Associative memory based desktop search technology

摘要

An embodiment of the current invention is a computer implemented method and computer product for searching resources of a computer system comprising, enabling a user to input a keyword, wherein the keyword is used to generate a list of search results corresponding to resources, enabling the user to select one or more filters of a plurality of filters, wherein selection of a filter filters the list of search results of the resources and displaying the resources and associations between the filtered list of the resources based on the keyword and selection of filters; wherein the associations represent a user's interactions with the resources of the computer system. An alternative embodiment of the current invention is a computer implemented method and computer product for creating searchable associations of a user's interaction with a computer system's resources comprising recording the user's interactions with the computer system's resources, and creating associations between the resources based on the user's interactions.

主权项

1. A computer implemented method for searching resources of a computer system comprising:
enabling a user to input a keyword, wherein the keyword is used to generate a list of search results corresponding to resources; wherein the resources include files accessed by the user on the computer system; enabling the user to select one or more filters from a plurality of filters, wherein selection of a filter, from the plurality of filters, filters the list of search results of the resources based on the selected filter; wherein the list of filters includes one or more implicit activity-based associations (IAA); wherein the IAAs denote implicit, nondeterministic associations between resources based on interactions between the user and the resources before the search occurred; wherein the search results are clustered by the one or more IAAs; wherein at least one of the filters is a lifetime of a resource filter, wherein the selection of a lifetime of a resource filter includes selection of first resource; wherein the lifetime of a resource filter filters the resources to filter those resources of the plurality of resources not accessed during the lifetime of the first resource; wherein the lifetime of a resource is the time between when the resource of the plurality of resources was opened and closed on the computer system; and displaying the search results corresponding to resources and associations for the filtered list of the search results based on the keyword and selection of filters; wherein each resource corresponds to one or more associations; wherein the associations represent a user's interactions with a group of the resources of the computer system within the lifetime of the resource corresponding to the search result.