Optimized partitions for grouping and differentiating files of data
First Claim
1. In a computing system environment, a method of differentiating files stored on one or more computing devices, comprising:
- grouping together files into a set of files according to an original relationship between the files, the set of files having overlapping members in the grouped together files; and
partitioning the set variously to determine an optimal file grouping having fewer overlapping members, the optimal file grouping being identified by determining a strength of a partition as a function of a strength of the grouped together files in the partition, further wherein said strength of the grouped together files is a function of the number of groups in which each file of the grouped together files appears and the number of groups of files in the grouped together files.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus teach a digital spectrum of a data file. The digital spectrum is used to map a file'"'"'s position in multi-dimensional space. This position relative to another file'"'"'s position reveals closest neighbors. Certain of the closest neighbors are grouped together to define a set. Overlapping members in the groups may be further differentiated from one another by partitioning. An optimized partition of set S of N overlapping groups yields a maximum strength for groups and members in that partition. Among other things, the optimized partition includes relative strengths of every individual member in every possible partition and weighting functions applied to the relative strengths and to subgroups of files within the partitions.
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24 Claims
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1. In a computing system environment, a method of differentiating files stored on one or more computing devices, comprising:
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grouping together files into a set of files according to an original relationship between the files, the set of files having overlapping members in the grouped together files; and partitioning the set variously to determine an optimal file grouping having fewer overlapping members, the optimal file grouping being identified by determining a strength of a partition as a function of a strength of the grouped together files in the partition, further wherein said strength of the grouped together files is a function of the number of groups in which each file of the grouped together files appears and the number of groups of files in the grouped together files. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. In a computing system environment, a method of differentiating files stored on one or more computing devices, comprising:
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grouping together files into a set of files according to an original relationship between the files, the set of files having overlapping members in the grouped together files; partitioning the set into a plurality of partitions; and identifying an optimal partition of said plurality of partitions to determine an optimal file grouping having fewer overlapping members, the optimal file grouping being identified by determining a strength of a partition as a function of a strength of the grouped together files in the partition, further wherein said strength of the grouped together files is a function of the number of groups in which each file of the grouped together files appears and the number of groups of files in the grouped together files. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. In a computing system environment, a method of differentiating files stored on one or more computing devices, comprising:
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grouping together files into a set of files according to an original relationship between the files, the set of files having overlapping members in the grouped together files; partitioning the set into a plurality of partitions; and identifying an optimal partition of said plurality of partitions to determine an optimal file grouping having fewer overlapping members by examining a relative strength of every said partition, the optimal file grouping being determined by determining a strength of a partition as a function of a strength of the grouped together files in every said partition, further wherein said strength of the grouped together files is a function of the number of groups in which each file of the grouped together files appears and the number of groups of files in the grouped together files. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24)
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