Patent ID: 11971852
Assignee: PFU LIMITED
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A file management device comprising:
a memory; and
a processor coupled to the memory and the processor configured to:
extract, from data files to which same tags are respectively provided, a common feature which is a feature common to the data files having the same tags;
store the extracted common feature and the tags provided to the data files in association with each other as a provision rule, the provision rule being a rule that indicates a condition used when a tag is provided to a data file having at least a portion of the common feature;
provide a tag to a newly input data file based on the stored provision rule; and
search for a feature registered as the provision rule from a newly input data file, and when any feature is found, provides a tag associated with the feature to the newly input data file.