Mary Ann Kim

US Patent:

20060277169, Dec 7, 2006

Filed:

Jun 1, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/444794

Inventors:

Tracy Lunt - Columbus OH, US
David Donohue - Wilmington DE, US
Mary Kim - Avondale PA, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707003000

Abstract:

A computer-implemented method and program for identifying electronic files from a set of electronic files uses an operating agent to identify first and second subsets of electronic files. The files in the first subset are those able to be opened by the operating agent, while files in the second subset are the remainder. For each electronic file in the first subset, an index containing every accessible character string used in the electronic file is created. The method and program are characterized by creating, for each file in the first and second subsets, a derivative attribute having a value representative of the readability of the character strings in the file. For electronic files in the first subset, the value of the derivative attribute being based upon the presence of at least some predetermined threshold number of readable characters in the accessible character strings in the index; For electronic files in the second subset, the value of the derivative attribute being based upon the presence of that file in the second subset. The value(s) of the derivative attributes is stored in a data structure.

US Patent:

20060277177, Dec 7, 2006

Filed:

Jun 1, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/444682

Inventors:

Tracy Lunt - Columbus OH, US
David Donohue - Wilmington DE, US
Mary Kim - Avondale PA, US
Dallas Reutter - Wilmington DE, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707005000

Abstract:

A computer-implemented method and program for identifying electronic files from a set of electronic files uses an operating agent to identify first and second subsets of electronic files. The files in the first subset are those able to be opened by the operating agent, while files in the second subset are the remainder. For each electronic file in the second subset at least one native attribute contained in the electronic file is identified. The method and program are characterized by creating, for each file in the second subset, a derivative attribute having a value representative of the file's relevance to the predetermined topic. The derivative attribute being based upon the presence or absence of at least one of a target character strings in the identified native attribute for each electronic file in the second subset. Additional derivative attribute(s) representative of the presence of a privilege and/or confidential information may be created. The value(s) of the derivative attribute(s) is(are) stored in a data structure.