Method and System for Folder Recommendation in a File Operation

• US 20090248615A1
• Filed: 03/25/2008
• Published: 10/01/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/25/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Drory, Tal, Konopnicki, David
• Granted Patent: US 7,899,831 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/16 File or folder operations, e.g. details of user interfaces specifically adapted to file systems

Abstract

A method and system for folder recommendation in a file operation are provided. The method includes: receiving (325) information relating to the file operation; providing history data (321) of one or more previous operations, the data including details of information relating to a previous operation and a folder on which the previous operation was performed; and selecting a folder (324) for recommendation including matching the file operation to one or more folders based on the history data. In one embodiment, the operation is an operation of saving a file, and the information relating to the operation is file information. In another embodiment, the operation is an operation of retrieving a file, and the information relating to the operation is destination information.

Claims

1. A method for folder recommendation in a file operation wherein a folder is a file system folder, comprising:

receiving information relating to the file operation;

providing history data of one or more previous operations, the data including details of information relating to a previous operation and a folder on which the previous operation was performed;

selecting a folder for recommendation including matching the file operation to one or more folders based on the history data.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the previous operations are previous operations with similar information to the current file operation.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the file operation is an operation of saving a file to a folder, the method including:

providing history data of previous file save operations, the data including details of previous file information and a folder to which the previous operation was performed.

selecting a folder including matching the file save operation to one or more folders based on the history data.

4. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein selecting a folder includes:

matching the file save operation to one or more folders based on the number of entries or similar entries of the file information in the history data; and

selecting the folder with the highest number of entries.

5. The method as claimed in claim 3, including:

further selecting a folder by matching the file save operation to one or more folders based on a similarity of the file information to file information within a folder.

6. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein a similarity is a similarity measure which includes a distance measurement between texts.

7. The method as claimed in claim 4, wherein a folder is selected with a highest similarity to the file information.

8. The method as claimed in claim 4, wherein the step of further selecting a folder by matching the file save operation to one or more folders based on a similarity of the file information to file information within a folder, is carried out if no folders are matched to the file information based on the history data.

9. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein a file save operation is being carried out from a source with source information, and the method including:

further selecting a folder by matching the file save operation to one or more folders based on the similarity of the source information to file information within a folder.

10. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the step of further selecting a folder by matching the file save operation to one or more folders based on the similarity of the source information to file information within a folder, is carried out if no folders are matched to the file information based on the history data, and if no folders are matched based on the similarity of the file information to file information within a folder.

11. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein if more than one folder is selected, the folders are presented in a decreasing order of selection.

12. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the file information includes the file name and file contents, and metadata relating to the file.

13. The methods as claimed in claim 9, wherein the source information includes an email message subject, message content, and email addresses for an email message from which a file is retrieved for saving to a folder.

14. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the operation is an operation of retrieving a file, and wherein the information relating to the operation is destination information, the method including:

providing history data of previous file retrieval operations, the data including details of previous destination information and a folder from which the previous operation was performed;

selecting a folder including matching the file retrieval operation to one or more folders based on the history data.

15. The method as claimed in claim 14, wherein selecting a folder includes:

matching the file retrieval operation to one or more folders based on the number of entries or similar entries of the destination information in the history data;

selecting the folder with the highest number of entries.

16. The method as claimed in claim 14, including:

further selecting a folder by matching the file retrieval operation to one or more folders based on the similarity of the destination information to file information within a folder.

17. The method as claimed in claim 14, wherein the destination information includes an email message subject, message content, and email addresses, for an email to which a file is to be selected for attachment.

18. The method as claimed in claim 14, further including:

selecting a file from within one or more selected folders by a similarity of file information in a folder to the destination information.

19. A computer software product for folder recommendation in a file operation wherein the folder is a file system folder, the product comprising a computer-readable storage medium, storing a computer in which program comprising computer-executable instructions are stored, which instructions, when read executed by a computer, perform the following steps:

receiving information relating to the file operation;

providing history data of one or more previous operations, the data including details of information relating to a previous operation and a folder on which the previous operation was performed;

selecting a folder for recommendation including matching the file operation to one or more folders based on the history data.

20. A system including a processor for folder recommendation for a file operation, comprising:

means for receiving information relating to the file operation;

a history log of data of one or more previous operations, the data including details of information relating to a previous operation and a folder on which the previous operation was performed;

means for matching the file operation to one or more folders based on the history data.

21. The system as claimed in claim 20, including:

means for matching the file operation to one or more folders based on the similarity of information relating to the operation to file information within a folder.

22. The system as claimed in claim 20, including an index of files and folders in a file system.

23. The system as claimed in claim 20, including a graphical user interface for providing a recommendation of one or more selected folders to a user.

24. The system as claimed in claim 20, wherein the means for receiving information relating to the operation includes one of the group of:

file information for a file save operation;

source information for a file save operation;

or destination information for a file retrieval operation.