Patent ID: 8364681

Claim:
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 an electronic discovery case-specific file and wherein the custodian profile includes information relating to storage locations in the network associated with the custodian; collecting, via a computer network, electronic data associated with the custodian; and storing, in computer memory, a coded reference to the collected electronic data in an electronic discovery case-specific file, wherein the coded reference is a barcode associated with the collected electronic data.