Statistical methods and apparatus for records management
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1. A computer implemented method for records management comprising:
- performing a first assessment having a first accuracy and a separate second assessment having a second accuracy to determine respective first and second statistical values, each of the first and second statistical values representing an association between a record and a first category in a plurality of categories;
combining the first statistical value weighted by the first accuracy and the second statistical value weighted by the second accuracy to determine a composite statistical value representing the association between the record and the first category;
classifying the record into the first category when the composite statistical value at least meets a first threshold, wherein the composite statistical value is determined to classify the record;
retrieving a first rule associated with the first category after the record is classified in the first category; and
evaluating the composite statistical value against a second threshold associated with the first rule to determine whether to perform an operation with respect to the record according to the first rule associated with the first category.
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Abstract
Statistical methods and apparatus for records management are disclosed. An example method for records management disclosed herein comprises classifying a record into at least one of a plurality of categories based on a statistical value, and performing an operation with respect to the record according to a rule associated with the at least one of the plurality of categories, wherein the operation is performed based on the statistical value.
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1. A computer implemented method for records management comprising:
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performing a first assessment having a first accuracy and a separate second assessment having a second accuracy to determine respective first and second statistical values, each of the first and second statistical values representing an association between a record and a first category in a plurality of categories; combining the first statistical value weighted by the first accuracy and the second statistical value weighted by the second accuracy to determine a composite statistical value representing the association between the record and the first category; classifying the record into the first category when the composite statistical value at least meets a first threshold, wherein the composite statistical value is determined to classify the record; retrieving a first rule associated with the first category after the record is classified in the first category; and evaluating the composite statistical value against a second threshold associated with the first rule to determine whether to perform an operation with respect to the record according to the first rule associated with the first category. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An article of manufacture storing machine readable instructions which, when executed, cause a machine to:
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perform a first assessment having a first accuracy and a separate second assessment having a second accuracy to determine respective first and second statistical values, each of the first and second statistical values representing an association between a record and a first category in a plurality of categories; combine the first statistical value weighted by the first accuracy and the second statistical value weighted by the second accuracy to determine a composite statistical value representing the association between the record and the first category; classify the record into the first category when the composite statistical value at least meets a first threshold, wherein the composite statistical value is determined to classify the record; retrieve a first rule associated with the first category after the record is classified in the first category; and evaluate the composite statistical value against a second threshold associated with the first rule to determine whether to perform an operation with respect to the record according to the first rule associated with the first category. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A system comprising computer executed operation for records management comprising
a classifier configured to classify a record into a first category in a plurality of categories based on a first statistical value relating the record to the first category and to classify the record into a second category in the plurality of categories based on a second statistical value relating the record to the second category, wherein the classifier is further configured to determine the first statistical value and the second statistical value to classify the record; - and
a record processing unit configured (i) to combine the first statistical value and the second statistical value after the record has been classified to form a composite statistical value when the first category and the second category have a common rule and (ii) to evaluate the composite statistical value to determine whether to perform an operation with respect to the record according to the common rule when either the first category or the second category has been designated for processing. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. An apparatus comprising computer executed operation to process a record comprising:
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a category map selector to process a category map associated with the record, wherein the category map comprises a category field associated with a category from a plurality of categories, a statistical value field associated with a statistical value representing a likelihood that the record belongs to the category, and a management rule field associated with at least one rule associated with an operation to be performed with respect to records belonging to the category; a statistical value combiner to determine the statistical value associated with the statistical value field to classify the record into the category by combining a plurality of statistical values weighted by a respective plurality of assessment accuracies, the plurality of statistical values determined from a respective plurality of separate assessments performed to determine whether the record should be classified into the category; a rule retriever to retrieve a management rule associated with the management rule field; and a rule evaluator to evaluate the statistical value associated with the statistical value field to determine whether the likelihood of the record belonging to the category is sufficient to process the management rule. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. An apparatus comprising computer executed operation to produce a record comprising:
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a category map selector to process a category map associated with the record, wherein the category map comprises a first category field and a second category field associated respectively with a first category and a second category from a plurality of categories, and a first statistical value field and a second statistical value field associated respectively with a first statistical value representing a first likelihood that the record belongs to the first category and a second statistical value representing a second likelihood that the record belongs to the second category, wherein the first and the second statistical values are determined to classify the record into the first and second categories; a statistical value processor to process the first statistical value associated with the first statistical value field and the second statistical value associated with the second statistical value field to determine whether the likelihood of the record belonging to either the first category or the second category is sufficient to produce the record in response to a query to produce records associated with the first and second categories; and a production evaluator to at least one of produce the record or issue an instruction to produce the record in response to the determination by the statistical value processor. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44)
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