Method and apparatus for electronic data discovery

US8112406B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Deidre Paknad · Mountain View, US
• Pierre Raynaud-Richard · Redwood City, US
• Andrey Pogodin · San Mateo, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 21, 2007
• Grant date: Feb 7, 2012
• Expiry date: Nov 21, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/10
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Removing or minimizing human participation in the collection or hold process, pursuant to electronic discovery, in a robust, fast, transparent, and legally defensible manner. A method and apparatus that ensures a robust and defensible way of communicating electronic discovery collection and hold requests from electronic discovery management systems to disparate data sources in a uniform way.