Systems and methods for managing digital assets in a distributed computing environment are described. Meta-data for the digital assets is stored separately from the digital assets. Meta-data for some of the digital assets is copied and stored at a central location. Meta-data for the digital assets is...http://www.google.com/patents/US7814062?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7814062 - Systems and methods for expiring digital assets based on an assigned expiration date
