# US 2013/0159361 A1 · Access to a file system with semantic indexing

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- Number: US 2013/0159361 A1
- Document ID: US20130159361A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 13/805,440
- Filed: 2011-05-02
- Published: 2013-06-20
- Earliest claimed: 2010-06-30
- Assignees: Alcatel Lucent
- Inventors: Maria Coralia Laura Maag; Hakim Hacid
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130159361A1

## CPC

- G06F 16/11: File system administration, e.g. details of archiving or snapshots (error detection or correction of the data by redundancy in operations G06F11/14)
- G06F 16/168: {Details of user interfaces specifically adapted to file systems, e.g. browsing and visualisation, 2d or 3d GUIs (query results presentation G06F16/156)}
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

## Abstract

A method for enabling the user of an application running on an information processing system to access a set of files organized into a directory tree, by means of an element of a human-machine interface comprising means of browsing within said tree from an initial position to a final position, wherein said initial position is determined based on a correlation between first semantic information provided by the application and second semantic information associated with the directories.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method for enabling the user of an application running on an information processing system to access a set of files organized into a directory tree, by means of an element of a human-machine interface comprising means of browsing within said tree from an initial position to a final position, wherein said initial position is determined based on a correlation between first semantic information provided by said application and second semantic information associated with said directories.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A method according to claim 1, wherein said initial position maximizes said correlation.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

A method according to claim 1, wherein said second information is determined in a prior step of analyzing said tree.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

A method according to claim 1, wherein said prior step is triggered periodically.

### Claim 5 (depends on 3)

A method according to claim 3 wherein said prior step is triggered by a change within said tree.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

A method according to claim 1, wherein said second information associates keywords and weights.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

A method according to claim 1, wherein said second information associates keywords, weights, and file types.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

A method of saving an open document within said application consisting of using the method according to claim 1, choosing a file name, and saving said open document in said final position.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

A method of saving according to claim 1, wherein said first semantic information is determined by analyzing the content of said document.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

A method of inserting a file attached to an e-mail consisting of using the method according to claim 1 and of choosing a file from among those present in said final position.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

A method of inserting according to claim 1, wherein said first semantic information is determined by analyzing the content of said e-mail.

### Claim 12 (depends on 1)

An information processing device implementing a method according to claim 1.

### Claim 13 (depends on 1)

A human-machine interface that has means adapted to implement a method according to claim 1.

### Claim 14 (depends on 1)

A software application comprising means of, whenever implemented on an information processing device, executing the method according to claim 1.