Patent ID: 8903860

Claim:
A method of automatic file owner identification, said method comprising: collecting a plurality of samples indicating usage of a file by a plurality of users; calculating, using at least one computer processor, a plurality of factors based on said plurality of users, wherein a respective factor is calculated for each of said plurality of users, wherein each respective factor for each sample equals (A i )(K*n)(N)(Pu), wherein: n is a sample number of an individual sample; K is a weight assigned to said time represented by each sample n; A i is a weight for access type; N is a number of accesses that occurred in said sample; and P u is a weight based on permissions given to an individual user u; calculating a respective value for each of the plurality of users of said file based on said use elements by summing the plurality of factors associated with the plurality of samples; automatically determining a file owner of said file from among said plurality of users based on the plurality of factors, wherein the file owner is determined based on said calculated respective value for each of the plurality of users; and communicating said file owner.