Patent ID: 6256640
Filing Date: 2001-07-03
Classification: G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
A database structure, embodied on at least one computer accessible medium, for managing information on regulated entities, said database structure comprising:a primary data level identifying regulated entities, optionally associable with a geographic location; anda secondary data level identifying subject items of the regulated entities identified at said primary level, where the subject items include objects and activities subject to regulatory requirements,wherein said database structure further comprises at least one lower data level, below said secondary data level, to store detail information on imposition of regulatory requirements on the subject items via issuance of permits, monitoring operation of the subject items of the regulated entities to verify compliance with the regulatory requirements and issuance of enforcement orders to compel compliance with the regulated entities,wherein the information managed by using said database structure is accessed by an environmental regulatory agency, andwherein the subject items identified by the information in said secondary data level relate to different environmental program areas regulating a single regulated entity and data stored according to said database structures are accessible by all of the environmental program areas over which the environmental regulatory agency has jurisdiction.