IP Library Granted Patent US 10,109,022
Granted Patent B2
US 10,109,022 · App. 14/919,930 · Granted Oct 23, 2018

Email and identity migration based on multifactor relationship data provided by users and systems

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Patent No.
US 10,109,022
App. No.
14/919,930
Granted
Oct 23, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatuses for creating collections of associated accounts for a migration process. An example system includes a processing device and memory that stores accounts in accordance with at least one domain. The processing device may create a collection of related accounts stored in accordance with the at least one domain based on active directory information of the stored accounts and information gathered from a survey and may migrate information included in the at least one domain.

Claims (39)

1. A method comprising:

creating, by an information handling system and based on relationship information, a collection of related accounts or objects stored in accordance with at least one domain, wherein the relationship information comprises at least survey data, wherein the survey data comprises user-identified relationships to one or more other users, wherein the relationship information is organized into at least one of a first category and a second category, the first category based at least on the survey data and the second category based at least on organizational data, and wherein creating collections comprises:

identifying one or more weight values for the first category or the second category;

identifying one or more weight values for at least one of the user-identified relationships; and

combining the first category and the second category based at least on the one or more weight values for the first category or the second category and the one or more weight values for at least one of the user-identified relationships to create combined weight values; and

migrating, by the information handling system, data for users in the collection of related accounts or objects into the at least one domain.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the relationship information further comprises location information.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the relationship information further comprises organizational information.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the relationship information further comprises at least one of sender/recipient, site membership or distribution list membership.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the survey data identifies users' relationships to one or more other users.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the survey data of one of the users identifies the user's relationship to one or more distribution groups.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the survey data obtained from one of the users identifies the user's relationship to one or more distribution groups and to one or more other users.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the creating the collection comprises:

selecting a collection based on one or more threshold values and the combined weight values.

9. An information handling system comprising:

a processing device; and

memory configured to store accounts or objects and relationship information associated with the accounts or the objects in accordance with at least one domain, wherein the relationship information comprises at least survey data, wherein the survey data comprises user-identified relationships to one or more other users, wherein the relationship information is organized into at least one of a first category and a second category, the first category based at least on the survey data and the second category based at least on organizational data, the memory further storing one or more program modules executable by the processing device to:

identify, based on the relationship information, a collection of related accounts or objects stored in accordance with the at least one domain by

identifying one or more weight values for the first category or the second category;

identifying one or more weight values for at least one of the user-identified relationships; and

combining the first category and the second category based at least on the one or more weight values for the first category or the second category and the one or more weight values for at least one of the user-identified relationships to create combined weight values; and

migrate information included in the collection of related accounts or objects into the at least one domain.

10. The information handling system of claim 9 , wherein the relationship information further comprises location information and organizational information.

11. The information handling system of claim 9 , wherein the survey data associated with one of the users identifies the user's relationship to one or more distribution groups and to one or more other users.

12. The information handling system of claim 9 , wherein the one or more program modules are further executable by the processing device to identify the collection by:

selecting a collection based on one or more threshold values and the combined weight values.

13. A method comprising:

at a memory device, storing a plurality of user accounts in accordance with at least one domain and relationship information, wherein the relationship information comprises at least survey data, wherein the survey data comprises user-identified relationships to one or more other users, wherein the relationship information is organized into at least one of a first category and a second category, the first category based at least on the survey data and the second category based at least on organizational data; and

at an information handling system,

identifying, based on the relationship information, a collection of related accounts or objects stored in accordance with the at least one domain;

identifying one or more weight values for the first category or the second category;

identifying one or more weight values for at least one of the user-dentified relationships; and

combining the first category and the second category based at least on the one or more weight values for the first category or the second category and the one or more weight values; and

migrating information included in the collection of related accounts or objects into the at least one domain.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the relationship information further comprises at least one of location information or organizational information.

15. The method of claim 13 , wherein the survey data associated with one of the users identifies the user's relationship to one or more distribution groups and to one or more other users.

16. The method of claim 13 , wherein the identifying a collection further comprises:

selecting a collection based on one or more threshold values and the combined weight values.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the one or more threshold values comprises one of a collection size threshold or a relationship weight value threshold.

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To: ALTER DOMUS (US) LLC
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From: QUEST SOFTWARE INC.; ANALYTIX DATA SERVICES INC.; BINARYTREE.COM LLC; ERWIN, INC.; ONE IDENTITY LLC; ONELOGIN, INC.; ONE IDENTITY SOFTWARE INTERNATIONAL DESIGNATED ACTIVITY COMPANY
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