Content Claiming Workflow for Unused Application Ownership

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Solution Overview

Problem

Large organizations face significant computing resource costs for storing and maintaining applications that are no longer in use, as identifying the owners and end-users of these applications is difficult, leading to inefficient resource allocation.

Innovation Solution

A content claiming application that displays unclaimed content objects on a user interface, allows users to select and attest ownership, and updates content data to manage storage and migration, including options to claim, unclaim, or delete these objects.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If organizations store and maintain applications developed by different departments, then functional requirements of various departments are met, but computing resource costs increase significantly

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvefunctional requirementsVSAvoidcomputing resource costs

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The system enables users to self-manage their content by allowing them to claim, unclaim, or delete content objects through a user interface. Users can actively participate in resource optimization by making decisions about their own content, reducing the need for centralized administration and improving overall efficiency.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system facilitates the identification and removal of unused applications and content objects through the content claiming process. By allowing users to unclaim or delete content they no longer need, the system enables selective discarding of redundant resources while recovering computing resources that were previously allocated to maintain these unused applications.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #34Discarding and recovering

2Duration of action of stationary object

If the organization maintains a library of applications over time, then historical functionality is preserved, but identifying owners and end-users becomes difficult

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvehistorical functionalityVSAvoididentifying owners

Core Design Contradiction:

Duration of action of stationary objectVSDifficulty of detecting and measuring

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements a feedback mechanism where users are notified about unclaimed content objects and can actively respond by claiming, unclaiming, or deleting them. This feedback loop ensures that ownership information is current and accurate, making it easier to identify who owns what content even as the library grows over time.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary actions by automatically detecting and notifying users about unclaimed content before it is deleted. This advance notice allows users to review and confirm their ownership or usage intentions, ensuring accurate identification of owners while maintaining historical functionality.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

3Quantity of substance

If content objects are transferred to cloud storage, then storage optimization is achieved, but migration and management complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvestorage optimizationVSAvoidmigration management

Core Design Contradiction:

Quantity of substanceVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments content objects into distinct categories (claimed, unclaimed, deleted) and manages them through separate processes. This segmentation allows for targeted migration strategies where only unclaimed content is transferred to cloud storage, simplifying the overall migration management while achieving storage optimization.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The content claiming application serves as an intermediary between the organization's content library and cloud storage. It manages the migration process by identifying which content should be transferred, handling the actual migration, and updating records, thereby reducing the complexity of direct migration management.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS20250383754A1Content claiming

Publication Date: 2025.12.18 WELLS FARGO BANK NA

AI summary

As the number of applications developed by the organization increases, the computing resource costs for storing and maintaining applications may also increase significantly. The disclosed content claiming system provides a solution to reducing computing resources necessary to maintain and store content that is no longer needed by allowing users to claim ownership over content and confirm whether the content is still in use. For example, in the disclosed content claiming system, a user initiates the process of content claiming by accessing a user interface associated with a content claiming application, wherein the user interface displays a listing of content currently maintained by the organization. The user may then select unclaimed content objects based one or more preferences and provide attestations regarding ownership and usage. Content claiming helps organization make informed decisions regarding continued storage and maintenance of content.