Disclosure range determination method, disclosure range determination apparatus, and medium

• US 9,767,097 B2
• Filed: 01/17/2013
• Issued: 09/19/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/25/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Sugano, Hiroyasu, Shiotsu, Shinichi, Yamada, Isamu, Itasaki, Akira, Yamashita, Daisuke, Tanaka, Hideki, Yokota, Koichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Beausoliel, Jr., Robert
• Assistant Examiner(s): BROMELL, ALEXANDRIA Y
• Application Number:
  US13/743,849
• Publication Number:
  US 20130191322A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,706 Days
• Field of Search: 707602, 707723, 707783, 707915, 707918
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/1794 Details of file format conversion
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/58 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database

Abstract

A disclosure range determination method includes accepting a disclosure range of data and metadata of the data, extracting attribute information of a user that belongs to the disclosure range of the data accepted in the accepting based on association information associating a disclosure range of data with attribute information of a user that belongs to the disclosure range, converting the metadata accepted in the accepting into a keyword based on association information associating a conversion rule that converts the metadata into significant information with a keyword corresponding to the conversion rule, and determining, by a computer, whether or not a user that belongs to the disclosure range accepted in the accepting qualifies for the disclosure range accepted in the accepting, based on whether or not the keyword converted in the converting is included in the attribute information extracted in the extracting.

Claims

1. A disclosure range determination method executed by a computer coupled to a device and configured to determine whether a disclosure range of data designated by the device includes an error, the disclosure range determination method comprising:

receiving data, information of a plurality of members which disclose the data, metadata of the data, and identification information of a user of a camera which is different from the device, the metadata including a position where the data was generated, a date and a time when the data was generated and a user identifier for identifying a user of the device, the data, the metadata and the identification information being transmitted from the camera;

extracting a mail address corresponding to each of the plurality of members;

generating, by a server device and based on action history of members, a first conversion rule related to the position, the date and the time, and a condition for disclosing the data for each of the plurality of members by

receiving a schedule for each of the plurality of members from the device;

storing the received schedule for each of the plurality of members;

receiving, based on the stored schedule, a confirmation result of the schedule or action history different from the schedule;

storing the action history for each of the plurality of members according to the confirmation result of the schedule or the action history different from the schedule; and

generating the first conversion rule and the condition corresponding to each of the plurality of members;

converting the metadata into the condition for each of the plurality of members using the first conversion rule;

converting the condition for each of the plurality of members into a keyword using a second conversion rule related to the condition; and

determining whether the keyword for each of the plurality of members is consistent with the condition corresponding to the identification information of the user of the camera.

2. The disclosure range determination method according to claim 1, wherein the condition includes a geographic name, organization, or facility relating to the position, or an action classification or whereabouts location of a member relating to the data and the time.

3. A disclosure range determination apparatus coupled to a device and configured to determine whether a disclosure range of data designated by the device includes an error, the disclosure range determination apparatus comprising:

a memory; and

a processor coupled to the memory and configured to;

receive data, information of a plurality of members to which disclose the data, metadata of the data, and identification information of a user of a camera which is different from the device, the metadata including a position where the data was generated, a data and a time when the data was generated and a user identifier for identifying a user of the device, the data, the metadata and the identification information being transmitted from the camera;

extract a mail address corresponding to each of the plurality of members;

generate, based on action history of members, a first conversion rule related to the position, the date and the time, and a condition for disclosing the data of the plurality of members by

receiving a schedule for each of the plurality of members from the device;

storing the received schedule for each of the plurality of members;

receiving, based on the stored schedule, a confirmation result of the schedule or action history different from the schedule;

storing the action history for each of the plurality of members according to the confirmation result of the schedule or the action history different from the schedule; and

generating the first conversion rule and the condition corresponding to each of the plurality of members;

converting the metadata into the condition for each user using the first conversion rule;

convert the condition for each of the plurality of members into a keyword using a second conversion rule related to the condition; and

determine whether the keyword for each of the plurality of members is consistent with the condition corresponding to the identification information of the user of the camera.

4. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute a process, the computer being coupled to a device and configured to determine whether a disclosure range of data designated by the device includes an error, the process comprising:

receiving data, information of a plurality of members which disclose the data, metadata of the data, and identification information of a user of a camera which is different from the device, the metadata including a position where the data was generated, a date and a time when the data was generated and a user identifier for identifying a user of the device, the data, the metadata and the identification information being transmitted from the camera;

extracting a mail address corresponding to each of the plurality of members;

generating, based on action history of members, a first conversion rule related to the position, the date and the time, and a condition for disclosing the data for each of the plurality of members by

receiving a schedule for each of the plurality of members from the device;

storing the received schedule for each of the plurality of members;

receiving, based on the stored schedule, a confirmation result of the schedule or action history different from the schedule;

storing the action history for each of the plurality of members according to the confirmation result of the schedule or the action history different from the schedule; and

generating the first conversion rule and the condition corresponding to each of the plurality of members;

converting the metadata into the condition for each of the plurality of members using the first conversion rule;

converting the condition for each of the plurality of members into a keyword using a second conversion rule related to the condition; and

determining whether the keyword for each of the plurality of members is consistent with the condition corresponding to the identification information of the user of the camera.