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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2014
Novell, Inc., Provo, UT (US);
Scott A. Isaacson, Woodland Hills, UT (US);
Craig N. Teerlink, Cedar Hills, UT (US);
Nadeem A. Nazeer, Lehi, UT (US);
NOVELL, INC., Provo, UT (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus teach a digital spectrum of a data file. The digital spectrum is used to map a file's position in multi-dimensional space. This position relative to another file's position reveals closest neighbors. Certain of the closest neighbors are grouped together, while others are differentiated. Grouping ceases upon application of a stopping function so that rightly sized, optimum numbers of file groups are obtained. Embodiments of stopping functions relate to curve types in a mapping of numbers of groups per sequential rounds of grouping, recognizing whether groups have overlapping file members or not, and/or determining whether groups meet predetermined numbers of members, to name a few. Properly grouped files can then be further acted upon.