Patent ID: 9178842
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A messaging system comprising: a communication server comprising computer hardware and in communication with a plurality of client computing devices comprising computer hardware, the communication server configured to initiate and administer messaging sessions between two or more of the client computing devices; a graphical user interface configured to provide input functionality allowing a user to specify criteria for identifying messages of interest, wherein the identification takes place subsequent to delivery of the messages of interest and prior to storage of those messages in a storage destination specified in a compliance policy; one or more memory devices storing the compliance policy specifying at least the storage destination and the criteria entered via the graphical user interface; and a computing device executing a compliance agent and in communication with the plurality of clients and the one or more memory devices, the compliance agent configured to: direct storage of identified messages to the storage destination specified in the compliance policy; and convert those of the identified files that are not in the common file format type specified in the compliance policy to the common file format type.