Data reducing method, system and program
First Claim
1. A method of reducing the information amount of information stored in a computer, comprising the steps of:
- deciding information of a degree of importance corresponding to the information stored in said computer; and
reducing the information amount of the information stored in said computer in accordance with a result of the decision of said information of the importance degree.
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Abstract
There are provided method, system and program for decreasing the amount of information by causing a distributor or user to determine a period for retention of digital information in advance and deteriorating digital information lowered in utilization value as the time elapses. The digital information is assigned with a compression ratio or a period for retaining the information amount (life). As the time elapses, old information is reduced in accordance with a degree of importance of the digital information. Deterioration has the meaning of erasing a predetermined item of the digital information or compressing the digital information through a predetermined method. By deteriorating the information, the information amount can be reduced.
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1. A method of reducing the information amount of information stored in a computer, comprising the steps of:
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deciding information of a degree of importance corresponding to the information stored in said computer; and
reducing the information amount of the information stored in said computer in accordance with a result of the decision of said information of the importance degree. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system for reducing the information amount of information stored in a computer, comprising:
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a recording unit for storing information in said computer; and
a processor for deciding information of a degree of importance and time information corresponding to the information stored in said computer and reducing the information amount of the information stored in said computer on the basis of a result of the decision.
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8. A program for reducing the information amount of information stored in a computer, comprising the codes for executing the steps of:
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reading the information stored in said computer and information of a degree of importance and time information corresponding to said stored information; and
reducing the information amount of said information stored in said computer on the basis of said read information.
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9. A manager program executable by a computer, comprising the codes for executing the steps of:
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storing an event received from an agent program in said computer;
comparing an identifier contained in said event with an identifier contained in an automatic response definition file stored in advance in said computer on which said manger program is operating;
transmitting the command to execute the execution process contents contained in said automatic response definition file to a different program, on the basis of a result of the comparison;
changing a rank of a degree of importance corresponding to said event when the execution process contents commanded to said different program in order for said different program to execute the execution process contents is completed;
deciding the importance degree corresponding to said event; and
determining on the basis of a result of the importance degree decision whether the information amount of information stored in said computer is to be reduced. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19)
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16. A program for displaying information stored in a computer, comprising the codes for executing the steps of:
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managing the information stored in said computer, a degree of importance of said information and date information concerning said information by making the correspondence between said stored information and said importance degree information and date information;
managing information obtained by reducing the information amount of the information stored in said computer on the basis of said importance degree and date information, by making the correspondence between said information reduced in information amount and a degree of importance and date information of said information reduced in information amount; and
displaying the information stored in said computer and the information obtained by deteriorating the information stored in said computer on the basis of the date information or importance degrees of said information and said deteriorated information.
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