Granted Patent B2

US 8,793,215 · App. 13/153,420 · Granted Jul 29, 2014

Abstract

Claims (41)

1. A method for publishing datasets, comprising:

receiving a request to publish a dataset to at least one of an internal environment located within a secured zone and an external environment located outside the secured zone, the request comprising at least one selection criteria;

selecting, by a processor, the dataset based upon the at least one selection criteria, the dataset being selected from an index of collected datasets, the index of collected datasets being formed by parsing communications for at least one of terms, dates, subject matters, and email addresses; and

responsive to the request, publishing the dataset to at least one of the internal environment and the external environment, creating a copy of the index of collected datasets, and selecting the dataset from the copy of the index of collected datasets, the publishing including at least one of:

encapsulating the dataset into one or more files and transmitting the one or more files to the internal environment;

grouping the dataset into one or more batches and transmitting the one or more files to the internal environment; and

streaming the dataset to the internal environment.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

collecting datasets from a plurality of data sources;

indexing the collected datasets to create the index of collected datasets; and

storing the collected datasets in a storage medium.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein:

the request received is to publish the dataset to the internal environment; and

the publishing of the dataset is to the internal environment.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein:

the request received is to publish the dataset to the external environment; and

the publishing of the dataset is to the external environment.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the index of collected datasets includes terms associated with communications in the collected datasets.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein searching the index for a term yields communications in the collected dataset having the term.

7. An early case assessment system for publishing datasets, comprising:

a memory for storing executable instructions for publishing datasets;

a processor for executing the instructions stored in memory, the executable instructions comprising:

a core gather module that receives a request to publish a dataset to at least one of an internal environment located within a secured zone of the early case assessment system and an external environment located outside the secured zone, the request comprising at least one selection criteria; and

a core analysis module communicatively coupled to the core gather module that:

selects the dataset based upon the request received by the core gather module, the dataset being selected from an index of collected datasets based upon the at least one selection criteria, the index of collected datasets being formed by parsing communications for at least one of terms, dates, subject matters, and email addresses;

publishes the dataset to at least one of the internal environment and the external environment based upon the request received by the core gather module, the publishing including at least one of:

encapsulating the dataset into one or more files and transmitting the one or more files to the external environment;

grouping the dataset into one or more batches and transmitting the one or more files to the external environment; and

streaming the dataset to the external environment;

creates a copy of the index of collected datasets; and

selects the dataset from the copy of the index of collected datasets based upon receipt of the request to publish the dataset by the core gather module.

8. The early case assessment system according to claim 7 , wherein the core gather module collects datasets from a plurality of data sources and the core analysis module indexes the collected datasets to create the index of collected datasets and stores the collected datasets in a storage medium.

9. The early case assessment system according to claim 7 , wherein the external environment that is located outside the secured zone includes a cloud computing system communicatively couplable to the core analysis module of the system.

10. The early case assessment system according to claim 7 , wherein:

the request received by the core gather module is to publish the dataset to the internal environment; and

the core analysis module publishes the dataset to the internal environment.

11. The early case assessment system according to claim 7 , wherein:

the request received by the core gather module is to publish the dataset to the external environment; and

the core analysis module publishes the dataset to the external environment.

12. The early case assessment system according to claim 7 , wherein the index of collected datasets includes terms associated with communications in the collected datasets.

13. The early case assessment system according to claim 7 , wherein searching the index for a term yields communications in the collected dataset having the term.

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