Patent Document ID: 8600995
Application ID: 13358396

Base Claim:
1. A computer implemented method for automatically determining a role of a user within an organization based on classification of applications and content, the method comprising the steps, executed by at least one processor, of: identifying applications and files installed on a user's computer; filtering out identified applications and identified files that are not indicative of the role of the user within the organization; functionally classifying non-filtered out identified applications and files according to associated roles within the organization, based on predetermined functional classification information; functionally classifying at least one specific identified type of file installed on the user's computer as being indicative of a specific role of the user within the organization; determining the role of the user within the organization based on at least the functional classification of the non-filtered out identified applications and files; and utilizing the functional classification of the at least one file based on the specific identified file type in the determining of the role of the user within the organization.

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Claim 2:
2. The method of claim 1 further comprising: functionally classifying at least one specific identified application installed on the user's computer as being indicative of a specific role of the user within the organization.