Patent ID: 8332341
Filing Date: 2012-12-11
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for classifying information, the method comprising: a computer determining a plurality of management characteristics for an information type; the computer determining a plurality of business characteristics for the information type; the computer determining at least one management tally for the information type based on the management characteristics; the computer determining a management characteristic scoring scale; the computer assigning a management characteristic score to each management characteristic for the information type; the computer determining at least one business tally for the information type based on the business characteristics; the computer determining a normalization factor for the at least one business tally; the computer determining at least one management weighting factor for each or for all of the management characteristics; the computer determining at least one business weighting factor for each or for all of the business characteristics; the computer determining an information class gradient based on the at least one management tally and an information class value, wherein the information class gradient includes a plurality of information classes having an information class range; the computer storing the information type based on the information class gradient; the computer calculating a maximum possible management tally, wherein the maximum possible management tally is a summation of a maximum management characteristic score for each management characteristic; and the computer calculating the information class range as the quotient of the maximum possible management tally and the information class value.