Profile scanner
AssigneeBank of America Corporation
InventorsDavid M. Andersen, Emerson D. Miller
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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention relate to systems, methods, and computer program products for identifying users of personal computers within a network for the purposes of electronic discovery. Embodiments herein disclosed provide for a tool that accesses the personal computers via the network, locates and queries the profile list on each personal computer, transmits for each personal computer computer-identifying data associated with the personal computer and user-identifying data associated with a user of the personal computer, and stores the computer-identifying data in a database so that it can be used in an electronic discovery system to collect data stored by the user on the computer.
Claims26
A method for identifying users of personal computers within a network for the purposes of electronic discovery, comprising:
- accessing the personal computers via the network;
- querying the profile list on each personal computer;
- transmitting for each personal computer computer-identifying data associated with the personal computer and user-identifying data associated with a user of the personal computer;
- and
- storing the computer-identifying data in a database.
A method for identifying users of personal computers within a network for the purposes of electronic discovery, comprising:
- installing on the personal computers a tool configured to transmit computer-identifying data and user-identifying to a database server;
- accessing a preexisting directory comprising data relating to the users;
- locating in the directory an entry that comprises data matching the user-identifying data;
- and
- linking the computer-identifying data to the entry.
A system for identifying users of personal computers within a network for the purposes of electronic discovery, comprising:
- a profile scanning tool configured to scan the personal computers, query the profile list on each personal computer, and transmit to a database server for each personal computer computer-identifying data associated with the personal computer and user-identifying data associated with a user of the personal computer;
- a database server configured to receive the computer-identifying data and the user-identifying data from the profile scanning tool and store the computer-identifying data in a database;
- and
- an electronic discovery management server in communication with the database server via the network configured to retrieve from the database server the computer-identifying data in response to an electronic discovery request targeting the user.
A computer program product for maintaining a custodian management system in for the purposes of performing electronic discovery in an enterprise environment, the computer program product comprising a computer readable medium having computer readable program instructions stored therein, wherein said computer readable program instructions comprise:
- first instructions configured for accessing the personal computers via the network;
- second instructions configured for querying the profile list on each personal computer;
- third instructions configured for transmitting for each personal computer computer-identifying data associated with the personal computer and user-identifying data associated with a user of the personal computer;
- and
- fourth instructions configured for storing the computer-identifying data in a database.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.