Enforcing legal holds of heterogeneous objects for litigation

US8219974B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SAP AG · DE

Inventor

• Olaf Schmidt · Heidelberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 7, 2007
• Grant date: Jul 10, 2012
• Expiry date: May 9, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q50/18
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Software for managing legal holds on objects identifies a target object to associate with a particular legal hold. The example software is further operable to automatically communicate with a lookup table to verify a hold record associated with the target object. In another example, the software for managing legal holds on objects can receive a legal hold status request for a target object associated with a business application. The software can automatically communicate with a lookup table to determine a hold record identifying a legal hold associated with the target object. The software is further operable to respond to the legal hold status request with a legal hold status based on the lookup table communication.