Method and apparatus for controlling digital evidence

a technology of digital evidence and chain of custody, applied in the field of methods and apparatus for controlling evidence, can solve the problems of affecting the freedom or life of people who are unable to use such evidence in court, the difficulty of maintaining the authenticity and the chain of custody of evidence, and the cost of improper space handling of eviden

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-04-24
SUMO LOGIC INC
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Thus, with numerous people interacting with the evidence, it becomes challenging to maintain the authenticity and the chain of custody of evidence.
It authenticity or chain of custody of a piece of evidence is challenged, the court may disallow the use of such evidence in a court room.
In some cases, such as criminal cases, the cost of improper space handling of evidence maybe someone's freedom or life.
The challenges of handling evidence are exacerbated when the evidence is digital evidence, i.e., information stored upon a disk drive, compact disk (CD), or other digital media.
Such digital evidence, if not properly handled, can be easily corrupted or destroyed.
Furthermore, due to the intangible nature of digital evidence, tracking the chain of custody of digital evidence is difficult.

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[0046]Embodiments of the present invention are utilized to control digital evidence. A plurality of system operators may open and / or update “cases” involving one or more pieces of digital evidence. Digital evidence may reside upon any form of digital media, such as, disk drives, compact disks (CD), digital video disk (DVD), floppy disk, and the like. In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, the operator enters information uniquely identifying the evidence, captures an image (or clone) of the content of the digital media, and stores the image (or clone) in a database in association with the identifying information. Once the case is established, other evidence can be added to the database, access to the evidence is tracked, Chain of title is controlled, reports regarding the case and / or the evidence can be generated, and so on. In this manner, control over digital evidence is established and maintained.

[0047]FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the hardware forming an exemplary...

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Abstract

A method and apparatus for controlling digital evidence comprising creating a case record comprising information about an investigative case, electronically storing at least one piece of digital evidence into memory, and associating the stored at least one piece of evidence with the case record.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application claims benefit of U.S. provisional patent application Ser. No. 60 / 852,859, filed Oct. 19, 2006, which is herein incorporated by reference.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]1. Field of the Invention[0003]Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to a method and apparatus for controlling evidence and, more particularly, a method and apparatus for storing, retrieving, maintaining, deleting and tracking the chain of custody of digital evidence.[0004]2. Description of the Related Art[0005]In today's legal system, evidence is an essential aspect of litigation. Evidence must be carefully accumulated, stored under state or federal rules, and tracked throughout its existence. For a document or an object to be useable as evidence in a court room, such document or object must comply with all the laws applicable to evidence retrieval, maintenance, and tracking. In other words, evidence must remain authentic and its chain o...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): H04L9/00
CPCH04L63/12G06Q50/18G06F21/6218G06F16/2255
Inventor FORTE, DARIO V.
Owner SUMO LOGIC INC
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