JP4003080B2 - Information classification delivery apparatus and information classification delivery method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an information classification delivery apparatus and an information classification delivery method having a function for delivering information to an appropriate processing area.

  Information is delivered to appropriate processing areas in various situations. For example, delivery of information in various situations, from transfer such as copying or moving between areas on a computer's memory to reading / writing or copying files on a storage device, and sending / receiving e-mail via a network Is done. When information is delivered, the destination area to be delivered must be determined appropriately. For example, if the information on the computer is delivered to a computer memory area optimal for processing the information and prepared for the processing, the processing efficiency can be improved. Here, the computer memory area indicates a storage area on the computer system, such as a main storage device and an auxiliary storage device. The same applies hereinafter. When the delivery destination area is uniquely determined in advance, information may be delivered to the delivery destination. However, there are cases where it is desired to determine the delivery destination according to the situation without fixing the delivery destination area. In such a case, it is necessary to determine a delivery destination at the time of delivery of information and perform delivery. Hereinafter, a technique for determining a delivery destination at the time of delivery will be described.

  First, an information filtering system will be described. The information filtering system selects only necessary mails based on the contents and attributes (priorities, etc.) of the received mails stored in the mailbox, or mails based on keywords Is a generic term for systems that are redistributed into accessible computer memory area groups. For example, there is ObjectLens described in Non-Patent Document 1.

  In selecting and classifying the information filtering system, mails are selected and classified by an automatically specified method in accordance with a predetermined rule. The rules are described based on the contents and attributes of the mail and the attributes of the computer memory area group of a very small number of redistribution destinations such as name, address and identifier attributes. This rule is maintained and managed in the information filtering system. For example, in order to change the computer memory area of a specific mail redistribution destination, there is no choice but to change the rules. Therefore, when defining the rules, the computer memory area group of the redistribution destination is defined after thoroughly examining various items such as whether the set access right is appropriate and whether it is an appropriate area as the redistribution destination. There is a need.

  Next, an electronic mail system will be described. The electronic mail system distributes electronic mail to a mailbox corresponding to a designated destination. The e-mail destination is determined by designating the destination at the time of transmission. Even at the time of transmission, only the name, address, and identifier attributes are referenced from the e-mail system for the attributes of the delivery destination mailbox.

  Furthermore, a backup system is described. This is a system for backing up a specific computer memory area as a precautionary measure. Delivery is performed in which a specific computer memory area is copied to another computer memory. The backup setter sets which area is to be copied to which area, but the copy destination area is uniquely set so that the copy destination is determined if the copy source is determined. Since the copy destination is not changed according to the attribute of the copy destination at the time of copying, it is necessary to examine the capacity and access right of the copy destination at the time of setting.

  Any of the above-described techniques provides sufficient support if a process and a computer memory area optimum for the process are determined and there is no change. However, for example, processing performed in an office or the like has many changes such as the processing becomes complicated and the processing is divided. Along with this, the capacity, access right, location, etc. of the computer memory area optimal for processing are also changed. In this case, the above-described prior art requires cumbersome operations such as changing classification and delivery rules in the apparatus and resetting the setting of the computer memory area of the delivery destination. The need for such troublesome resetting cannot be eliminated due to the nature of the process being changed. For this reason, in the conventional technology, a sufficient effect cannot be exhibited in a processing field where there are many processing changes.

“Information Processing”, Vol. 34, no. 8, August 1993, pp. 1028-1036

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances. Even if the process is changed, the classification and delivery rules are not changed, and only the attribute of the computer memory area at the delivery destination is reset. It is an object of the present invention to provide an information classification and delivery apparatus and an information classification and delivery method for realizing appropriate classification and delivery suitable for the above situation.

  In the invention according to claim 1, the present invention has a plurality of areas to which attributes are added, and information to which attributes including attributes of existing areas are assigned to a certain area among the plurality of areas In the information classification and delivery device for delivering to the other area from, the sorting information management unit that manages sorting information including a condition for comparing the attribute of the area with the attribute of the information, and the sorting information management unit that manages the sorting information An information delivery unit for determining an area for delivering information based on the sorting information and delivering the information to the area; and an information analysis unit for analyzing attributes of information to be delivered; A delivery destination attribute analyzing unit that analyzes attributes of information delivery destination candidate areas, and the sorting information includes a condition using any one attribute of a keyword, an information type, and a history, and the information analysis Analysis by part The delivery destination candidate satisfying the sorting information by referring to the attribute of the information and the attribute of the area analyzed by the delivery destination attribute analyzing unit and determining whether the sorting information is satisfied It is determined that the information to be delivered is delivered to the area.

