CLOUD-BASED DOCUMENT SUGGESTION SERVICE

• US 20140279896A1
• Filed: 03/14/2013
• Published: 09/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ivanti, Inc. (Ivanti Software, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Appsense Incorporated
• Inventors: CURTIS, Hannah, BRANTON, Paul Keith
• Granted Patent: US 9,465,856 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/634
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/275 Synchronous replication

Abstract

Systems and methods are disclosed for suggesting relevant documents to a local user. In one embodiment, a method is disclosed comprising determining, at a local device, a set of selection criteria for suggestion of relevant documents to the local user, the suggestion criteria including at least one of keywords and document metadata; retrieving a plurality of file statistics from a remote server, wherein at least one of the file statistics has been created by a remote user; creating a table of suggestions from the plurality of file statistics and from the set of suggestion criteria; and suggesting at least one file to the local user based on the table of suggestion criteria.

Claims

1. A computerized method comprising:

determining, at a local computing device, selection criteria for suggestion of relevant documents to the local user, including at least one of keywords and document metadata;

synchronizing, to a shared cloud service, the selection criteria as a first serialized data file, wherein the first serialized data file has a filename generated as a function of an identity of a local user;

receiving a second serialized data file at the local computing device from the shared cloud service, the second serialized data file including a plurality of file statistics about a remote content file, wherein at least one of the file statistics was created by a remote user, and wherein the second serialized data file has a filename generated as a function of the remote content file;

creating a table of suggestions at the local computing device using the plurality of file statistics and the selection criteria; and

suggesting at least one file to the local user based on the table of suggestions.

2. The computerized method of claim 1, further comprising sharing the plurality of file statistics among a plurality of users of the shared cloud service.

3. The computerized method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting when a file has been modified;

synchronizing the modified file with the shared cloud service; and

reloading the table of suggestions.

4. The computerized method of claim 1, wherein the second serialized data file is stored in a metadata directory in a file hierarchy at the shared cloud service and synchronized with the local computing device.

5. The computerized method of claim 4, further comprising identifying at least one of an associated user and a file for the data file using a globally-unique identifier.

6. The computerized method of claim 5, further comprising embedding the globally-unique identifier in a filename of the second serialized data file, thereby identifying the associated user or file of the data file in the filename, so that the information can be located in a particular location on the shared cloud service using the filename.

7. A system comprising:

a local computing device for use by a local user;

a shared cloud service for storing and synchronizing statistics files and keyword files, and for use by a remote user;

a suggestion module, in communication with the shared cloud service, for identifying selection criteria at the local computing device, and suggesting files based on the selection criteria and statistics from the statistics files;

a user client export module at the local computing device for creating the keyword files from the identified selection criteria and synchronizing the keyword files with the shared cloud service; and

a user client import module at the local computing device in communication with the shared cloud service for retrieving the statistics files from, and synchronizing the statistics files with, the shared cloud service.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the user client import module is configured to perform data collection when a file is opened by the user.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the shared cloud service is configured to synchronize the keyword files after every update.

10. The system of claim 7, further comprising using user identifiers and file identifiers in filenames of the keyword files so that information about a user or a file can be located in a particular location on the shared cloud service using the filename.

11. The system of claim 7, wherein the user client import module is further configured to detect when a file has been modified, synchronize the modified file with the cloud, and reload the table of suggestions.

12. A networked computing system comprising:

a processor;

a network interface coupled to the processor for communicating with a shared cloud service;

a data storage device coupled to the processor; and

a memory coupled to the processor and including computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to;

determine, at a local computing device, selection criteria for suggestion of relevant documents to the local user, including at least one of keywords and document metadata;

synchronize, to a shared cloud service, the selection criteria as a first serialized data file, wherein the first serialized data file has a filename generated as a function of an identity of a local user;

receive a second serialized data file at the local computing device from the shared cloud service, the second serialized data file including a plurality of file statistics about a remote content file, wherein at least one of the file statistics was created by a remote user, and wherein the second serialized data file has a filename generated as a function of the remote content file;

create a table of suggestions at the local computing device using the plurality of file statistics and the selection criteria; and

suggest at least one file to the local user based on the table of suggestions.

13. The networked computing system of claim 12, the computer-readable instructions further causing the processor to share the file statistics among a plurality of users of the shared cloud service.

14. The networked computing system of claim 12, the computer-readable instructions further causing the processor to detect when a file has been modified, synchronize the modified file with the shared cloud service, and reload the table of suggestions.

15. The networked computing system of claim 12, the computer-readable instructions further causing the processor to store the plurality of file statistics in a data file that is in a metadata directory in a file hierarchy at the shared cloud service and synchronized with the local device.

16. The networked computing system of claim 15, the computer-readable instructions further causing the processor to identify an associated user or file for the data file using a globally-unique identifier.

17. The networked computing system of claim 16, the computer-readable instructions further causing the processor to embed the globally-unique identifier in a filename of the data file, thereby identifying the associated user or file of the data file in the filename, so that the information can be located in a particular location on the shared cloud service using the filename.