Patent ID: 9501538
Filing Date: 2016-11-22
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A management apparatus for managing a plurality of data elements of a code base of a software system, the management apparatus comprising: a receiver configured to receive a plurality of data elements; a memory configured to store the plurality of received data elements; a database configured to record link data specifying data elements that have been received together by the receiver; a requesting device configured to receive a request for reading a requested data element being stored in the memory; a computing device configured to calculate a statistical value indicating a relationship between the plurality of data elements stored in the memory based on the link data recorded in the database; and an identifying device configured to identify a further data element related with the requested data element based on the link data stored in the database, based on the calculated statistical value, and when a calculated frequency value between the requested data element and the further data element exceeds a predetermined threshold value, the calculated statistical value being a frequency of commonly received data elements, wherein the identifying device comprises the computing device.