Smart email attachment saver

• US 10,110,529 B2
• Filed: 09/29/2015
• Issued: 10/23/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines SA (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Inventors: Chinnapatlolla, Anjil R., Kalathur, Vijai, Krishnamurthy, Rajaram B., Sood, Ajay, Venkatesan, Srivatsan
• Primary Examiner(s): Dalencourt, Yves
• Application Number:
  US14/868,502
• Publication Number:
  US 20170091250A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,120 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/353 into predefined classes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/355 Class or cluster creation or modification
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/08 Annexed information, e.g. attachments

Abstract

In an approach to save-to location selection, a computing device accesses a metadata file comprising a data table. The computing device successively checks the data table for entries that match a series of features of a file to be saved. If the computing device finds one or more matches, the computing device determines an associated save-to location. If the computing device does not find a match and has exhausted all of the series of features, the computing devices determines a default save-to location. The computing device receives a user selection based on or overriding the determination. The computing device updates the data table with information concerning each of the features of the file and information concerning the user selection.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for selecting a save-to location, the computer-implemented method comprising:

accessing, by one or more processors, a metadata file comprising a data table;

checking, by one or more processors, the data table for one or more entries that match one of a series of predefined features of a file to be saved, one feature at a time, successively, until a plurality of matches are found or no match is found and all of the series of predefined features of the file have been exhausted;

determining, if a plurality of matches are found, by one or more processors, a save-to location associated with an entry in the data table that matches the one of the series of predefined features of the file, wherein the save-to location is determined by a tiebreaker;

determining, if no match is found and all of the series of predefined features of the file have been exhausted, by one or more processors, a save-to location based on a default configuration;

receiving, by one or more processors, a user selection based on the determined save-to location; and

updating, by one or more processors, the data table with information concerning each predefined feature of the file and information concerning the user selection.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the file to be saved is an email attachment.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein the series of predefined features comprises a subject line, a filename, one or more keywords, and an address of a sender.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 3, wherein keywords comprise contextual keywords generated based on cognitive computing methods.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the file to be saved is not an email attachment and the series of predefined features comprises a domain, a filename, a file type, and one or more keywords generated based on cognitive computing methods.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the tiebreaker comprises a determination of the most frequently used save-to location associated with the more than one matches.

7. A computer program product for selecting a save-to location, the computer program product comprising:

one or more computer readable storage media and program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, the program instructions comprising;

program instructions to access a metadata file comprising a data table;

program instructions to check the data table for one or more entries that match one of a series of predefined features of a file to be saved, one feature at a time, successively, until a plurality of matches are found or no match is found and all of the series of predefined features of the file have been exhausted;

program instructions to determine, if a plurality of matches are found, a save-to location associated with an entry in the data table that matches the one of the series of predefined features of the file, wherein the save-to location is determined by a tiebreaker;

program instructions to determine, if no match is found and all of the series of predefined features of the file have been exhausted, a save-to location based on a default configuration;

program instructions to receive a user selection based on the determined save-to location; and

program instructions to update the data table with information concerning each predefined feature of the file and information concerning the user selection.

8. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein the file to be saved is an email attachment.

9. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the series of predefined features comprises a subject line, a filename, one or more keywords, and an address of a sender.

10. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein keywords comprise contextual keywords generated based on cognitive computing methods.

11. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein the file to be saved is not an email attachment and the series of predefined features comprises a domain, a filename, a file type, and one or more keywords generated based on cognitive computing methods.

12. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein the tiebreaker comprises a determination of the most frequently used save-to location associated with the more than one matches.

13. A computer system comprising:

one or more processors;

one or more computer readable storage media; and

program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, the program instructions comprising;

program instructions to access a metadata file comprising a data table;

program instructions to check the data table for one or more entries that match one of a series of predefined features of a file to be saved, one feature at a time, successively, until a plurality of matches are found or no match is found and all of the series of predefined features of the file have been exhausted;

program instructions to determine, if a plurality of matches are found, a save-to location associated with an entry in the data table that matches the one of the series of predefined features of the file, wherein the save-to location is determined by a tiebreaker;

program instructions to determine, if no match is found and all of the series of predefined features of the file have been exhausted, a save-to location based on a default configuration;

program instructions to receive a user selection based on the determined save-to location; and

program instructions to update the data table with information concerning each predefined feature of the file and information concerning the user selection.

14. The computer system of claim 13, wherein the file to be saved is an email attachment.

15. The computer system of claim 14, wherein the series of predefined features comprises a subject line, a filename, one or more keywords, and an address of a sender.

16. The computer system of claim 15, wherein keywords comprise contextual keywords generated based on cognitive computing methods.

17. The computer system of claim 13, wherein the file to be saved is not an email attachment and the series of predefined features comprises a domain, a filename, a file type, and one or more keywords generated based on cognitive computing methods.