Collaborative Matter Management and Analysis

摘要

A collaborative matter management and analysis tool is presented. Each matter has its own workspace that is built around a collaborative backbone. Users can provide access to the matter workspace to anyone who they want to collaborate with, including others at their organization and persons outside the organization, such as clients, lawyers, experts, vendors and other third parties. Processing of the document is automatic and based on the content and document type. The document, when uploaded, is OCR'd and based on the content, citations are converted to hyperlinks and the cited documents are linked. All collaborative discussions about the document are captured and stored with the document.

主权项

1. A method for collaborative matter management and analysis comprising:
uploading a document; setting a document type and date for said document; generating a structural hierarchy based on said document type; extracting text from said document using text recognition; determining from said extracted text if said document is Bates stamped and generating a Bates range for said document if said document is Bates stamped; determining from said extracted text if said document is a version of an existing document and associating said document with said existing document upon positive determination; and converting citations in said document to hyperlinks to other documents.