Apparatus and method for single action approval of legally categorized documents
View Patent ↗A computer readable storage medium includes executable instructions to display a document with legal categorizations. The legal categorizations are accepted and invoke a subsequent document for viewing with a single input action. The subsequent document is displayed. Revised legal categorizations are received. The revised legal categorizations are accepted and invoke an additional document for viewing with a single input action.
1. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having embodied thereon a program, the program being executable by a processor to perform a method to view documents with legal categories, the method comprising:
providing example documents representative of specified legal criteria defining a legal category;
categorizing documents based on the specified legal criteria exemplified by the example documents;
assigning confidence levels to legal categorizations of at least one of the categorized documents;
loading categorized documents consistent with the legal category into a queue;
assigning template buttons to the categorized documents, the template buttons having a pre-populated coding schema;
transmitting to display a categorized document from the queue; and
in response to a single input action, accepting one or more classifications associated with the legal category of the categorized document and with the single input action invoking a subsequent categorized document from the queue for viewing.
2. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the specified legal criteria is responsiveness.
3. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the specified legal criteria is attorney-client privilege.
4. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the specified legal criteria is attorney work product.
5. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the specified legal criteria is an identified issue.
6. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the specified legal criteria is an identified subject.
7. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises displaying highlighted document text associated with the confidence levels.
8. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the step of, in response to a single input action, accepting one or more classifications associated with the legal category of the categorized document and with the single input action invoking a subsequent categorized document from the queue for viewing further comprises defining a graphical user interface button to facilitate the single input action.
9. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1 , the method further comprising refining the legal category based on ongoing user data input.
10. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the step of loading categorized documents consistent with the legal category into a queue further comprises loading commonly categorized documents adjacent to one another in the queue.
11. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the confidence levels are assigned based on the specified legal criteria.
12. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the confidence levels are assigned based on a user input.
13. A method for viewing documents with legal categories via a computer having instructions stored in memory, the method comprising:
executing instructions stored in memory by a processor to:
provide example documents representative of specified legal criteria defining a legal category;
categorize documents based on the specified legal criteria exemplified by the example documents;
assign confidence levels to legal categorizations of at least one of the categorized documents;
assign template buttons to the categorized documents, the template buttons having a pre-populated coding schema;
load categorized documents consistent with the legal category into a queue;
transmit to display a categorized document from the queue; and
in response to a single input action, accept one or more classifications associated with the legal category of the categorized document and with the single input action invoke a subsequent categorized document from the queue for viewing.
14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the specified legal criteria is responsiveness, attorney-client privilege, attorney work product, identified issue, identified subject, or any combination thereof.
15. The method of claim 13 , further comprising displaying highlighted document text associated with the confidence levels.
16. The method of claim 13 , wherein the step of, in response to a single input action, accepting one or more classifications associated with the legal category of the categorized document and with the single input action invoking a subsequent categorized document from the queue for viewing further comprises defining a graphical user interface button to facilitate the single input action.
17. The method of claim 13 , further comprising refining the legal category based on ongoing user data input.
18. The method of claim 13 , wherein the step of executing instructions stored in memory to load categorized documents consistent with the legal category into a queue further comprises loading commonly categorized documents adjacent to one another in the queue.
19. A system for displaying documents with legal categories, the system comprising:
a memory configured to store documents; and
a processor configured to execute instructions stored in memory to:
provide example documents representative of specified legal criteria defining a legal category;
categorize documents based on the specified legal criteria exemplified by the example documents;
assign confidence levels to legal categorizations of at least one of the categorized documents;
assign template buttons to the categorized documents, the template buttons having a pre-populated coding schema;
load categorized documents consistent with the legal category into a queue;
transmit to display a categorized document from the queue; and
in response to a single input action, accept one or more classifications associated with the legal category of the categorized document and with the single input action invoke a subsequent categorized document from the queue for viewing.
20. The system of claim 19 , wherein the specified legal criteria is responsiveness, attorney-client privilege, attorney work product, identified issue, identified subject, or any combination thereof.
21. The system of claim 19 , wherein the step of loading categorized documents consistent with the legal category into a queue further comprises loading commonly categorized documents adjacent to one another in the queue.