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Graphically displaying a file system

US8423553B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Walter Haenel · Eppelheim, DE
Andreas Prokoph · Eppelheim, DE
Thomas Stober · Herrenberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 9, 2012
Grant date	Apr 16, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 9, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F16/168
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The contents of a computer file system are displayed on a graphical user interface. File system metadata descriptive of the computer file system and file metadata descriptive of each of a plurality of files are gathered. A file selection is received indicating a file accessed by the user. A user context is determined by the file metadata. The files are clustered using the file system metadata, a set of file metadata, and the user context. The set of file clusters are mapped onto a visualization model and graphically displayed on the graphical user interface using the visualization model.

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