US 2020/0005328 A1Published application

Filtering workflow

AssigneeUnitedlex Corp.

InventorsChristopher David DEPPE, Thomas P. Seymour, John Thomas GABRIEL, Baroon ANAND, Ryan REEVES

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Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a method for processing computer readable electronic files in an investigation in a computer system including a processor coupled to a display and an electronic storage device coupled to the processor. The method includes the processor accessing the electronic files and related data from a data source. The accessed files and related data are culled by the processor based on predetermined filter criteria. The processor stores the remaining files and related data in a third-party data repository and maps a set of electronic files and related data stored in the third-party data repository into a predetermined database schema. The mapped files and related data are analyzed by the processor, which applies a status decision on them. The analyzed electronic files and related data are submitted to a third-party e-discovery processing application based on the applied status decision.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A method for selecting electronic files associated with an investigation in a computer system including at least one processor, at least one electronic storage device coupled with at least one processor and at least one display coupled to the at least one processor comprising:

the at least one processor receiving at least one facet for the basis of the selecting and at least one value associated with each facet, the at least one facet including custodians of the electronic files, dates associated with the electronic files, e-mail domains associated with e-mails represented by the electronic files, file types of the electronic files, terms included within the electronic files, or current states of the electronic files or any combination thereof;
the at least one processor filtering for computer readable electronic files stored in the at least one electronic storage device meeting the at least one value associated with the at least one facet received by the at least one processor;
the at least one processor displaying on the at least one display metadata associated with the electronic files identified in the filtering;
the at least one processor causing contents of an electronic file selected based on the metadata to be displayed on the at least one display;
and
the at least processor recording an indication from a user as to whether or not an electronic file is responsive to an investigation.

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A computer system for selecting electronic files associated with an investigation comprising:

at least one processor;
at least one electronic storage device coupled to the at least one processor;
and
at least one display coupled to the at least one processor, wherein:
the at least one processor receives at least one facet for the basis of the selecting and at least one value associated with each facet, the at least one facet including domains of the electronic files, dates associated with the electronic files, e-mail domains associated with e-mails represented by the electronic files, file types of the electronic files, terms included within the electronic files, or current states of the electronic files, or any combination thereof:
the at least one processor filters for computer readable electronic files stored in the at least one storage device meeting the at least one value associated with the at least one facet received by the at least one processor;
the at least one processor displays on the at least one display metadata associated with the electronic files identified in the filtering;
the at least one processor causes contents of an electronic file selected based on the metadata to be displayed on the at least one display;
and
the at least one processor records an indication from a user as to whether or not an electronic file is responsive to an investigation.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/569,167Filed 12 Sep 2019
Priority: 9 Sep 2013
Published: 2 Jan 2020
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification15 codes

G06Q 30/00
Commerce
G06F 16/13
File systems; File servers: file access structures, e.g. distributed indices
G06F 16/137
File access structures, e.g. distributed indices: hash-based
G06F 16/26
Of structured data, e.g. relational data: visual data mining; Browsing structured data

Family

Application61/875,474Us provisional application · filed 9 Sep 2013
Application14/480,901Division · filed 9 Sep 2014
Application16/569,167Division
US 10,453,071 B2Related patent
US 2015/0074007 A1Published application
US 2020/0005328 A1This patent

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