METHOD AND APPARATUS TO ORGANIZE FILES BASED ON DOWNLOAD LOCATIONS

• US 20080010599A1
• Filed: 07/10/2006
• Published: 01/10/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 07/10/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Vaidyanathan, Basu, Janakiraman, Janani
• Granted Patent: US 8,683,373 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/748
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/122 using management policies backup systems G06F11/1446; file migration policies for HSM systems G06F16/185
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation

Abstract

A computer implemented method, apparatus and computer usable program code for managing files. A set of origination locations for a plurality of files is identified to form a set of identified origination locations in response to a request to view the plurality of files. Each origination location in the set of identified origination locations identifies a location from which a file in the plurality of files has been received. A representation of the plurality of files is presented using a set of graphical indicators based on the set of identified origination locations

Claims

1. A computer implemented method for managing files, the computer implemented method comprising:

responsive to a request to view a plurality of files, identifying a set of origination locations for the plurality of files to form a set of identified origination locations, wherein each origination location in the set of identified origination locations identifies a location from which a file in the plurality of files has been received; and

presenting a representation of the plurality of files in using a set of graphical indicators based on the set of identified origination locations.

2. The computer implemented method of claim 1 further comprising:

responsive to a request to download a set of files for a location, presenting an option to associate the set of files with a graphical indicator for the location.

3. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the set of graphical indicators is at least one of a set of colors, a set of icons, and a set of alphanumeric characters.

4. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the set of origination locations is a single location.

5. The computer implemented method of claim 1 further comprising:

sorting the plurality of files based on the set of identified origination locations.

6. The computer implemented method of claim 1 further comprising:

displaying a legend providing a correlation between the set of graphical indicators and the set of identified origination locations.

7. The computer implemented method of claim 1 further comprising:

assigning the set of graphical indicators to the plurality of files based on the set of identified origination locations.

8. A computer program product comprising:

a computer usable medium having computer usable program code for managing files, the computer program medium comprising;

computer usable program code, responsive to a request to view a plurality of files, for identifying a set of origination locations for the plurality of files to form a set of identified origination locations, wherein each origination location in the set of identified origination locations identifies a location from which a file in the plurality of files has been received; and

computer usable program code for presenting a representation of the plurality of files in using a set of graphical indicators based on the set of identified origination locations.

9. The computer program product of claim 8 further comprising:

computer usable program code, responsive to a request to download a set of files for a location, for presenting an option to associate the set of files with a graphical indicator for the location.

10. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the set of graphical indicators is at least one of a set of colors, a set of icons, and a set of alphanumeric characters.

11. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the set of origination locations is a single location.

12. The computer program product of claim 8 further comprising:

computer usable program code for sorting the plurality of files based on the set of identified origination locations.

13. The computer program product of claim 8 further comprising:

computer usable program code for displaying a legend providing a correlation between the set of graphical indicators and the set of identified origination locations.

14. The computer program product of claim 8 further comprising:

computer usable program code for assigning the set of graphical indicators to the plurality of files based on the set of identified origination locations.

15. A data processing system comprising:

a bus;

a communications unit connected to the bus;

a storage device connected to the bus, wherein the storage device includes computer usable program code; and

a processor unit connected to the bus, wherein the processor unit executes the computer usable program code to identify a set of origination locations for the plurality of files to form a set of identified origination locations in response to a request to view a plurality of files, wherein each origination location in the set of identified origination locations identifies a location from which a file in the plurality of files has been received; and

present a representation of the plurality of files in using a set of graphical indicators based on the set of identified origination locations.

16. The data processing system of claim 15 wherein the processor unit further executes the computer usable program code to present an option to associate the set of files with a graphical indicator for the location in response to a request to download a set of files for a location.

17. The data processing system of claim 15, wherein the set of graphical indicators is at least one of a set of colors, a set of icons, and a set of alphanumeric characters.

18. The data processing system of claim 15, wherein the set of origination locations is a single location.

19. The data processing system of claim 15 wherein the processor unit further executes the computer usable program code to sort the plurality of files based on the set of identified origination locations.

20. The data processing system method of claim 15 wherein the processor unit further executes the computer usable program code to display a legend providing a correlation between the set of graphical indicators and the set of identified origination locations.