Patent ID: 9514327
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method for managing a networked secure collaborative computer data exchange environment, the method comprising: establishing, by a secure exchange server controlled by an intermediate entity, a client login data authentication procedure that allows at least one client computing device of a plurality of client computing devices operated by users of a plurality of entities to access the secure exchange server, wherein communication between the secure exchange server and the plurality of client computing devices is through a communications network; storing, by the secure exchange server, at least one client login authentication data for each of the plurality of client computing devices; receiving first content from a first device of the plurality of client computing devices; permitting, by the secure exchange server, access to the first content for a subset of the plurality of computing devices through an exchange content access facility, wherein the exchange content access facility is managed by at least one of the plurality of entities and the intermediate entity; granting, by the secure exchange server, access to the first content to a second device of the plurality of client computing devices when the secure exchange server receives from the second device its client login authentication data provided that the second device is one of the subset of the plurality of computing devices; providing an electronic discovery facility of the secure exchange server, wherein at least one of the plurality of client computing devices utilizes a network-based content storage service to store second content, and wherein the storage and access of the second content with the network-based content storage service is tracked by the electronic discovery facility; receiving, at the electronic discovery facility, a discovery request, the discovery request comprising a request to access second content stored on the network-based content storage service, wherein the discovery request is for access by an agent and wherein the agent is at least one of a legal counsel, a legal agent, a paralegal, a legal assistant, a law clerk, a judicial agent, a law enforcement agent, a government agent, an outside counsel, an internal counsel, an internal agent, an auditor, an accountant, a forensic accountant, an expert witness, an employee, a consultant, and an enterprise knowledge worker; identifying and securing, by the electronic discovery facility and as a result of the discovery request, at least a portion of the second content on the network-based content storage service; and providing, by the electronic discovery facility of the secure data exchange server, access to the identified and secured second content stored on network-based content storage service.