  Similarly, in the third aspect of the present invention, information having attributes including attributes of existing areas is changed from a certain area among the plurality of areas. In the information classification and delivery method for delivering to the area, the sorting information management unit manages sorting information including a condition for comparing the attribute of the area with the attribute of the information, and the sorting information includes a keyword, an information type, and a history. The information delivery unit analyzes the attribute of the information to be delivered analyzed by the information analysis unit and the delivery destination candidate of the information analyzed by the delivery destination attribute analysis unit. The attribute of the area is referred to, and it is determined whether or not the sorting information managed by the sorting information management unit is satisfied, and the delivery target information is delivered to the delivery destination candidate area that satisfies the sorting information. The area to be determined It is characterized in that to deliver information of the shipping.

  Further, in the invention according to claim 2, the present invention has a plurality of areas to which attributes are attached, and information to which attributes that exist in a certain area among the plurality of areas are attached. In the information classification and delivery apparatus for delivering to other areas of the information, the information delivery destination area is determined based on the attribute of the information, the attribute of the area where the information exists, and the attribute of the candidate delivery destination area of the information A sorting information management unit for managing sorting information to be performed, and an information delivery unit for determining an area for delivering information and delivering the information to the area, wherein the information delivery unit includes attributes of information to be delivered And an information analysis unit that analyzes attributes of the area where the information exists, and a delivery destination attribute analysis unit that analyzes attributes of the delivery destination candidate area of the information, and the sorting information includes a keyword, an information type, and a history One of these attributes Including the conditions used, refer to the attribute of the information analyzed by the information analysis unit, the attribute of the area where the information exists, and the attribute of the delivery destination candidate area analyzed by the delivery destination attribute analysis unit Then, it is determined whether or not the sorting information managed by the sorting information management unit is satisfied, and an area for delivering the delivery target information is determined.

  Similarly, in the invention according to claim 4, there is a plurality of areas to which attributes are attached, and information to which attributes that are present in a certain area among the plurality of areas are added. In the information classification and delivery method for delivering to another area, the sorting information management unit determines the information delivery destination area based on the attribute of the information, the attribute of the area where the information exists, and the attribute of the delivery destination candidate area of the information. The sorting information is determined, and the sorting information includes a condition using any one attribute of the keyword, the information type, and the history, and the information distribution unit analyzes the information analysis unit. The sorting information managed by the sorting information management unit with reference to the attribute of the information to be delivered, the attribute of the area where the information exists, and the attribute of the delivery destination candidate area of the information analyzed by the delivery destination attribute analysis unit Are you satisfied with the information Or by determining the information of shipping determines the area to be delivered, and is characterized in that the delivery of the delivery target information to the area.

  Usually, when information is delivered from one area to another area, there is often some relationship between attributes of these areas. Therefore, by determining the delivery destination area using the attributes of the information to be delivered and the attributes of the area that can be the delivery destination and the attributes of the area in which the information is stored, information that satisfies the relationship between the areas Can be delivered and can be delivered more accurately in the required area.

  According to the present invention, by determining the delivery destination area using the delivery destination area attribute and the attribute of the area in which the information to be delivered is stored together with the attribute of the information to be delivered, It is possible to deliver information so as to satisfy the relationship between the areas of the delivery source and the delivery destination, it is possible to deliver the information accurately according to the required area, and the information processing efficiency can be improved. it can. Further, the distribution destination computer memory area can be changed by changing only the attribute of the distribution destination computer memory area without changing the classification and distribution rules. As a result, it is possible to obtain a higher effect than that of the prior art in processing in an office or the like in which the computer memory area optimal for the processing itself or processing determined accompanying the processing is often changed.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a first embodiment of the information classification and delivery apparatus of the present invention. In the figure, 1 is an information classification and delivery device, 2 is an information recognition unit, 3 is a sorting information management unit, 4 is an information delivery unit, 5 is an interface unit, 6 is a timing designation unit, 11 is an information analysis unit, and 12 is a delivery destination. An attribute analysis unit 13 is a delivery destination management unit. The information classification and delivery apparatus 1 includes an information recognition unit 2, a sorting information management unit 3, and an information delivery unit 4. Furthermore, if the interface unit 5 with a timing device (not shown) and the timing specifying unit 6 for controlling the operation of the information recognition unit 2 are provided, complicated control becomes possible.

  The information recognition unit 2 detects the presence of information to be delivered and passes the information to the information delivery unit 4.

