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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2011
Clemens Drews, San Jose, CA (US);
Tessa Ann Lau, Mountain View, CA (US);
James Lin, Cupertino, CA (US);
John C. Tang, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Clemens Drews, San Jose, CA (US);
Tessa Ann Lau, Mountain View, CA (US);
James Lin, Cupertino, CA (US);
John C. Tang, Palo Alto, CA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method includes generating a first table having a set of attributes for each file in a first set of files associated with a first computer user. The set of attributes for each file in the first set of files have a plurality of attribute types. The method further includes generating a second table having a set of attributes for each file in a second set of files associated with a second computer user. The set of attributes for each file in the second set of files have the plurality of attribute types. The method further includes generating a similarity table by comparing each set of attributes in the first table with each set of attributes in the second table, utilizing a predetermined similarity metric, and determining whether the first and second computer users have at least one file with common attributes, based on data in the similarity table.