SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING AND COPYING MULTIMEDIA MESSAGES TO STORAGE LOCATIONS IN COMPLIANCE WITH A POLICY
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Abstract
The present inventions relate systems and methods for monitoring and managing electronic messages in one or more computer networks. More particularly, the systems and methods of the present invention provide a substantially global or unified approach to messaging management within one or more computer networks that allows network administrators or other authorized users to define and identify electronic messages of interest within the network and store selected messages such that they can be retrieved and examined in connection with an audit or other inquiry.
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1. (canceled)
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2. A computer system comprising:
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a plurality of first computing devices comprising computer hardware and one or more first storage devices, wherein the plurality of first computing devices electronically send a plurality of messages to a plurality of destinations, wherein at least a portion of the plurality of messages comprise multimedia messages in different file formats; and converting a the compliance policy into recognition routines that are deployed in a plurality of compliance monitoring agents within a network, wherein the plurality of compliance monitoring agents within the network monitor the plurality of messages, the compliance monitoring agents comprising at least a second computing device comprising computer hardware that is in communication with the plurality of first computing devices, the plurality of compliance monitoring agents configured to; block a first multimedia message that meets a selection criteria from being sent to an intended destination; and direct storage of the copy of the first multimedia message that meets the selection criteria by automatically directing conversion of the copy of the first multimedia message into a compliance file format to reduce the number of different file formats stored in the designated storage, and store the converted copies of the first multimedia message in the designated storage specified in the compliance policy. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 21)
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12. A method of processing electronic messages in a computer system, comprising:
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with at least one computing device comprising computer hardware and one or more first storage devices; converting a compliance policy into recognition routines that are deployed in a plurality of compliance monitoring agents within a network; monitoring, with the plurality of compliance monitoring agents, a plurality of messages sent to a plurality of destinations, wherein at least a portion of the plurality of messages comprise multimedia messages in different file formats; blocking a first multimedia message that meets a selection criteria from being sent to an intended designation; and storing the copy of the first multimedia message that meets the selection criteria by directing conversion of the first multimedia message into a compliance file format to reduce the number of different file formats stored in the designated storage, and store the converted copy of the first multimedia message in the designated storage specified in the compliance policy. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 16, 17, 19, 20)
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18. The method of clam 16, wherein a type of the compliance file format type comprises one or more of the group consisting of MS Word, WordPerfect, and American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII).
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