Granted Patent B2

US 12,596,606 · App. 18/588,047 · Granted Apr 7, 2026

Inventors: Logan Bailey (Atlanta, GA); Melanie Dauber (Oceanside, NY); Zachary A. Silverstein (Georgetown, TX); Jacob Ryan Jepperson (St. Paul, MN); Jeremy R. Fox (Georgetown, TX)

Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation

G06F11/0793G06F11/0727G06F16/1734

Abstract

Claims (59)

1 . A computer-implemented method comprising:

monitoring file revision history of a file system;

detecting one or more user interactions with files of the file system, wherein the one or more user interactions comprise of a successful interaction and a failed interaction;

in response to detecting the failed interaction with a file in the file system, notifying one or more users that the file no longer exists in a previous saved location and generating a remedial action based on previous user interaction behavior, wherein the previous user interaction behavior is based on a past behavior interaction with the file of a user which includes, at least, a file movement by the user, and a nest fold behavior by the user and wherein generating the remedial action further comprising:

in response to detecting one or more user interactions, accessing monitored user interactions with the file, wherein the one or more user interactions consisting of the successful interaction;

determining file paths associated with the file and previous file interactions of the file; and

retrieving the file; and

executing the remedial action that retrieves the file based on an updated new file path location.

2 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , the past behavior interaction with the file of a user includes file relocation, file renaming and deletion of files.

3 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:

monitoring user interactions with one or more files within the file system; and

creating links between respective user interactions with a respective file.

4 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining whether user actions taken after a failed interactions were singular or repetitive; and

storing repetitive user interactions for a specified time period in response to detecting a failed interaction with a file in the file system.

5 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , the remedial action comprises storing a temporary file containing an updated path to the file at a previous path of the file.

6 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:

sending a user attempting to access the file a notice of change message comprising a correct path.

7 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the remedial action comprises auto-correcting an invalid path to the file to a valid path to the file.

8 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the remedial action comprises updating a file path of the file within a registry, updating the file path within a cache, and updating the file path within an application.

9 . A computer program product comprising:

one or more computer readable storage media and program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, the program instructions comprising:

program instructions to monitor file revision history of a file system;

program instructions to detect one or more user interactions with files of the file system, wherein the one or more user interactions comprise of a successful interaction and a failed interaction;

in response to program instructions to detect the failed interaction with a file in the file system, program instructions to notify one or more users that the file no longer exists in a previous saved location and program instructions to generate a remedial action based on previous user interaction behavior, wherein the previous user interaction behavior is based on a past behavior interaction with the file of a user which includes, at least, a file movement by the user, and a nest fold behavior by the user and wherein generating the remedial action further comprising:

in response to detecting one or more user interactions, program instructions to access monitored user interactions with the file, wherein the one or more user interactions consisting of the successful interaction;

program instructions to determine file paths associated with the file and previous file interactions of the file; and

program instructions to retrieve the file; and

program instructions to execute the remedial action that retrieves the file based on an updated new file path location.

10 . The computer program product of claim 9 , the past behavior interaction with the file of a user includes file relocation, file renaming and deletion of files.

11 . The computer program product of claim 9 , wherein the program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media further comprise:

program instructions to monitor user interactions with one or more files within the file system; and

program instructions to create links between respective user interactions with a respective file.

12 . The computer program product of claim 9 , wherein the program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media further comprise:

program instructions to determine whether user actions taken after a failed interactions were singular or repetitive; and

program instructions to store repetitive user interactions for a specified time period in response to detecting a failed interaction with a file in the file system.

13 . The computer program product of claim 9 , the remedial action comprises program instructions to store a temporary file containing an updated path to the file at a previous path of the file.

14 . The computer program product of claim 9 , wherein the program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media further comprise:

program instructions to send a user attempting to access the file a notice of change message comprising a correct path.

15 . The computer program product of claim 9 , wherein the remedial action comprises program instructions to auto-correct an invalid path to the file to a valid path to the file.

16 . The computer program product of claim 9 , wherein the remedial action comprises program instructions to update a file path of the file within a registry, updating the file path within a cache, and updating the file path within an application.

17 . A computer system comprising:

one or more computer processors;

one or more computer readable storage media; and

program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more computer processors, the program instructions comprising:

program instructions to monitor file revision history of a file system;

program instructions to detect one or more user interactions with files of the file system, wherein the one or more user interactions comprise of a successful interaction and a failed interaction;

in response to program instructions to detect the failed interaction with a file in the file system, program instructions to notify one or more users that the file no longer exists in a previous saved location and program instructions to generate a remedial action based on previous user interaction behavior, wherein the previous user interaction behavior is based on a past behavior interaction with the file of a user which includes, at least, a file movement by the user, and a nest fold behavior by the user and wherein generating the remedial action further comprising:

in response to detecting one or more user interactions, program instructions to access monitored user interactions with the file, wherein the one or more user interactions consisting of the successful interaction;

program instructions to determine file paths associated with the file and previous file interactions of the file; and

program instructions to retrieve the file; and

program instructions to execute the remedial action that retrieves the file based on an updated new file path location.

18 . The computer system of claim 17 , the past behavior interaction with the file of a user includes file relocation, file renaming and deletion of files.

19 . The computer system of claim 17 , wherein the program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media further comprise:

program instructions to monitor user interactions with one or more files within the file system; and

program instructions to create links between respective user interactions with a respective file.

20 . The computer system of claim 17 , wherein the program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media further comprise:

program instructions to determine whether user actions taken after a failed interactions were singular or repetitive; and

program instructions to store repetitive user interactions for a specified time period in response to detecting a failed interaction with a file in the file system.

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