Legal discovery tool implemented in a mobile device

A method for collecting data and data files from computer resources of a target system for a computerized legal discovery, the method executed by a mobile data collection manager implemented in a mobile device and comprising:

• generating a collector based, at least in part, on collection definition data that specifies one or more data types to be searched on a target device and one or more data computer resources to be searched on the target device;
• causing to transmit the collector from the mobile device, via one or more computer networks, to a network server for storing the collector in the network server;
• wherein the network server is separate from the mobile device and separate from the target device;
• generating, and causing to be transmitted to a custodian, a notification for notifying the custodian of the target device that the collector is available for downloading from the network server to the target device for execution on the target device;
• wherein executing the collector on the target device causes the collector to:
• in response to a custodian request that is received in response to the notification sent by the mobile data collection manager to the custodian, from the network server, via the one or more computer networks, selectively determine one or more data files that have certain characteristics that correspond to the one or more data types specified in the collection definition data of the collector downloaded to the target device, and that are hosted on the one or more data computer resources of the target device and are specified in the collection definition data of the collector downloaded to the target device from the network server;
• collect the one or more data files from the target device;
• and
• store the one or more data files in the network server.

A computer-implemented legal discovery system comprising:

• a collector configured to perform a computerized legal discovery;
• a mobile data collection manager implemented in a mobile device and configured to:
• generating a collector based, at least in part, on collection definition data that specifies one or more data types to be searched on a target device and one or more data computer resources to be searched on the target device;
• causing to transmit the collector from the mobile device, via one or more computer networks, to a network server for storing the collector in the network server;
• wherein the network server is separate from the mobile device and separate from the target device;
• generating, and causing to be transmitted to a custodian, a notification for notifying the custodian of the target device that the collector is available for downloading from the network server to the target device for execution on the target device;
• wherein executing the collector on the target device causes the collector to:
• in response to a custodian request that is received in response to the notification sent by the mobile data collection manager to the custodian, from the network server, via the one or more computer networks, selectively determine one or more data files that have certain characteristics that correspond to the one or more data types specified in the collection definition data of the collector downloaded to the target device, and that are hosted on the one or more data computer resources of the target device and are specified in the collection definition data of the collector downloaded to the target device from the network server;
• collect the one or more data files from the target device;
• and
• store the one or more data files in the network server.