Patent ID: 8868561
Filing Date: 2014-10-21
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for conducting electronic discovery within an enterprise environment, comprising: generating, via a computer processor, an electronic discovery case, wherein the electronic discovery case is a matter in which electronic data is sought, located, collected and searched for a purpose of using the electronic data as evidence in one of a legal proceeding, an audit, a regulatory investigation or a forensic investigation; linking, via a computer processor, a custodian profile of a custodian to the electronic discovery case, wherein linking is configured to associate custodian data stored in the custodian profile with case data stored in an electronic discovery case-specific file and wherein the custodian profile includes one or more Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, each of which is associated with a network computing device that have been identified as personal network storage locations associated with the custodian; and in response to linking the custodian profile to the electronic discovery case, automatically collecting, via a computer network, electronic data associated with the custodian by: