Patent ID: 8626737

Claim:
A computer implemented method, comprising: identifying a first set of documents from electronically stored information (ESI), wherein the first set of documents is relevant to a request for electronic discovery, and the first set of documents comprises one or more documents collected for response to the request for electronic discovery; performing an automated analysis of the first set of documents, wherein the performing the automated analysis comprises identifying one or more attributes related to the first set of documents, and identifying one or more relationships between the one or more attributes and the first set of documents, and the performing the automated analysis produces a result that comprises the one or more attributes and information related to the one or more relationships; storing the result of the automated analysis, wherein the result is stored in a repository of case knowledge, and the repository is configured to store the result as part of the case knowledge; and automatically generating a search parameter for at least one search query, wherein the search parameter is based on the case knowledge, the search parameter comprises at least one attribute of the one or more attributes, the at least one search query is configured for use in querying the ESI, the at least one search query is further configured to return a second set of documents from the ESI, the second set of documents comprises one or more additional documents not yet collected for response to the request for electronic discovery, and the second set of documents is relevant to the request for electronic discovery.