Patent ID: 7376635
Filing Date: 2008-05-20
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for classifying a document using a classification system comprising the steps of: defining a plurality of classes; identifying source documents of each of said plurality of classes; generating a classification theme score for each of said classes from the source documents for each of the plurality of classes; entering an unclassified document into the system; generating an unclassified document theme score corresponding to said unclassified document; classifying the unclassified document into one of said plurality of classes when the unclassified document theme score is substantially equal to the classification theme score; reclassifying a plurality of classes into a plurality of new classes by: identifying source documents for each of said plurality of new classes; generating a respective plurality of new class theme scores for each of said plurality of new classes; reclassifying documents within said plurality of classes into the plurality of new classes when a classified document theme score is substantially similar to one of the respective new class theme scores; storing the reclassified documents in a document storage memory.