Management of file storage locations

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9286304-B2
Application number	US-201313863801-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 16, 2013
Priority date	Apr 16, 2013
Publication date	Mar 15, 2016
Grant date	Mar 15, 2016

Abstract

The embodiments described may be directed toward a file management system for managing a file folder location, a method for managing one or more data clusters, and a method of recommending a file storage location. The method of recommending a file storage location may also include plotting one or more data points onto one or more vectors. A received data point may be obtained from a file save request. The method may also include creating one or more data clusters from the vector data points using a clustering mechanism.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of recommending a file storage location, comprising:
receiving a file save request;
plotting one or more data points onto one or more vectors, wherein a received data point is obtained from the file save request and one or more vector data points are obtained from a file system, wherein one or more data points correspond to metadata within a file data;
creating one or more data clusters from the vector data points using a clustering mechanism, wherein the vector data points within a data cluster are grouped together using a clustering parameter that clusters the vector data points based on similar properties within the file data;
locating the closest data cluster to the received data point, wherein a distance of the received data point to a first data cluster is measured and compared to a distance to a second data cluster;
analyzing the data cluster closest to the received data point for a non-existence of a first majority destination folder;
modifying, in response to the non-existence of the first majority destination folder, the clustering parameter of the clustering mechanism;
determining a second majority destination folder using the modified clustering parameter; and
recommending the second majority destination folder for the file save request.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the receiving a file save request involves saving a file into a cache.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plotting one or more data points includes:
obtaining one or more attributes from the data points in the file save request and the file system;
recording the attributes from the file system into a plot database;
determining the vectors of the attributes; and
mapping the attributes onto the vectors in a multidimensional plot.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the recording the attribute further comprises updating the plot database with attributes of the received data point when a destination folder is user-selected.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the attribute is obtained from metadata.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the clustering mechanism is a density-based clustering algorithm.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein modifying the clustering parameter includes:
changing a threshold for the clustering mechanism used to produce the data cluster.

8. A file management system for managing a file folder location comprising:
a storage device with one or more files, the storage device further comprising:
file metadata being read from a file save request for an incoming file,
a file system saving the incoming file to a save folder; and
a processor;
a memory that is communicatively coupled to the processor;
an analyzer, communicatively coupled to both the processor and the memory, configured to:
create one or more data points from the file metadata,
group the data points into data clusters,
locate a closest data cluster to the data point derived from the file save request,
determine a non-existence of a first majority destination folder for the closest data cluster,
modify the clustering parameter the clustering mechanism, in response to the non-existence of the first majority destination folder,
determine a second majority destination folder, and
select the second majority destination folder as the save folder.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the file metadata is also read from the file system for one or more existing files.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the data clusters are generated when the existing files are read from the file system.

11. The system of claim 9 , wherein the file system includes a database.

12. The system of claim 8 , wherein the grouping the data points uses a clustering parameter that is user-customizable.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the clustering parameter is adjusted when a minority destination folder is present.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the data clusters are updated when the clustering parameter is adjusted.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Taljanovic Nedzad

Classifications

• G06F17/30091 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F16/2379

  Updates performed during online database operations; commit processing · CPC title

• G06F16/13 Primary

  File access structures, e.g. distributed indices (arrangements of input from, or output to, record carriers G06F3/06) · CPC title

• G06F16/16 Primary

  File or folder operations, e.g. details of user interfaces specifically adapted to file systems · CPC title

• G06F16/285

  Clustering or classification · CPC title