  The sorting information management unit 3 holds and manages sorting information. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of sorting information in the first embodiment of the present invention. The sorting information indicates a condition for sorting information using attributes of at least a plurality of computer memory areas. In FIG. 2, the sorting information is described using the information attribute in addition to the attribute of the computer memory area. The sorting information shown in FIG. 2A indicates “when the keyword attribute of the information is an approval request and the keyword attribute of the computer memory area is finalized”. The sorting information shown in FIG. 2B indicates “when the title attribute of the information is behavior data, the keyword attribute of the information is settlement, and the keyword attribute of the computer memory area is a transportation expense claim”. Yes. The sorting information shown in FIG. 2C indicates “when the title attribute of the information is behavior data, the keyword attribute of the information is a report, and the keyword attribute of the computer memory area is a monthly report”.

  The information delivery unit 4 sorts the information passed from the information recognition unit 2 according to the sorting information held in the sorting information management unit 3 and delivers it to an appropriate computer memory area. The information delivery unit 4 preferably includes an information analysis unit 11, a delivery destination attribute analysis unit 12, and a delivery destination management unit 13.

  The information analysis unit 11 analyzes attributes that the information has. For example, information such as the title of the information, the creation date and time, the storage person in the computer memory area, the first character of the information, and the assigned keyword are analyzed. As the information analysis technology used in the information analysis unit 11, existing text processing technology, image recognition technology, document processing technology, structured document processing technology, e-mail analysis technology, and the like are used.

  The delivery destination attribute analysis unit 12 analyzes the attribute of the computer memory area that can be a delivery destination by using information about the computer memory area held by the delivery destination management unit 13. For example, information such as who has access rights, how much capacity, what keywords are assigned, and the like are analyzed. As an attribute analysis technique used in the delivery destination attribute analysis unit 12, an existing directory technique, filing technique, database technique, or the like can be used.

  The delivery destination management unit 13 holds and manages information related to a plurality of computer memory areas that can be delivery destination candidates. The information related to the computer memory area can be identification information such as an identifier and an address of the computer memory area. Or you may comprise so that the attribute of each computer memory area may be hold | maintained.

  The interface unit 5 is an interface with a timing device (not shown), and receives date and time information from the timing device. The timing designation unit 6 has timing information for starting the information recognition unit 2. For example, when the timing information is date and time information, the information recognition unit 2 can be activated by detecting a match between the date and time information received from the timing device via the interface unit 5 and the timing information.

  In the above configuration, when the information to be delivered is configured to be sent directly to the information delivery unit 4, the information recognition unit 2 is not necessary. Further, when there is no condition using information attributes in the sorting information, the information analysis unit 11 can be made unnecessary.

  Next, an example of the operation in the first embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the information recognition unit 2. In S21, the information recognition unit 2 examines a specific computer memory area in which information to be delivered is stored, and determines whether or not new information exists as compared with the previous examination. If new information exists, the new information is passed to the information delivery unit 4 in S22. As a method for determining whether or not new information exists, the information recognizing unit 2 holds the date and time of the information that has already been checked, or the information recognition unit 2 holds the date and time of the previous check. A method of comparing the date and time of storage in the computer memory area can be used.

  The processing of the information recognition unit 2 can be configured to be activated by receiving a message when activated by a human instruction or storing new information. Further, in the configuration having the interface unit 5 and the timing specifying unit 6, when the date / time information is obtained from the timing device via the interface unit 5 and the timing specifying unit 6 detects that the specified date / time has been reached, the information recognition is performed. It can also comprise so that the part 2 may be started. For example, if “18:00 every day” is specified in the timing specification unit 6, the information recognition unit 2 is activated by recognizing 18:00 from the date and time information from the time measuring device obtained via the interface unit 5.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the information delivery unit 4 in the first embodiment of the present invention. When information is sent from the information recognition unit 2 to the information delivery unit 4, the information delivery unit 4 first analyzes the information in the information analysis unit 11 in S31 to obtain information attributes. On the other hand, in S32, one of the sorting information held in the sorting information management unit 3 is referred to. Further, in S33, one of the information about a plurality of computer memory areas that can be delivery destination candidates managed by the delivery destination management unit 13 is extracted, and the attribute of the computer memory area is analyzed by the delivery destination attribute analysis unit 12. To do. In S34, it is determined whether the attribute of the information obtained in S31 and the attribute of the computer memory area obtained in S33 satisfy the sorting information extracted in S32.

