Patent ID: 8140479

Claim:
A method for classifying objects on a computer system, the method comprising: evaluating an audit journal of interactions with the objects on the computer system, wherein the audit journal is created as part of computer system data logging; identifying a plurality of logical groups of objects in response to evaluating interactions in the audit journal, wherein at least one logical group among the plurality of logical groups includes a plurality of objects identified as common with one another based upon at least one interaction evaluated in the audit journal; automatically creating a graphical construct representing the plurality of logical groups as identified in response to evaluating interactions in the audit journal; and in response to user input directed to the graphical construct, classifying at least one object based upon a logical group within which the object is arranged; wherein the graphical construct is a hierarchical tree, wherein the objects comprise data objects and program objects, wherein identifying the plurality of logical groups of objects includes identifying a first logical group of objects as including a plurality of data objects based upon a determination from an evaluation of interactions in the audit journal that the plurality of data objects were accessed by a common program object, and wherein the method further comprises: selecting a logical group from the plurality of logical groups in the hierarchical tree; and combining the logical group selected with a logical group from a second plurality of logical groups, wherein the logical group selected has a common classification with the logical group from the second plurality of logical groups forming a combined logical group.