Patent ID: 8473955

Claim:
A computer-implemented method to reduce an electronic discovery processing overhead of a plurality of electronic documents, the method comprising: receiving a request to perform a task on a specified set of electronic documents, each electronic document having a distinct document identifier; generating a single task record stored in a database, the single task record representing the requested task to be performed on a plurality of electronic documents from the specified set of electronic documents; generating, by operation of one or more computer processors, at least one batch record stored in a database, the at least one batch record including at least the document identifier for each electronic document, wherein the at least one batch record is fewer in number than the plurality of electronic documents; associating the task record with the at least one batch record; performing the task specified by the single task record on the plurality of electronic documents specified by the at least one batch record; and upon determining that a predefined threshold number of errors is not exceeded in performing the task: generating a single audit record for the performed task; associating the single audit record with the at least one batch record; and dissociating the task record from the at least one batch record.