  In S34, if the sorting information is not satisfied, it is determined in S35 whether or not there are a plurality of computer memory areas that can be other delivery destinations. If they exist, the process returns to S33 and the next delivery is performed. The processing of the computer memory area of the previous candidate is repeated. If the sorting information selected in S32 is not satisfied for all the computer memory areas that can be delivery destination candidates, it is determined in S36 whether or not there is other sorting information, and if other sorting information exists. Returns to S32 and repeats the process for the next sorting information. When the process is completed for all sorting information, the process of the information delivery unit 4 is terminated. In this case, since the attribute of information and the attribute of the computer memory area do not satisfy all the sorting information, no delivery process is performed.

  If it is determined in S34 that the attribute of the information and the attribute of the computer memory area satisfy the sorting information, the information is delivered to the computer memory area that satisfies the sorting information in S37, and the process is terminated.

  The processing in the information delivery unit 4 described above is performed for all of the plurality of pieces of information that have been passed from the information recognition unit 2.

  In the above-described operation example, if the sorting information is satisfied, the information is delivered and the processing of the information delivery unit 4 is terminated. However, it can be configured to deliver to all applicable delivery destinations. It is also possible to configure delivery to an optimal delivery destination by using another standard among all applicable delivery destinations, for example, a standard for minimizing the delivery cost.

  Further, in the above operation example, one piece of sorting information is taken out, and whether or not the attribute of the computer memory area and the attribute of the information match the picked up sorting information is examined while changing the attribute of the computer memory area. However, the configuration may be such that the examination is performed while changing the sorting information.

  FIG. 5 is a schematic configuration diagram of an example of a system using the first embodiment of the information classification and delivery apparatus of the present invention. In the figure, 41 is an information classification / delivery device, 42 is a filing service device, 43 is a workstation, and 44 is a network system. The example shown in FIG. 5 shows an example in which the information classification delivery device is used in a network system.

  In FIG. 5, the user gives an instruction to the information classification and delivery apparatus 41 from the workstation through the network. Initially, “to set a specific area of the filing service device 42 as a computer memory area recognized by the information recognition unit 2” is set to the information recognition unit 2, and “a plurality of other specific areas of the filing service device 42 are set. The delivery destination management unit 13 in the information delivery unit 4 is instructed to use a computer memory area as a delivery destination candidate managed by the delivery destination management unit 13. At this time, the information to be delivered is stored in a computer memory area recognized by the information recognition unit 2.

  Next, the information recognition unit 2 is activated. Then, the information classification and delivery apparatus operates in the processing procedure as described above, and the information stored in the computer memory area recognized by the information recognition unit 2 is automatically set as another delivery destination candidate. Of these areas, they are classified and delivered into areas that match the sorting information stored in the sorting information management unit 3. The filing service device 42 performs processing corresponding to each area on the information delivered to each area. In this way, the information is automatically delivered to the optimum area, and the optimum service can be received.

  FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a second embodiment of the information classification and delivery apparatus of the present invention. The same parts as those in FIG. Reference numeral 14 denotes a delivery destination candidate determination unit. In the second embodiment, a configuration is shown in which a computer memory area that is a candidate for a delivery destination is automatically determined. The delivery destination management unit 13 includes a delivery destination candidate determination unit 14. The delivery destination candidate determination unit 14 determines a computer memory area that is a delivery destination candidate from the computer memory area managed by the delivery destination management unit 13.

  When the computer memory area has a tree structure, for example, the computer memory area is “/ home / A / f1” (which means “computer memory area called f1 under the A directory under the home directory”). In such a case, the delivery destination candidate determination unit 14 can limit delivery destination candidates to subtrees. For example, all of the computer memory areas developed under the nodes (directories) directly connected to the computer memory areas recognized by the information recognition unit 2 can be used. The delivery destination attribute analysis unit 12 analyzes the attribute only in the computer memory area that is the delivery destination candidate determined by the delivery destination candidate determination unit 14.

  In this way, especially when the computer memory area is organized in a tree structure, the information is propagated and distributed from the upper computer memory area to the lower computer memory area group using the tree structure. It becomes possible to do. By limiting to the lower computer memory area, it is possible to avoid the widespread automatic classification and delivery of erroneous information.

  Next, a third embodiment of the information classification and delivery apparatus of the present invention will be described. This embodiment shows an example in which this attribute information is used when the attribute of the computer memory area in which the information is stored is given as the attribute of the information to be delivered. When information is distributed from one computer memory area to another computer memory area, there is usually some relationship between the attributes of these areas. In this embodiment, the attribute of the computer memory area where the information to be delivered is stored is included as the attribute of the information to be delivered, and by using this attribute, the relationship between the computer memory areas is satisfied. In the embodiment, it is possible to deliver information to an area and to deliver more accurately in a required area. Since the configuration and operation of the apparatus are almost the same as those in the first embodiment, a description thereof is omitted.

  FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of sorting information in the third embodiment of the present invention. In the sorting information stored in the sorting information management unit 3, a condition using the attribute of the delivery information indicating the attribute of the computer memory area in which the delivery information is stored can be described. In the sorting information shown in FIG. 7, the value of the attribute “storage area keyword” of the delivery information indicating the keyword of the computer memory area in which the delivery information is stored is equal to the value of the attribute “keyword” of the candidate area of the delivery destination. Specify the case where the value of the attribute “storage area name” of the delivery information indicating the name of the computer memory area in which the delivery information is stored is different from the value of the attribute “name” of the candidate destination area Yes.

  This will be described using a specific example. Assume that there are a computer memory area “patent creation” having “keyword: patent, name: patent creation” and a memory area “patent application” having “keyword: patent, name: patent application” as attributes. At this time, if the attribute of the information recognized by the information recognition unit 2 is “title: patent application request, storage area keyword: patent, storage area name: patent creation”, the attribute of the computer memory area “patent creation” The attribute of the information does not satisfy the sorting information shown in FIG. 7, but the attribute of the computer memory area “patent application” and the attribute of the information satisfy the sorting information shown in FIG. Therefore, the information is delivered to the computer memory area “patent application”. Here, “name 1: value 1, name 2: value 2,..., Name N: value N” has the attribute “name 1” having the value “value 1” and the “name 2” having the value “ It is assumed that the value of “Name N” is “Value N”. The same applies to the following embodiments.

  Next, a description will be given of a fourth embodiment of the information classification delivery apparatus of the present invention. In the third embodiment described above, the attribute of the computer memory area storing the information to be delivered must be given as the attribute of the information to be delivered. In this embodiment, the information to be delivered is An example is shown in which attributes of a stored computer memory area are automatically extracted, and a delivery destination is determined using attributes of information to be delivered including the extracted attributes. As a result, information can be more easily delivered to an appropriate area. The configuration of the apparatus is the same as that of the first embodiment, and the operations of the information recognition unit, the sorting information management unit, etc. other than the information delivery are the same as those of the first embodiment.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the information delivery unit 4 in the fourth embodiment of the present invention. In S51, the information analysis unit 4 obtains a computer memory area a in which delivery information is stored. In S52, the information analysis unit 4 analyzes the attribute of the computer memory area a, and analyzes the attribute of the delivery information including the attribute of the computer memory area a. The subsequent processing is the same as S32 to S37 shown in FIG. 4 in the first embodiment. That is, the sorting information is referred to in S53, the attribute of the delivery destination candidate is analyzed in S54, and it is determined whether or not the sorting information can be applied to the delivery information and the delivery destination candidate in S55. If the sorting information cannot be applied, it is determined in S56 whether there are other delivery destination candidates. If there are other delivery destination candidates, the process returns to S54. If there is no other delivery destination candidate, it is determined in S57 whether there is any other sorting information, and if there is other sorting information, the process returns to S53. If no other sorting information exists, the process ends. If the sorting information can be applied in S55, the information is delivered to the delivery destination candidates, and the process ends.

  An example of the above operation will be described using a specific example. Here, it is assumed that the sorting information stored in the sorting information management unit 3 is the same as the sorting information shown in FIG. 7 used in the third embodiment described above. It is assumed that information a to be delivered is stored in the computer memory area b. This computer memory area b has “keyword: patent, name: patent creation” as attributes.

  When the information a to be delivered is recognized by the information recognition unit 2, the information analysis unit 4 obtains a computer memory area b in which the information a is stored. Further, the information analysis unit 4 analyzes the attributes of the computer memory area b, for example, analyzes “patent” as the keyword attribute value and “patent creation” as the name attribute value, and includes these attribute values. An attribute value, for example, “title: request for patent application, storage area keyword: patent, storage area name: patent creation” is obtained.

  Next, one sort information is referred to, the attributes of the delivery destination candidates are analyzed, and it is determined whether the attributes of the delivery information and the delivery destination candidates satisfy the conditions specified by the sort information. Here, since the computer memory area having the attributes “keyword: patent, name: patent creation” does not satisfy the sorting information shown in FIG. 7, the delivery information is not delivered to the computer memory area “patent creation”. On the other hand, if the computer memory area “patent application” “keyword: patent, name: patent application” exists, the attribute of this computer memory area and the attribute of the delivery information obtained earlier satisfy the sorting information. Are delivered to the memory area “patent application”.

