US 2020/0005330 A1 · SINGLE INSTANCE STORAGE OF METADATA AND EXTRACTED TEXT

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.

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Dependent claims

A method of storing a collection of computer readable electronic files in at least one storage device of a computer system also including at least one processor comprising for each new electronic file to be added to the collection:

the at least one processor determining a hash value of the new electronic record;
the at least one processor determining whether the hash value of the new electronic file matches a hash value of an electronic file already in the collection;
when the hash value of the new electronic file does not match the hash value of any electronic file already in the collection, the at least one processor adding the new electronic file and its hash value to the collection stored in the at least one storage device;
and
when the hash value of the new electronic file matches the hash value of an electronic file already in the collection, the at least one processor linking an identity of the new electronic file to the electronic file already in the collection with the matching hash value without storing the new electronic file in the collection.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Single instance storage of metadata and extracted text

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