Patent Document ID: 9501744
Application ID: 13906246

Base Claim:
1. A method comprising: on a computer system comprising at least one server computer, providing a plurality of distinct data classification engines, wherein the plurality of distinct data classification engines comprising an a priori classification engine, a posteriori classification engine, and a heuristics engine; wherein the a priori classification engine is operable to perform an a priori classification, the a priori classification comprising utilization of a set of user-specified classification rules; wherein the a posteriori classification engine is operable to perform an a posteriori classification, the a posteriori classification comprises utilization of one or more probabilistic algorithms; wherein the heuristics engine is operable to perform a heuristics classification, the heuristics classification comprising analysis of at least one of a number and a percentage of characteristics of particular data that match a profile of a particular classification; accessing, by the computer system, the data from at least one source; responsive to an indication that the a priori classification should be performed, performing, by the computer system via the priori classification engine, the a priori classification on the data to classify the data; responsive to an indication that the a posteriori classification should be performed, performing, by the computer system via the a posteriori classification engine, the a posteriori classification on the data to classify the data; verifying whether the previously classified data has been correctly classified; responsive to a determination that the previously classified data has not been correctly classified, the posteriori classification reclassifies the previously classified data and updates the one or more probabilistic algorithms used for classifying the data; and responsive to an indication that the heuristics classification should be performed, performing, by the computer system via the heuristics engine, the heuristics classification on the data to classify the data.

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Claim 2:
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the a priori classification engine, the a posteriori classification engine, and the heuristics engine are each operable to classify the data into a plurality of classifications.