Patent ID: 7458024
Filing Date: 2008-11-25
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A document processing device comprising: a specifying unit that specifies character strings which have a common property across documents, from among character strings included in a plurality of documents which are represented by a plurality of corresponding document data; a rewriting unit that rewrites, among the character strings specified by the specifying unit, character strings expressed in formats different from a defined format to character strings expressed in the defined format; a classifying unit that classifies formats of character strings specified by the specifying unit; and a defining unit that defines a reference format based on a classification result provided by the classifying unit, wherein the rewriting unit rewrites, among the character strings specified by the specifying unit, character strings expressed in formats different from a reference format defined by the defining unit to character strings expressed in the reference format; and wherein the defining unit defines as the reference format a format with a highest appearance frequency from among formats classified by the classifying unit.