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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2026
Filed:
May. 30, 2023
Magnet Forensics Inc., Waterloo, CA;
Eugenio Silva, Kitchener, CA;
Magnet Forensics Inc., Waterloo, CA;
Abstract
A system and method for selectively acquiring forensic data from at least one electronic storage medium of a target device to comply with a search authorization is provided. The method includes: configuring a set of search criteria based on at least one authorized search parameter extracted from a search authorization; configuring a forensic data acquisition module based on the set of search criteria; scanning a target dataset stored in the at least one electronic storage medium of the target device using the forensic data acquisition module to identify data items that are compliant with the set of search criteria; acquiring the compliant data items from the target device to an external data storage medium; and generating a log comprising a record for each scanned data item in the target dataset specifying whether the scanned data item met the search criteria and whether the scanned data item was acquired.