System and method for managing electronic documents in a litigation context
First Claim
1. A method for processing electronic documents for use in a legal proceeding, comprising:
- a. storing a request for production of a document in a record in a table in a database;
b. obtaining a set of electronic documents stored on a computer readable medium without altering a predetermined set of characteristics of the set of electronic documents with respect to the computer readable medium;
c. using a first software process to obtain a first set of description data of each of the electronic documents;
d. using a second software process to extract text content from each of the electronic documents to the extent that each electronic document contains extractable text content;
e. storing the first set of description data in a first predetermined set of fields in a record in a table in the database, at least one of the predetermined set of fields of stored data containing data relating the stored first set of description data with its respective electronic document;
f. storing the text content if present into a second predetermined set of fields in a record related to its respective electronic document in a table in the database;
g. obtaining a document relevance decision criterion related to the request for production;
h. analyzing the description data and the text content for responsiveness to the document relevance decision criterion; and
i. creating an association in the database of each of the electronic document with the request for production if that electronic document is at or above a responsiveness threshold with respect to the document relevance decision criterion as determined by matching at least one of the description data and the text content with the decision criterion.
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Abstract
A system and method for production of analyzing electronic documents includes document acquisition software; a database, comprising a document table; a document parser; a categorization schema; and a document processor operatively in communication with the database and the categorization schema. Document acquisition software operatively resident in a first computer acquires an electronic document which is then parsed by a document parser operatively resident in a second computer to create a set of parsed data related to the acquired document. A predetermined set of data describing the parsed document, comprising the created parsed data, are stored into a document table of a database accessible to the second computer. A non-neural network process is used to process the created parsed data in a document processor operatively resident in a third computer according to a categorization schema to create an association between the acquired document and the categorization schema.
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22 Claims
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1. A method for processing electronic documents for use in a legal proceeding, comprising:
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a. storing a request for production of a document in a record in a table in a database; b. obtaining a set of electronic documents stored on a computer readable medium without altering a predetermined set of characteristics of the set of electronic documents with respect to the computer readable medium; c. using a first software process to obtain a first set of description data of each of the electronic documents; d. using a second software process to extract text content from each of the electronic documents to the extent that each electronic document contains extractable text content; e. storing the first set of description data in a first predetermined set of fields in a record in a table in the database, at least one of the predetermined set of fields of stored data containing data relating the stored first set of description data with its respective electronic document; f. storing the text content if present into a second predetermined set of fields in a record related to its respective electronic document in a table in the database; g. obtaining a document relevance decision criterion related to the request for production; h. analyzing the description data and the text content for responsiveness to the document relevance decision criterion; and i. creating an association in the database of each of the electronic document with the request for production if that electronic document is at or above a responsiveness threshold with respect to the document relevance decision criterion as determined by matching at least one of the description data and the text content with the decision criterion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system for processing electronic documents, comprising:
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a. a data store; b. a database resident in the data store, the database comprising; 1. a source table, the source table comprising a record, the record comprising a key indexing field and a description data field and 2. a request table, the request table comprising a record, the record comprising a key indexing field and a description data field; c. a computer operatively in communication with the data store, the database, and a source of electronic documents; and d. analysis software operatively resident in the computer, the analysis software further comprising; 1. a user interface comprising a request for production form for entry of a request for production based on a legal proceeding, a search keyword form, a source of electronic documents form, and an analysis form; 2. an analysis module configured to associate a set of user selected keywords with each request for production; 3. a search module configured to search a document table of the database for data associated with an electronic document which contain a predetermined number of the user selected keywords; and 4. an association module adapted to associate an electronic document with a request for production and store the association into a predetermined table of the database.
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20. A method of processing electronic files for litigation, comprising:
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a. obtaining a predetermined set of electronic files; b. obtaining a predetermined set of descriptive data for each of the electronic files from a computer operating system; c. importing the predetermined set of descriptive data into a first predetermined set of fields in a first predetermined set of records in a file table associated with a database; d. extracting text from each of the electronic files if extractable text exists in that electronic file; e. storing a request for production into a record in a request table of the database; f. obtaining a search criterion associated with the request for production; g. searching the file table for files that match the search criterion; h. creating an associated set of electronic files from the first set of electronic files that meet the search criterion with the request for production; and i. storing the associated set of electronic files in a table in the database along with a database relation for that associated set of electronic files with the request for production. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
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