g. by the use of web search engines · CPC title