Systems and methods for publishing datasets

• US 9,374,375 B2
• Filed: 06/06/2014
• Issued: 06/21/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/04/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Open Text Holdings, Inc. (Open Text Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Recommind Incorporated (Open Text Corporation)
• Inventors: Tennant, Robert
• Primary Examiner(s): Wu, Yicun
• Application Number:
  US14/298,669
• Publication Number:
  US 20140304274A1
• Time in Patent Office: 746 Days
• Field of Search: 707/627, 713165-171, 726 2- 6, 709/224, 709/226, 709/230
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2228 Indexing structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/275 Synchronous replication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/972 Access to data in other repository systems, e.g. legacy data or dynamic Web page generation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/02 for separating internal from external traffic, e.g. firewalls
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources

Abstract

Systems and methods for publishing datasets are provided herein. According to some embodiments, methods for publishing datasets may include receiving a request to publish a dataset to at least one of an internal environment located within a secured zone and an external environment located outside the secured zone, the request comprising at least one selection criteria, selecting the dataset based upon the at least one selection criteria, the dataset being selected from an index of collected datasets, and responsive to the request, publishing the dataset to at least one of the internal environment and the external environment.

Claims

1. A method for publishing datasets, comprising:

maintaining both a first and second communications path,

the first communications path for providing communications between a document review team and an internal review environment located within a secured zone of a cloud, the first communications path being a secured communications path,

the second communications path for providing communications between the document review team and an external review environment located within a cloud and outside the secured zone, without a requirement of the second communications path being a secured communications path;

receiving a request to publish a plurality of datasets to the internal review environment located within the secured zone and the external review environment located outside the secured zone, the request comprising a plurality of selection criteria;

selecting one or more first datasets based upon a first selection criteria, the first datasets being selected from an index of collected datasets;

selecting one or more second datasets based upon a second selection criteria, the second datasets being selected from the index of collected datasets; and

in response to the received request;

publishing the one or more first datasets to the internal review environment for access by the document review team via the first communications path, and

publishing the one or more second datasets to the external review environment for access by the document review team via the second communications path.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

collecting datasets from a plurality of data sources;

indexing the collected datasets to create the index of collected datasets; and

storing the collected datasets in a storage medium.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising, responsive to the request, creating a copy of the index of collected datasets and selecting a dataset from the copy of the index of collected datasets.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein publishing includes at least one of:

encapsulating a dataset into one or more files and transmitting the one or more files to at least one of the internal review environment and the external review environment;

grouping the dataset into one or more batches and transmitting the one or more batches to at least one of the internal review environment and the external review environment; and

streaming the dataset to at least one of the internal review environment and the external review environment.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the index of collected datasets is formed by parsing communications for at least one of terms, dates, subject matters, and email addresses.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein end users enter search queries, via an interface, for searching indexes, establishing dataset collection criteria, or automatically obtaining and publishing datasets to an internal document review location.

11. The method according to claim 1, further comprising receiving, via an interface, search queries for searching indexes, establishing dataset collection criteria, or automatically obtaining and publishing datasets to an internal document review location.

12. The method according to claim 1, wherein the internal review environment includes components or modules behind a firewall.

13. The method according to claim 1, wherein a data collection module utilizes one or more crawlers to receive datasets from targets.

14. The method according to claim 1, wherein communication of datasets from targets occurs automatically and continuously over time.

15. The method according to claim 1, wherein communication of datasets from targets occurs in batches.

5. An early case assessment system for publishing datasets, comprising:

a memory for storing executable instructions for publishing datasets;

a processor for executing the instructions stored in memory, the executable instructions comprising;

a core gather module that receives requests to publish a first dataset to an internal environment located within a cloud in a secured zone of the early case assessment system and a second dataset to an external environment located outside the secured zone, the requests comprising selection criteria; and

a core analysis module communicatively coupled to the core gather module that;

selects the first and second dataset based upon a request received by the core gather module, the first and second dataset being selected from an index of collected datasets based upon the selection criteria; and

publishes the first dataset to the internal environment and the second dataset to the external environment based upon a request received by the core gather module;

a first communications path for providing to a document review team access to published datasets within the internal environment, the first communications path being a secured communications path; and

a second communications path for providing to the document review team access to transfer published datasets from the external environment to a local computing system without a requirement of the second communications path being a secured communications path.

6. The early case assessment system according to claim 5, wherein the core gather module collects datasets from a plurality of data sources and the core analysis module indexes the collected datasets to create the index of collected datasets and stores the collected datasets in a storage medium.

7. The early case assessment system according to claim 5, wherein the core analysis module creates a copy of the index of collected datasets and selects a dataset from the copy of the index of collected datasets based upon receipt of the request to publish the dataset by the core gather module.

8. The early case assessment system according to claim 5, wherein the external environment that is located outside the secured zone includes a cloud computing system communicatively couplable to the core analysis module.

16. The early case assessment system according to claim 5, wherein the index of collected datasets is formed by parsing communications for at least one of terms, dates, subject matters, and email addresses.

17. The early case assessment system according to claim 5, wherein end users enter search queries, via an interface, for searching indexes, establishing dataset collection criteria, or automatically obtaining and publishing datasets to an internal document review location.

18. The early case assessment system according to claim 5, wherein the internal environment comprises a virtual, segregated document review environment that provides a secure location for review and analysis of the collected datasets.

19. The early case assessment system according to claim 5, wherein the internal environment includes components or modules behind a firewall.

20. The early case assessment system according to claim 5, wherein one or more crawlers receive datasets.

21. The early case assessment system according to claim 5, wherein communication of datasets from targets to a data collection module occurs automatically and continuously over time.

22. The early case assessment system according to claim 5, wherein the index of collected datasets is maintained for an end user.

23. An early case assessment system for publishing datasets, comprising:

a cloud including a secured zone;

a memory for storing executable instructions for publishing datasets;

a processor for executing the instructions stored in memory, the processor communicatively coupled to the cloud, the executable instructions comprising;

a core gather module that receives requests to publish a plurality of datasets to an internal environment located in the cloud within the secured zone and an external environment located in the cloud outside the secured zone, the requests comprising at least one selection criteria; and

a core analysis module communicatively coupled to the core gather module that;

selects one or more first datasets from the plurality of datasets based upon a request received by the core gather module, the core analysis module selecting the one or more first datasets from an index of collected datasets based upon the at least one selection criteria;

selects one or more second datasets from the plurality of datasets based upon the request received by the core gather module, the core analysis module selecting the one or more second datasets from the index of collected datasets based upon the at least one selection criteria; and

publishes the one or more first datasets to the internal environment, and publishes the one or more second datasets to the external environment based upon the request received by the core gather module;

a first communications path for providing communications between a user and the internal environment, the first communications path being a secured communications path; and

a second communications path for providing communications between the user and the external environment without a requirement of the second communications path being a secured communications path.