  Next, a fifth embodiment of the information classification and delivery apparatus of the present invention will be described. When there is a program that operates by referring to the information delivered to the computer memory area after the information is delivered to the computer memory area, the information that is referred to by the operating program and the type of information that is output are It is expected to be known. Therefore, it is easy to give these types as attributes of delivery information. It is also easy to include these types in the attributes of the computer memory area. In this embodiment, when there is a program that operates by referring to the delivered information, the information to be delivered using the information referred to by the program and the type of information to be output as an attribute, and the computer memory area that is a candidate for the delivery destination In this example, information is delivered using these attributes. Thereby, necessary information can be easily delivered to the computer memory area. The configuration and operation of the apparatus are substantially the same as those in the first embodiment, and the attributes of the sorting information stored in the sorting information management unit 3 and the information to be delivered and the computer memory area of the delivery candidate are as follows. Only different.

  FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of sorting information in the fifth embodiment of the present invention. The sorting information shown in FIG. 9 is a delivery information type referred to by the information “a program that operates by referring to the information after the information is delivered to the computer memory area of the delivery destination” (hereinafter referred to as program a). The attribute is a delivery information type attribute referred to by a “program that operates by referring to information after the information is delivered to the computer memory area” (hereinafter referred to as program b) in the candidate computer memory area of the delivery destination. The type attribute of the information other than the delivery information referred to by the information program a is equal to the type attribute of the information other than the delivery information referred to by the program b in the computer memory area, and the information program a outputs The information type attribute specifies that information is to be delivered when it is equal to the information type attribute output by the program b in the computer memory area.

  Here, the computer memory area “patent application numbering” having “delivery information type: patent application documents, reference information type: application patent list, output information type: application patent number” as attributes, and “delivery information type: patents” as attributes. Assume that there is a computer memory area “patent application” having an application request, reference information type: none, and output information type: applied patent.

  At this time, if the attributes of the information to be delivered recognized by the information recognition unit 2 are “delivery information type: patent application request, reference information type: application patent list, output information type: application patent number”, FIG. The computer memory area having an attribute that matches the sorting information condition shown in FIG. 9 is the computer memory area “patent application numbering”. Therefore, this information is delivered to the computer memory area “patent application numbering”.

  If the attribute of the information to be delivered is “delivery information type: patent application request, reference information type: none, output information type: patent application”, an attribute that matches the classification information conditions shown in FIG. The computer memory area possessed is a computer memory area “patent application”. Therefore, this information is delivered to the computer memory area “patent application”.

  In this way, even with the same sorting information, the information can be delivered to the optimum computer memory area according to the attribute of the information to be delivered and the attribute of the computer memory area of the delivery destination.

  Next, a sixth embodiment of the information classification and delivery apparatus of the present invention will be described. For example, when there is a program that operates by referring to information on the computer memory area, there is usually some relationship between the information on the referenced area and the attribute of the information output by the program. Here, when information is delivered to another computer memory area b based on information stored in a computer memory area a, such as output information from a program, a history of attributes of the delivered information Is included in the attribute of the computer memory area a. By using the history attribute, information can be delivered so as to satisfy the above-described relevance, and information can be delivered more accurately in a required area. The configuration and operation of the apparatus are substantially the same as those in the first embodiment, and the attributes of the sorting information stored in the sorting information management unit 3 and the information to be delivered and the computer memory area of the delivery candidate are as follows. Only different.

  FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of sorting information in the sixth embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 10, “* A” is a special character representing an arbitrary character string. The sorting information shown in FIG. 10 operates by referring to the computer memory area among the attributes of the distribution candidate computer memory area, and the attribute “title” of the information to be delivered starts with “reply_”. It designates the case where the character string after “reply_” of the delivery information title exists in the “output information title history” representing the history of the title of the information output by the program.

  Here, it is assumed that there is a computer memory area “patent creation” having “output information title history: (patent application, specification request application),... At this time, if the information recognized by the information recognition unit 2 has an attribute of “title: reply_patent application, creation date: April 26, 1994”, these two attributes are shown in FIG. Since this sort information is satisfied, this information is delivered to the computer memory area “patent creation”.

  FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing a seventh embodiment of the information classification delivery apparatus of the present invention. In the figure, the same parts as those in FIG. Reference numeral 15 denotes an information history holding unit. The seventh embodiment shows an example in which the delivery history used in the sixth embodiment is automatically collected.

