Patent ID: 9542410
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Claim:
1. A method for electronic communication file conversion in an enterprise-wide electronic data discovery system, the method comprising: creating, in a computing device memory, one or more custodian profiles comprising a history of storage locations used by the one or more custodians, wherein the history is automatically generated in response to monitoring the computer usage of the one or more custodians, wherein the storage locations are locations in which one or more files are stored, and wherein creating the one or more custodian profiles further comprises: receiving, by a computer processing device, a data request to capture electronic data including electronic communication files for one or more custodians, wherein at least one of the electronic communication files is a meeting request, and wherein the electronic data is one or more compression scheme files; determining, by a computing processing device, based on the one or more custodian profiles, one or more storage locations in which the one or more custodians stored the electronic data; capturing the electronic data including electronic communication files from the one or more custodians based on the data request, wherein at least a portion of the electronic data is captured from the one or more storage locations determined; storing, in computing device memory, the captured electronic data; extracting the electronic communication files from the one or more compression scheme files; automatically identifying, by a computing device processor, at least one of the electronic communication files as a meeting request; determining, for each of the meeting requests, one or more task requests associated with the electronic communication files; automatically determining, by a computing device processor, that file conversion is necessary for one or more of the electronic communication files; automatically determining, by a computing device processor, a predetermined file format to which the electronic communication files will be converted, wherein the predetermined file format is a meeting appointment where the electronic communication file is a meeting request; automatically converting, by a computing device processor, one or more of the electronic communication files to the predetermined file format, wherein converting the electronic communication files comprises re-formatting the electronic communication files, and wherein one or more of the meeting requests are converted to meeting appointments, wherein converting further comprises converting the one or more task requests to a file format compatible to be associated with the meeting appointment; storing, in the computing device memory, the converted one or more electronic communication files; removing the electronic communication files from the one or more compression scheme files based on the electronic communication files being converted; determining whether the one or more compression scheme files are empty based on removing the electronic communication files; removing, from memory, the one or more compression scheme files that are empty; forwarding the compression scheme files that are not empty for quality control processing; and outputting, by a computing device processor, indices related to file conversion of the electronic communication files, wherein the indices include, a number of files undergoing format change, type of format change, number of email messages, number of other type entries, the number messages/entries undergoing form change, the type of form change, the number of email messages undergoing form change, and the number of appointments undergoing form change.