Granted Patent B2

US 8,843,442 · App. 13/745,625 · Granted Sep 23, 2014

Abstract

Claims (57)

1. A method for publishing datasets, comprising:

collecting datasets from a plurality of data sources;

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

receiving a request to publish a dataset to an early case assessment system having both an internal environment and an external environment separated by a firewall, the internal environment located within a secured zone, the secure zone being defined by the firewall, and the external environment located outside the secured zone, the request comprising at least one selection criteria;

selecting, by a processor of the early case assessment system, the dataset based upon the at least one selection criteria, the dataset being selected from the index of collected datasets, the index of collected datasets including terms associated with communications in the collected datasets; and

responsive to the request, publishing, via a module stored in memory and executable by the processor, the dataset to at least one of the internal environment and the external environment.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising

storing the collected datasets in a storage medium.

3. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising, responsive to the request, creating a copy of the index of collected datasets and selecting the dataset from the copy of the index of collected datasets.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein publishing includes 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 batches to the internal environment; and

streaming the dataset to the internal environment.

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

a memory for storing executable instructions for publishing datasets; and

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

a core gather module that collects datasets from a plurality of data sources and indexes the collected datasets to create an index of collected datasets, and receives requests to publish a dataset to an internal environment or an external environment of the early case assessment system, wherein the internal and the external environments are separated by a firewall, the internal environment located within a secured zone, the secured zone being defined by the firewall, and the external environment located outside the secured zone, the requests comprising at least one selection criteria; and

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

selects the dataset based upon a request received by the core gather module, the core analysis module selecting the dataset being from the index of collected datasets based upon the at least one selection criteria, the index of collected datasets including terms associated with communications in the collected datasets; and

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.

6. The early case assessment system according to claim 5 , wherein the core gather module creates the index of collected datasets and stores the collected datasets in a storage medium.

7. The early case assessment system according to claim 5 , wherein the core analysis module 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 a request to publish the dataset by the core gather module.

8. The early case assessment system according to claim 5 , wherein the external environment that is located outside the secured zone includes a cloud computing system communicatively coupleable to a publishing module of the early case assessment system.

9. 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.

10. 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.

11. The early case assessment system according to claim 5 , wherein publishing includes 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 batches to the external environment; and

streaming the dataset to the external environment.

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

13. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the index of collected datasets is formed by parsing communications for at least one of terms, dates, subject matters, metadata and email addresses.

14. The early case assessment system according to claim 5 , 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.

15. The early case assessment system according to claim 5 , 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.

16. The early case assessment system according to claim 5 , wherein searching the index of collected datasets for a term yields communications in the collected datasets having the term.

17. The early case assessment system according to claim 5 , wherein the index of collected datasets is formed by parsing communications for at least one of terms, dates, subject matters, and email addresses.

18. A system for publishing datasets, comprising:

an internal environment and an external environment which are separated from one another by a firewall;

a memory for storing executable instructions for publishing datasets; and

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

a core gather module that receives requests to publish a dataset to the internal environment located within a secured zone of the system, the secured zone being defined by the firewall, the request comprising at least one selection criteria, the core gather module locking the dataset to prevent modification, wherein the dataset includes a sensitive dataset; and

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

selects the dataset based upon a request received by the core gather module, the core analysis module selecting the dataset being from an index of collected datasets based upon the at least one selection criteria, the index of collected datasets formed by parsing communications in the collected datasets and including terms associated with the communications; and

publishes the dataset to the internal environment based upon a request received by the core gather module, wherein non-sensitive datasets are published to the external environment.

19. The system according to claim 18 , wherein:

the core gather module further receives a request to publish a non-sensitive dataset to the external environment located outside the secured zone; and

the core analysis module further publishes the non-sensitive dataset to the external environment based upon the request received by the core gather module.

20. The system according to claim 18 , wherein:

the index of collected datasets is formed by parsing communications for a plurality of terms, dates, subject matters, metadata and email addresses; and

searching the index of collected datasets for one of the plurality of terms yields communications in the collected datasets having the one of the plurality of terms.

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