AWARD OF 2ND PATENT FOR ESI PROCESSING / PRODUCTION TOOL
NEW YORK, NEW YORK–August 11, 2009–Evidence Exchange, a world leader in Electronic Discovery Processing (EDP), has been issued a second U.S. Patent for its "System and Method for Securely Duplicating Digital Documents”, the core technology within its Electronic Discovery Processing Tool, called the Secure Digital Photocopier (“SDP”). This comes less than two years after the award of its first patent for Electronic Discovery Processing and Automated Chain of Custody Documentation.Evidence Exchange (a/k/a Peraogulne Corp.) Awarded Its Second Patent on System and Method for Securely Duplicating Digital Documents
Evidence Exchange’s Proven, Twice Patented Technology is the only USPTO Patent Awarded for Electronic Discovery Processing and Automated Chain-of-Custody Documentation. It will be vital to Native file format and/or PDF-based Production Initiatives, as contemplated by the revised 2006 Federal Rules governing Electronic Discovery.
"When we built our flagship product, the SDP, it was in anticipation of a time when the revised federal rules required automated chain-of-custody documentation in connection with the routine processing of “Electronically Stored Information” (“ESI”)," said Michael Prounis, CEO / Co-Founder for Evidence Exchange. "The granting of this patent validates our technology leadership, reflects our history of innovation and protects our intellectual property. Our reliance on this technology is further proof that the issues of ESI chain-of-custody documentation and ESI authentication have emerged as critical Electronic Discovery issues that can no longer be ignored."
About the Latest Patent
Evidence Exchange’s U.S. patent (#7,574,744 B2) (August 11, 2009) is comprised of 27 new claims in addition to the original Patent’s 53 claims concerning ESI preservation, processing, production and authentication.
About the First Patent
Evidence Exchange's U.S. patent (#7,134,020 B2) (November 7, 2006) describes Evidence Exchange's unique method of for securely duplicating documents of disparate types. This business process is used to provide detailed chain of custody information about the various E-Discovery processing strategies employed and is used to build a solid chain of custody from which to authenticate source files and “native” file format productions. This patent includes 53 claims covering among other things:
- storage means for storing at least one original file, each containing no more than one original document, said original file being in a first format;
- conversion means for converting said original file from said first format to a canonical format thereby generating a duplicate file containing a duplicate document of said original document;
- embedding means for embedding notary data associated with said original file into said duplicate file, said notary data being capable of authenticating said original file; and
- indexing means for inserting a unique sequence number including at least a portion of said notary data into said duplicate file to provide a cryptographically secure link between said duplicate document and said original document.
Significance of Evidence Exchange’s Patents
Chain of custody, under the revised federal rules, can become a complex issue, particularly when one tiny component of a compound document (e.g., e-mail or database file) can become the critical piece of evidence. Steps often taken in post-collection processing (including production) can frequently modify the underlying source data. Virus infected files, encrypted files, corrupted files often need to be modified to be processed. Likewise, non-textual files such as voicemail, video and audio need to be converted and to be processed. These requirements can weaken the chain of custody unless parallel steps are taken to link the processed file back to its original state. Evidence Exchange’s patented process is similar to a FEDEX or UPS tracking system that not only tracks packages shipped, but also each package’s contents, their subcomponents and future states (i.e., production formats) without opening or altering the packages themselves.
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