Patent ID: 6292812
Filing Date: 2001-09-18
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
A method of creating and issuing an investiture certificate to a first party, comprising:using a computer having a plurality of levels of logically connected selection features to customize an investiture certificate, further comprising:selecting at least one first level selection feature; andfor each first level selection feature, selecting at least one second level selection feature logically connected to the first level selection feature; andhaving a person or entity with specific authority issue said investiture certificate asa physical document to said first party to confirm, as between said person or entity with specific authority and said first party, a title that carries a family-related status,wherein said investiture certificate includes indicia of:the title being confirmed;said first party being confirmed with said title; andan authorization of the person or entity with specific authority to issue said title;wherein said investiture certificate confirms a title selected from the group consisting of aunt, uncle, grandfather, grandmother, godmother, godfather, brother, step brother, half brother, sister, step sister, half sister, great aunt, great uncle, great grandfather, great grandmother, cousin, and surrogate mother.