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Identification of people as search results from key-word based searches of content in a cloud-based environment

  • US 10,452,667 B2
  • Filed: 07/08/2013
  • Issued: 10/22/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/06/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for identifying collaborators as search results in a collaborative cloud-based collaboration environment, the method comprising:

  • creating metadata associated with each file of a plurality of files in the collaborative environment, the metadata identifying an action performed on the file and a collaborator of a plurality of collaborators performing the action;

    applying a weight to the action performed on the file based on a type of action indicated by the metadata identifying the action, wherein the type of action comprises one of an upload action, an edit or modify action, or a read or access action;

    receiving, from a first collaborator of the plurality of collaborators, a search request for a text-based keyword search on the content of the plurality of files to identify as search results file relevant to the search request;

    processing the metadata associated with the relevant files based on the weight applied to each relevant file in the search results; and

    providing, to the first collaborator, the search results including the relevant files and associated collaborators performing the actions on the relevant files, wherein the search results are ranked based on the processing by accumulating the weight applied to the actions performed on the relevant files.

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