Patent ID: 8688648
Filing Date: 2014-04-01
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for verifying the validity of electronic communication files and electronic communication messages in an electronic discovery system, the method comprising: capturing, by a computing device processor, electronic data including electronic communication files from a plurality of custodians based on a data request; storing, in a memory, the captured electronic data; copying, by a computing device processor, the electronic data to a conversion server; in automatic response to copying the electronic data to the conversion server, identifying, by a computing device processor, file type for the electronic communication files; determining, by a computing device processor, validity of electronic communication files based on file type by determining if the electronic communication files have an actual message body or text, including: in automatic response to determining that electronic communication files are valid, processing, by a computing processor, the electronic communication files including (1) converting the electronic communication files to a standardized format and (2), in response to converting the communication files to a standardized format, converting meeting request and meeting request responses to meeting appointment entries and task request entries to task entries; and in automatic response to determining that electronic communication are invalid, deleting, by a computing device processor, electronic communication files that have been determined to be invalid electronic communication files, wherein an electronic communication file is invalid if the electronic communication file lacks an actual message body or text.