Printer image log system for document gathering and retention
First Claim
1. A method for document image acquisition and retrieval comprising:
- automatically acquiring image logs comprising image data and associated records for documents being processed by a plurality of image output devices within an organization;
archiving the image logs for the processed documents in a computer-readable storage medium;
when a request for document production is received by the organization for discovery of responsive documents in litigation, with a computer processor, automatically filtering the image logs, through a first classifier trained to return documents that are responsive to the document production request and a second classifier trained to return those of the responsive documents that are privileged, the privileged documents comprising attorney-client exchanges, the first and second classifiers having been trained through a machine learning method with training examples of the documents labeled with respective classes; and
outputting responsive documents.
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Abstract
A system and method for document image acquisition and retrieval which find application in litigation for responding to discovery requests are disclosed. The method includes automatically acquiring image data and associated records for documents being processed by a plurality of image output devices within an organization and archiving the image data and associated records as image logs for the processed documents. When a request for document production is received by the organization, the image logs (and/or information extracted therefrom) are automatically filtered through at least one classifier trained to return documents responsive to the document request, and documents corresponding to the filtered out image logs are output. One of the filters may be configured for filtering privileged from non-privileged documents.
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22 Claims
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1. A method for document image acquisition and retrieval comprising:
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automatically acquiring image logs comprising image data and associated records for documents being processed by a plurality of image output devices within an organization; archiving the image logs for the processed documents in a computer-readable storage medium; when a request for document production is received by the organization for discovery of responsive documents in litigation, with a computer processor, automatically filtering the image logs, through a first classifier trained to return documents that are responsive to the document production request and a second classifier trained to return those of the responsive documents that are privileged, the privileged documents comprising attorney-client exchanges, the first and second classifiers having been trained through a machine learning method with training examples of the documents labeled with respective classes; and outputting responsive documents. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer implemented system for document image log acquisition and retrieval comprising:
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a capturing component which automatically acquires image data and associated records for documents being processed by a plurality of image output devices; an archiving component which receives the acquired image data and records from the capturing component and archives image logs comprising the image data and associated records in an associated archive; a selection component which automatically filters the image logs or information extracted therefrom through at least one classifier trained to return documents responsive to a document request, the at least one classifier including a first classifier trained to return documents that are responsive to the document production request and a second classifier trained to return those of the responsive documents that are privileged, the privileged documents comprising attorney-client exchanges; and at least one computer processor for implementing the components. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for document image acquisition and retrieval comprising:
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automatically capturing image logs for all documents being printed, copied, scanned, or faxed by all image output devices within an organization, the image output devices being selected from printers, copiers, scanners, fax machines, and multifunction printing devices; automatically archiving the captured image logs for at least a predetermined retention period; when a request for document production is received by the organization, training at least one classifier with a training set of responsive documents and automatically filtering the archived captured image logs or information extracted therefrom through the at least one classifier to generate a set of responsive documents corresponding to filtered ones of the image logs, the at least one classifier comprising a first binary classifier which identifies the responsive documents and a second binary classifier which identifies privileged ones of the responsive documents; and outputting the set of responsive documents. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
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