Code42 Software Assigned Patent

Code42 Software, Inc., Minneapolis, MN, has been assigned a patent (11604698) developed by Juncker, Robert, Lakeville, MN, Lindquist, Thomas Anthony, Minnetonka, MN, Woodfill, Michael, Eden Prairie, MN, an Nave, Adam, Lauderdale, MN, for “method and process for automatic determination of file/object value using meta-information.”

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A system for processing a file stored on a computing system includes causing a processor of the system to obtain file usage data that is indicative of a number of times the file is loaded into a memory of the system and to obtain file-size data that is indicative of a size the file. The system further includes causing the processor to obtain metadata indicative of contents the file and to determine a file value based on the file usage data and at least one of the file-size data, the metadata, or a file-identifier value that is derived from an identifier of the file, where the file value comprising a quantitative or qualitative indicator of a value of the file. The system additionally includes causing the processor to adjust processing of the file relative to processing of other files associated with the computing system based on the file value.”

The patent application was filed on 2020-12-02 (17/109727).