Forensic system, forensic method, and forensic program

• US 8,549,037 B2
• Filed: 07/27/2011
• Issued: 10/01/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/28/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fronteo, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Ubic, Inc.
• Inventors: Morimoto, Masahiro, Shirai, Yoshikatsu, Takeda, Hideki, Ohno, Masatoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): PEACH, POLINA G
• Application Number:
  US13/514,981
• Publication Number:
  US 20120290578A1
• Time in Patent Office: 797 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 707/780
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/30 of unstructured textual data document management systems G06F16/93
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/3337 Translation of the query language, e.g. Chinese to English

Abstract

Embodiments of the inventive concept reduce the burden of creating litigant sources of evidence or other evidentiary materials in connection with litigation in a court of law. Designation of at least one document file included in digital document information is accepted and designation of a language into which the designated document file is translated is accepted. The document file, the designation of which is accepted, is translated into the language the designation of which is accepted. A common document file representing the same content as that of the designated document file is extracted from digital document information recorded in a recording unit. Translation-related information representing that the extracted common document file is translated by invoking a translated content of the translated document file is generated, and, based on the translation-related information, a litigant-related document file is output.

Claims

1. A forensic system configured to acquire digital information recorded in a plurality of computers or a server, to analyze the acquired digital information, the system comprising:

a digital information acquiring unit configured to acquire digital information including digital document information having a plurality of document files and user information related to a user who uses the plurality of computers or the server;

a recording unit configured to record the digital information acquired by the digital information acquiring unit;

a display unit configured to display the recorded digital information and the user information;

a designation accepting unit configured to accept designation of at least one document file included in the digital document information, and to accept designation of a specific language into which the at least one document file, the designation of which is accepted, is translated;

a translation processing unit configured to translate the at least one document file, the designation of which is accepted, into the language the designation of which is accepted;

a common document file extracting unit configured to extract a common document file representing the same content as that of the designated document file from the digital document information recorded in the recording unit;

a translation-related information generating unit configured to generate translation-related information representing that the extracted common document file is translated by invoking a translated content of the translated document file, and information representing an output priority order of the plurality of document files;

a control unit including;

a multi-language full-text searching unit configured to perform a multi-language full-text search of the document files; and

a managing unit including an access right control function configured to set one or more rights for each account of a browsing person;

an incidental information setting unit configured to set incidental information representing whether document files of the extracted digital document information are related to a litigant;

a language determining unit configured to generate a plurality of partial character strings from character strings of a predetermined language according to a predetermined rule, to evaluate a language to which each partial character string from among the plurality of partial character strings may belong, to search for a character string of the at least one document file stored in the recording unit, to discover the character string that is searched as being a match with one of the plurality of generated partial character strings, and to determine a language to which the discovered character string of the at least one document file belongs; and

an output unit configured to output a litigant document file based on the translation-related information, the incidental information, and the output priority order of the plurality of document files.

2. The forensic system according to claim 1, wherein the translation-related information generating unit is further configured to record the translation-related information in incidental information of the at least one document file, the designation of which is accepted.

3. The forensic system according to claim 1, wherein the translation-related information generating unit is further configured to record the translation-related information in incidental information of the common document file.

4. The forensic system according to claim 1, wherein the translation-related information generating unit is further configured to record the translation-related information in the recording unit.

5. The forensic system according to claim 1, wherein the translation-related information further includes information representing that the common document file has the same translated content as that of the designated document file, and further includes information representing an output priority order of the document file in the output unit, and

the output unit is configured to control permission of outputting the document file based on the information representing the priority order.

6. The forensic system according to claim 5, further comprising:

a data format discriminating unit configured to discriminate a data format of a document file of the digital document information recorded by the recording unit, wherein

the output unit is configured to perform a control such that, of the document files discriminated by the data format discriminating unit, when a translated document file has a data format different from that of the common document file, the common document file having the different data format is output.

7. The forensic system according to claim 1, wherein the output unit is any one of a printer, a digital document file creating device, and the display unit.

8. The forensic system according to claim 1, wherein

the output unit is configured to output a litigant document file based on the translation-related information and the incidental information.

