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Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2014

Filed:

Apr. 07, 2011
Applicants:

Neha Shirish Deodhar, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Jitendra Pore, Maharashtra, IN;

Ketan Shah, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Neha Shirish Deodhar, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Jitendra Pore, Maharashtra, IN;

Ketan Shah, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06Q 10/10 (2012.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/10 (2013.01); G06F 17/30289 (2013.01); G06F 21/6218 (2013.01);
Abstract

File management systems and methods are presented. In one embodiment, implementation of a method for determining the accurate ownership of a file within a data system includes: identifying a first plurality of access events for a file, wherein the file is associated with a directory of related files; identifying a second plurality of access events for the related files within the directory, wherein access events in the first and second plurality of access events occur within a period; determining a pool of users accessing files within the directory within the period; and selecting a user from the pool of users as an inferred owner of the file based on access metrics related to the plurality of access events.


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