METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING CONVERSATION SPECIFIC USER DATA BACKUPS OF LIMITED-ACCESS USER DATA

1 . A system for providing backup services for limited-access user data, comprising:

persistent storage for storing a conversation specific user data backup; and

a manager programmed to:

identify a backup generation event for the limited-access user data based on a protection policy;

in response to identifying the backup generation event:

obtain fragmented user data from an application that gates access to the limited-access user data;

obtain organizational metadata associated with the fragmented user data from the application;

make a determination that the fragmented user data is associated with a conversation;

in response to making the determination:

obtain conversation metadata associated with the fragmented user data from the application; and

generate the conversation specific user data backup using the:

 organizational metadata,

 conversation metadata, and

 the fragmented user data.

2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the conversation metadata specifies a relationship between a first electronic mail communication and a second electronic mail communication.

3 . The system of claim 2 , wherein the relationship is an occurrence in time with respect to the first electronic mail communication and the second electronic mail communication.

4 . The system of claim 3 , wherein the fragmented user data the first electronic mail communication or the second electronic mail communication.

5 . The system of claim 4 , wherein generating the conversation specific user data backup comprises:

adding the fragmented user data to the conversation specific user data backup; and

adding information indicative that the relationship to the conversation specific user data backup.

6 . The system of claim 5 , wherein generating the conversation specific user data backup further comprises:

adding second information reflecting a characteristic of the fragmented user data based on the organizational metadata.

7 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the fragmented user data can only be obtained by the manager using the application.

8 . A method for providing backup services for limited-access user data, comprising:

identifying a backup generation event for the limited-access user data based on a protection policy;

in response to identifying the backup generation event:

obtaining fragmented user data from an application that gates access to the limited-access user data;

obtaining organizational metadata associated with the fragmented user data from the application;

making a determination that the fragmented user data is associated with a conversation;

in response to making the determination:

obtaining conversation metadata associated with the fragmented user data from the application; and

generating a conversation specific user data backup using the:

organizational metadata,

conversation metadata, and

the fragmented user data.

9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the conversation metadata specifies a relationship between a first electronic mail communication and a second electronic mail communication.

10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the relationship is an occurrence in time with respect to the first electronic mail communication and the second electronic mail communication.

11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the fragmented user data the first electronic mail communication or the second electronic mail communication.

12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein generating the conversation specific user data backup comprises:

adding the fragmented user data to the conversation specific user data backup; and

adding information indicative that the relationship to the conversation specific user data backup.

13 . The method of claim 12 , wherein generating the conversation specific user data backup further comprises:

adding second information reflecting a characteristic of the fragmented user data based on the organizational metadata.

14 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the fragmented user data can only be obtained by a manager using the application.

15 . A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer readable program code, which when executed by a computer processor enables the computer processor to perform a method for providing backup services for limited-access user data, the method comprising:

obtaining fragmented user data from an application that gates access to the limited-access user data;

obtaining organizational metadata associated with the fragmented user data from the application;

making a determination that the fragmented user data is associated with a conversation;

in response to making the determination:

obtaining conversation metadata associated with the fragmented user data from the application; and

generating a conversation specific user data backup using the:

organizational metadata,

conversation metadata, and

the fragmented user data.

16 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the conversation metadata specifies a relationship between a first electronic mail communication and a second electronic mail communication.

17 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the relationship is an occurrence in time with respect to the first electronic mail communication and the second electronic mail communication.

18 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the fragmented user data the first electronic mail communication or the second electronic mail communication.

19 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 18 , wherein generating the conversation specific user data backup comprises:

adding the fragmented user data to the conversation specific user data backup; and

adding information indicative that the relationship to the conversation specific user data backup.

20 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 19 , wherein generating the conversation specific user data backup further comprises:

adding second information reflecting a characteristic of the fragmented user data based on the organizational metadata.