9. The forensic system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a language determining unit configured to determine a specific language in which each of the plurality of document files is described based on the recorded digital document information, wherein

the recording unit is configured to record the plurality of document files such that the plurality of document files are classified and recorded in language-sorted folders, respectively, depending on the results of languages determined by the language determining unit.

12. The forensic system according to claim 1, wherein the access right control function of the managing unit is configured to set a browsing-only right.

13. The forensic system according to claim 1, wherein the access right control function of the managing unit is configured to set a manager right.

14. The forensic system according to claim 1, wherein the access right control function of the managing unit is configured to set an access right.

10. A forensic method for acquiring digital information recorded on a plurality of computers or a server to analyze the acquired digital information, the method comprising:

acquiring digital information including digital document information configured by a plurality of document files and user information related to a user who uses the plurality of computers or a server;

recording the digital information acquired by a digital information acquiring unit;

displaying the recorded digital information and the user information;

accepting designation of at least one document file included in the digital document information and accepting designation of a specific language into which the at least one document file, the designation of which is accepted, is translated;

translating the at least one document file, the designation of which is accepted, into the language the designation of which is accepted;

extracting a common document file representing the same contents as that of the designated document file from the digital document information recorded in a recording unit;

generating translation-related information representing that the extracted common document file is translated by invoking a translated content of the translated document file, and information representing an output priority order of the plurality of document files;

searching, by a multi-language full-text searching unit, the full-text of the document files;

setting, by an access right control function of a managing unit, one or more rights for each account of a browsing person;

setting incidental information representing whether document files of the extracted digital document information are related to a litigant;

generating a plurality of partial character strings from character strings of a predetermined language according to a predetermined rule;

evaluating a language to which each partial character string from among the plurality of partial character strings may belong;

searching for a character string of the at least one document file stored in the recording unit;

discovering the character string that is searched as being a match with one of the plurality of generated partial character strings;

determining a language to which the discovered character string of the at least one document file belongs; and

outputting a litigant document file based on the translation-related information, the incidental information, and the output priority order of the plurality of document files.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein setting further includes setting a browsing-only right.

16. The method of claim 10, wherein setting further includes setting a manager right.

17. The method of claim 10, wherein setting further includes setting an access right.

11. A non-transitory recording medium recording therein a forensic program which acquires digital information recorded on a plurality of computers or a server to analyze the acquired digital information to cause a computer to execute:

a function of acquiring digital document information configured by a plurality of document files and user information related to a user who uses the plurality of computers or a server;

a function of recording the digital information acquired by a digital information acquiring unit;

a function of displaying the recorded digital information and the user information;

a function of accepting designation of at least one document file included in the digital document information and accepting designation of a specific language into which the at least one document file, the designation of which is accepted, is translated;

a function of translating the at least one document file the designation of which is accepted into the language the designation of which is accepted;

a function of extracting a common document file representing the same contents as that of the designated document file from the digital document information recorded in a recording unit;

a function of generating translation-related information representing that the extracted common document file is translated by invoking a translated content of the translated document file, and information representing an output priority order of the plurality of document files;

a function of searching, by a multi-language full-text searching unit, the full-text of the document files;

a function of setting, by an access right control function of a managing unit, one or more rights for each account of a browsing person;

a function of setting incidental information representing whether document files of the extracted digital document information are related to a litigant;

a function of generating a plurality of partial character strings from character strings of a predetermined language according to a predetermined rule;

a function of evaluating a language to which each partial character string from among the plurality of partial character strings may belong;

a function of searching for a character string of the at least one document file stored in the recording unit;

a function of discovering the character string that is searched as being a match with one of the plurality of generated partial character strings;

a function of determining a language to which the discovered character string of the at least one document file belongs; and

a function of outputting a litigant document file based on the translation-related information.

18. The non-transitory recording medium of claim 11, wherein the function of setting further includes a function of setting a browsing-only right.

19. The non-transitory recording medium of claim 11, wherein the function of setting further includes a function of setting a manager right.

20. The non-transitory recording medium of claim 11, wherein the function of setting further includes a function of setting an access right.