Patent ID: 11966502
Assignee: FORENSIFILE, LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method of managing a digital file along with associated forensic data for the digital file comprising:
a) providing a digital file forensic accounting and management system comprising:
a file providing computer;
an interface program;
a datastore;

b) utilizing the interface program to collect forensic data about an original digital file;
c) transferring said original digital file to said datastore;
d) saving said original digital file in the datastore;
e) transferring said forensic data from said original digital file to said datastore
wherein the forensic data includes origination data for said original digital file;
wherein the origination data includes an address of said file providing computer used for receiving the original digital file;
wherein the file providing computer is a mobile device;
wherein the interface program is a mobile App; and
wherein mobile App includes a print driver to collect forensic data about a scan produced by the mobile device;
f) retrieving said original digital file from the datastore by said interface program or a second interface program;
recording a chain of custody when the original digital file is retrieved from the datastore,
wherein the chain of custody includes retrieval forensic data of said interface program or said second interface program used to retrieve said original digital file; and
wherein the original digital file cannot be modified by said interface program or said second interface program after being saved in the datastore.