Patent ID: 8311868
Filing Date: 2012-11-13
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A non-transitory computer-usable storage medium having computer readable instructions stored thereon for execution by a processor to implement a business analysis system that analyzes contents of business operations conducted by a user of a computer based on operation records of the user with respect to a plurality of software programs operated by the computer, the business analysis system comprising: a monitor module that obtains information on operations of the user with respect to software programs selected by the user among the plurality of software programs operated by the computer; an operation record storage module that stores the information on operations of the user obtained by the monitor module as the operation records in association with times at which the information on operations of the user are obtained and with identification information of the software programs to be operated; a time span setting module that obtains a time range during which analysis is conducted, and divides the obtained time range into a plurality of time spans by a predetermined time interval; an operation record exploiting module that compares each of the times at which the information on operations of the user included in the operation records are obtained with the corresponding time span within the time range to exploit the respective operation records in the respective time spans; a time span-basis occurrence frequency calculation module that obtains occurrence frequencies of the identification information of the respective software programs from the exploited operation records in the respective time spans; an identification information exploiting module that exploits the identification information of the plurality of software programs in a higher order of the occurrence frequency to a predetermined ordinal rank in the respective time spans; and a business content estimating module that estimates one business content that is executed by the computer in each of the time spans based on a combination of the exploited identification information of the plurality of software programs, and wherein the business content estimating module has an analysis definition that sets color information in each of the identification information of the software programs, wherein the business content estimating module combines the color information of the exploited identification information of the plurality of software programs together to produce information on a combined color, and wherein the business content estimating module outputs the information on the produced combined color as an estimated business content.