INFORMATION CLASSIFYING APPARATUS, INFORMATION CLASSIFYING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM

• US 20090030866A1
• Filed: 03/27/2008
• Published: 01/29/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/26/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp. (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Aoyama, Reiko
• Granted Patent: US 8,195,587 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 706/47
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/353 into predefined classes

Abstract

An information classifying apparatus includes an information receiving section, a rule storing section, a deciding section, a creating condition storing section, a creating section and a storage control section. The rule storing section stores a classifying rule which is a rule for classifying a piece of information. The deciding section decides as to whether a piece of information received by the information receiving section satisfies the stored classifying rule or not. The creating condition storing section stores a creating condition which is a condition for creating the classifying rule. The creating section creates, when the deciding section decides that the piece of information does not satisfy the stored classifying rule, a new classifying rule based on the creating condition stored in the creating condition storing section. The storage control section controls the rule storing section to store the new classifying rule created by the creating section.

Claims

1. An information classifying apparatus comprising:

an information receiving section that receives a piece of information;

a rule storing section that stores a classifying rule which is a rule for classifying a piece of information;

a deciding section that decides as to whether the piece of information received by the information receiving section satisfies the classifying rule stored in the rule storing section or not;

a creating condition storing section that stores a creating condition which is a condition for creating the classifying rule;

a creating section that creates, when the deciding section decides that the piece of information does not satisfy the stored classifying rule, a new classifying rule based on the creating condition stored in the creating condition storing section; and

a storage control section that controls the rule storing section to store the new classifying rule created by the creating section.

2. The information classifying apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a first classifying section that classifies the piece of information received by the information receiving section based on the classifying rule created by the creating section;

a history storing section that stores a classifying history executed by the first classifying section; and

a second classifying section that classifies, after the piece of information is classified by the first classifying section, when the new classifying rule created by the creating section is modified according to an operation by an operator, the piece of information received by the information receiving section based on (i) the classifying history stored in the history storing section and (ii) the modified classifying rule.

3. The information classifying apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising a recovering section that recovers the classifying processing executed by the first classifying section.

4. An information classifying method comprising:

receiving a piece of information;

storing a classifying rule which is a rule for classifying a piece of information;

deciding as to whether the received piece of information satisfies the stored classifying rule or not;

storing a creating condition which is a condition for creating the classifying rule;

creating, when the piece of information is decided that the piece of information does not satisfy the stored classifying rule, a new classifying rule based on the stored creating condition; and

controlling to store the new created classifying rule.

5. The information classifying method according to claim 4, further comprising:

classifying the received piece of information based on the created classifying rule;

storing a classifying history of the classifying the received piece of information; and

reclassifying, after the piece of information is classified, when the new created classifying rule is modified according to an operation by an operator, the received piece of information based on (i) the stored classifying history and (ii) the modified classifying rule.

6. The information classifying method according to claim 5, further comprising:

recovering the executed classifying processing.

7. A computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for classifying piece of information, the process comprising:

receiving a piece of information;

storing a classifying rule which is a rule for classifying a piece of information;

deciding as to whether the received piece of information satisfies the stored classifying rule or not;

storing a creating condition which is a condition for creating the classifying rule;

creating, when the piece of information is decided that the piece of information does not satisfy the stored classifying rule, a new classifying rule based on the stored creating condition; and

controlling to store the new created classifying rule.

8. The computer readable medium according to claim 7, the process further comprising:

classifying the received piece of information based on the created classifying rule;

storing a classifying history of the classifying the received piece of information; and

reclassifying, after the piece of information is classified, when the new created classifying rule is modified according to an operation by an operator, the received piece of information based on (i) the stored classifying history and (ii) the modified classifying rule.

9. The computer readable medium according to claim 8, the process further comprising:

recovering the executed classifying processing.