Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Unordered/fuzzy file path
- Patent Title (中): 无序/模糊的文件路径
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Application No.: US10988460Application Date: 2004-11-12
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Publication No.: US08126944B2Publication Date: 2012-02-28
- Inventor: James M. McArdle
- Applicant: James M. McArdle
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Greg Goshorn, P.C.
- Agent Lizzy Z. Toub; Gregory K. Goshorn
- Main IPC: G06F17/30
- IPC: G06F17/30

Abstract:
Provided is an abstracting mechanism for the naming of files in a computing system. When a document is saved, individual components of the file path are segregated and the filename extension becomes the first component in a new file path. Remaining components are rearranged into the new file path according to a simple alphanumeric ordering scheme. In another embodiment, the order of file path components is determined by either some type of hash function or according to a predefined ordering function. Also provided is a search technique that takes advantage of the claimed file mapping technique. A file path is broken into an unordered set of components that are treated with equal weight when performing a search. Files are sorted and displayed based upon a number of “hits,” each hit representing a match between a component of the file path and a term of a search term.
Public/Granted literature
- US20060106899A1 Unordered/fuzzy file path Public/Granted day:2006-05-18
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