  As shown in FIG. 11, the information classification and delivery apparatus 1 includes an information recognition unit 2, a sorting information management unit 3, and an information delivery unit 4, and the information delivery unit includes an information analysis unit 11 and an information history holding unit 15. It is desirable that the information delivery unit further includes a delivery destination attribute analysis unit 12 and a delivery destination management unit 13. The information history holding unit 15 is configured such that when certain information is delivered to another computer memory area b based on information stored in a certain computer memory area a, or information stored in a certain computer memory area a is other Is delivered to the computer memory area b, the attribute information history of the delivered information is stored in association with the computer memory area a. The sorting information management unit 3 can store sorting information using this history. The information delivery unit 4 uses the history stored in the information history holding unit 15 to determine a computer memory area to which information is to be delivered and delivers it.

  For example, the attribute of the delivery information is analyzed, and if the delivery information is “information output by a program that references information on the computer memory area”, the information analysis unit 11 analyzes the name of the computer memory area referred to by the program. The information attribute analyzed by the information analysis unit 11 and the computer memory area name are associated with each other and stored in the information history storage unit 15 as a history. As a result, the history of the “attributes of the output information from the program” used in the sixth embodiment can be automatically generated and held, so that the information can be more easily delivered to an appropriate area. It becomes possible.

  FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation in the seventh embodiment of the present invention. In S61, the information analysis unit 11 analyzes the delivery information, and if the delivery information attribute and the delivery information are the output of the program that refers to the information in the computer memory area, obtains the area name. In S62, it is determined whether or not the delivery information is an output of a program that refers to information in the computer memory area. If the delivery information is an output of a program that refers to information in the computer memory area, in S63, the computer memory area name referred to by the program is associated with the attribute of the delivery information and held in the information history holding unit 15 To do. As a result, the history is automatically held in the information history holding unit 15.

  In S64, the sorting information is referred to. In S65, the delivery destination attribute analyzing unit 12 refers to the information history holding unit 15, and the attribute of the information output by the program referring to the information on the computer memory area of the delivery destination candidate is output. A history is obtained and set as an attribute of the candidate computer memory area of the delivery destination. In S66, it is determined whether or not the sorting information can be applied to the delivery information and the delivery destination candidate. If it cannot be applied, it is determined in S67 whether or not there are other delivery destination candidates, and other delivery destination candidates exist. If yes, the process returns to S65 to perform processing for other delivery destination candidates. If there is no other delivery destination candidate, it is further determined in S68 whether or not there is other sorting information. If other sorting information exists, the process returns to S64 to process other sorting information. To do. If no other sorting information exists, the delivery is not performed and the process is terminated. If the sorting information can be applied to the delivery information and the delivery destination candidate in S66, the information is delivered to the delivery destination candidate in S69.

  An example of the above operation will be described based on a specific example. It is assumed that the sorting information stored in the sorting information management unit 3 is the same as the sorting information shown in FIG. 10 in the sixth embodiment described above. If the delivery information is recognized by the information recognition unit 2, the delivery information is analyzed by the information analysis unit 11 in S61. As a result of the analysis, if it is determined in S62 that the delivery information is an output of a computer memory area, for example, a program that operates with reference to information on “patent application”, the computer memory area name “ A history in which “patent application” is associated with an attribute of delivery information, for example, “title: reply_patent application, creation date: April 26, 64” is created and stored in the information history holding unit 15.

  Next, one of the sorting information stored in the sorting information management unit 3 in S64 is referred to. In S65, the delivery destination attribute analysis unit 12 records the history included in the information history holding unit 15, that is, the computer memory area. From the correspondence between the name and the attribute of the information, the history of the attribute of the information for each computer memory area is obtained, and this is used as the attribute of the computer memory area.

  Here, it is assumed that a program that operates with reference to information on the computer memory area “patent creation” outputs two pieces of information whose title attributes are “patent application” and “details request application”. If this program has already been operated, the output of this program is delivered to a certain computer memory area. At the time of delivery, the title attributes are “patent application” and “details request application”. The information history holding unit 15 holds the information in association with the memory area “patent creation”. By the process of S65, the attribute of the computer memory area “patent creation” includes “output information title history: (patent application, specification request application),...”. Since it is determined in S66 that this satisfies the classification information condition, the information to be delivered is delivered to the computer memory area “patent creation” in S69. In this way, information can be delivered based on the history of previous delivery.

