Printer image log system for document gathering and retention
First Claim
1. A method for processing a document production request received by an organization, comprising:
- receiving electronic image logs comprising image data and associated records for documents processed by a plurality of image output devices within the organization;
with a data processing device, automatically filtering the electronic 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 comprising attorney-client exchanges, the first and second classifiers having each been trained through a machine learning method with respective training examples of the documents labeled with respective classes; and
outputting responsive documents with a label indicating whether they comprise attorney-client exchanges or not.
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Abstract
A system and method for document image acquisition and retrieval find application in litigation for responding to discovery requests. The method includes receiving automatically acquired electronic image logs comprising image data and associated records for documents processed by a plurality of image output devices within an organization. When a request for document production is received, 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 out documents that include attorney-client exchanges.
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22 Claims
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1. A method for processing a document production request received by an organization, comprising:
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receiving electronic image logs comprising image data and associated records for documents processed by a plurality of image output devices within the organization; with a data processing device, automatically filtering the electronic 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 comprising attorney-client exchanges, the first and second classifiers having each been trained through a machine learning method with respective training examples of the documents labeled with respective classes; and outputting responsive documents with a label indicating whether they comprise attorney-client exchanges or not. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer implemented system for processing a document production request received by an organization, comprising:
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a component which receives electronic image logs comprising image data and associated records for documents processed by a plurality of image output devices within the organization; a selection component which automatically filters the electronic image logs or information extracted therefrom through a first classifier trained to return documents responsive to a document production request and a second classifier trained to return those of the responsive documents that comprise attorney-client exchanges; and at least one computer processor for implementing the components. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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21. A method comprising:
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receiving electronic image logs for documents being printed, copied, scanned, or faxed by image output devices within an organization, the image output devices being selected from printers, copiers, scanners, fax machines and multifunction devices; with a data processing device, training first and second binary classifiers with a training set of responsive documents; automatically filtering the image logs or information extracted therefrom through the first binary classifier to generate a set of responsive documents corresponding to filtered ones of the image logs, and automatically filtering the set of responsive documents through the second binary classifier to identify responsive documents comprising attorney-client exchanges; and outputting the set of responsive documents with a label indicating whether they comprise attorney-client exchanges or not. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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