Cory A Miller

US Patent:

8612412, Dec 17, 2013

Filed:

May 24, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/752977

Inventors:

Timothy P. Clark - Rochester MN, US
Cory J. Miller - Rochester MN, US
Richard M. Theis - Sauk Rapids MN, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 17/30
G06F 7/00

US Classification:

707706, 707722

Abstract:

Methods, apparatus, and products for searching for a directory in a file system are disclosed that include selecting, by a word selection module for inclusion in a word list, a word of text whose frequency of occurrence meets a predefined criterion; inserting, by the word selection module into the word list, the selected word; inserting, by an indexing module into a search index, the selected word in association with the directory name; receiving, by a search module from a user, a search request that includes the selected word; and returning, by the search module to the user in dependence upon the search request and the search index, a search result that includes the directory name. The directory is characterized by a directory name and includes computer storage resources, the computer storage resources including words of text, each word of text characterized by a frequency of occurrence among the computer storage resources.