Methods and apparatus for dynamically classifying objects
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1. A computer-implemented method of classifying an object in an object classification system, the method comprising:
- (A) storing a first value that indicates the object is to be dynamically classified;
(B) in response to a request from at least one application to access the object, and prior to granting the request to access the object, applying at least one security classification rule, via at least one computer, that dynamically classifies the object based on at least one piece of information received from a user or at least one piece of information automatically gathered without being received from the user;
(C) change the first value to a second value that indicates the object is not to be dynamically classified; and
(D) in response to a second request to access the object and after the first value has been changed to the second value, grant or deny the second request based on a classification of the object, wherein the classification of the object is made before the second request, and the second request is granted or denied without reapplying the at least one security classification rule because of the second value that indicates the object is not to be dynamically classified.
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Abstract
An object classification system is provided that receives, from a user, at least one piece of information relating to the object, wherein the information does not directly specify a classification for the object, and that applies at least one rule that classifies the object based, at least in part, on the at least one piece of information received from the user. The techniques described herein also enable classifying an object by, in response to a request from at least one application to access the object, applying at least one rule that dynamically classifies the object.
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18 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method of classifying an object in an object classification system, the method comprising:
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(A) storing a first value that indicates the object is to be dynamically classified; (B) in response to a request from at least one application to access the object, and prior to granting the request to access the object, applying at least one security classification rule, via at least one computer, that dynamically classifies the object based on at least one piece of information received from a user or at least one piece of information automatically gathered without being received from the user; (C) change the first value to a second value that indicates the object is not to be dynamically classified; and (D) in response to a second request to access the object and after the first value has been changed to the second value, grant or deny the second request based on a classification of the object, wherein the classification of the object is made before the second request, and the second request is granted or denied without reapplying the at least one security classification rule because of the second value that indicates the object is not to be dynamically classified. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. At least one non-transitory computer readable medium encoded with a plurality of instructions that, when executed on a computer system, perform a method for classifying an object in an object classification system, the method comprising:
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in response to a request from at least one application to access the object, and prior to granting the request to access the object, applying at least one security classification rule that dynamically classifies the object into a first class object based on at least one piece of information received from a user or at least one piece of information automatically gathered without being received from the user; and after the applying the at least one security classification rule, in response to a second request to access the object, reapplying the at least one security classification rule that dynamically classifies the object into the first class. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. At least one computer comprising:
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at least one processor programmed to implement an object classification system that classifies objects, the at least one processor programmed to; store a first value that indicates the object is to be dynamically classified; in response to a first request from at least one application to access an object, based on the first value, and prior to granting the first request to access the object, apply at least one security classification rule that dynamically classifies the object based on at least one piece of information received from a user or at least one piece of information automatically gathered without being received from the user; change the first value to a second value that indicates the object is not to be dynamically classified; and in response to a second request to access the object and after the first value has been changed to the second value, grant or deny the second request based on a classification of the object, wherein the classification of the object is made before the second request, and the second request is granted or denied without reapplying the at least one security classification rule because of the second value that indicates the object is not to be dynamically classified. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A computer-implemented method of classifying an object in an object classification system, the method comprising:
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in response to a request from at least one application to access the object, and prior to granting the request to access the object, applying at least one security classification rule, via at least one computer, that dynamically classifies the object into a first class object based on at least one piece of information received from a user or at least one piece of information automatically gathered without being received from the user; and after the applying the at least one security classification rule, in response to a second request to access the object, reapplying the at least one security classification rule that dynamically classifies the object into the first class.
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