It is a block diagram which shows the 1st Example of the information classification delivery apparatus of this invention. It is explanatory drawing of an example of the sorting information in 1st Example of this invention. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an operation of the information recognition unit 2. It is a flowchart which shows an example of operation | movement of the information delivery part 4 in 1st Example of this invention. It is a schematic block diagram of an example of the system using the 1st Example of the information classification delivery apparatus of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the 2nd Example of the information classification delivery apparatus of this invention. It is explanatory drawing of an example of the sorting information in the 3rd Example of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of operation | movement of the information delivery part 4 in the 4th Example of this invention. It is explanatory drawing of an example of the sorting information in the 5th Example of this invention. It is explanatory drawing of an example of the sorting information in the 6th Example of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the 7th Example of the information classification delivery apparatus of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the operation | movement in the 7th Example of this invention.

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  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Information classification delivery apparatus, 2 ... Information recognition part, 3 ... Sorting information management part, 4 ... Information delivery part, 5 ... Interface part, 6 ... Timing designation part, 11 ... Information analysis part, 12 ... Delivery destination attribute analysis part , 13 ... delivery destination management unit, 14 ... delivery destination candidate determination unit, 15 ... information history holding unit.

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In an information classification and delivery apparatus that has a plurality of areas to which attributes are attached and delivers information to which attributes including attributes of existing areas are given from one area to another area among the plurality of areas, A sorting information management unit for managing sorting information including a condition for comparing the attribute of the region with the attribute of the information, and a region for delivering information based on the sorting information managed by the sorting information management unit; An information delivery unit for delivering the information to the area, the information delivery unit analyzing an attribute of the information to be delivered; and a delivery destination for analyzing the attribute of the delivery destination candidate area of the information An attribute analysis unit, and the sorting information includes a condition using any one of a keyword, an information type, and a history, and the attribute of the information analyzed by the information analysis unit and the delivery destination attribute Analysis part Therefore, referring to the attribute of the analyzed area, determining whether or not the sorting information is satisfied, and delivering the delivery target information to the delivery destination candidate area that satisfies the sorting information; An information classification delivery device characterized by determining. In an information classification and delivery device that has a plurality of areas with attributes and delivers information with attributes that exist in a certain area among the plurality of areas to other areas of the plurality of areas. A sorting information management unit that manages sorting information for determining a delivery destination area of information based on the attribute of the information, the attribute of the area where the information exists, and the attribute of the delivery destination candidate area of the information; An information distribution unit that determines an area for delivering information and delivers the information to the area, and the information delivery unit analyzes an attribute of information to be delivered and an attribute of the area in which the information exists And a delivery destination attribute analysis unit that analyzes attributes of the delivery destination candidate area of the information, and the sorting information includes a condition using any one attribute of a keyword, an information type, and a history, By the information analysis unit The sorting information managed by the sorting information management unit with reference to the analyzed attribute of the information, the attribute of the area where the information exists, and the attribute of the delivery destination candidate area analyzed by the delivery destination attribute analysis unit An information classification and delivery apparatus that determines whether the information to be delivered is delivered by determining whether or not the above information is satisfied. In an information classification and delivery method for delivering information having attributes including attributes of existing areas and delivering attributes including attributes of existing areas from one of the plurality of areas to another area. The information management unit manages sorting information including a condition for comparing the attribute of the area and the attribute of the information, and the sorting information is a condition using any one attribute of a keyword, an information type, and a history. The information delivery unit refers to the attribute of the information to be delivered analyzed by the information analysis unit and the attribute of the delivery destination candidate area of the information analyzed by the delivery destination attribute analysis unit, and the sorting information management It is determined whether or not the sorting information managed by the department is satisfied, and it is determined that the delivery target information is delivered to a delivery destination candidate area that satisfies the sorting information. Special feature to deliver Information classification delivery method to be. In an information classification and delivery method that has a plurality of areas to which attributes are attached and delivers information to which attributes that exist in a certain area among the plurality of areas are attached to other areas of the plurality of areas. The sorting information management unit manages sorting information for determining the information delivery destination area based on the attribute of the information, the attribute of the area where the information exists, and the attribute of the candidate delivery destination area of the information. The sorting information includes a condition using any one attribute of a keyword, an information type, and a history, and the information delivery unit includes the attribute of the information to be delivered analyzed by the information analysis unit and the information. With reference to the attribute of the area and the attribute of the delivery destination candidate area of the information analyzed by the delivery destination attribute analysis unit, it is determined whether or not the sorting information managed by the sorting information management unit is satisfied, Distribute the information to be delivered Information classification delivery method, which comprises determining the region, delivers the delivery target information to the area.

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