Patent ID: 8417611
Filing Date: 2013-04-09
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of providing electronic communication for one or more subscribers or a court regarding a legal action, comprising the steps of: (A) registering, using a host computer a first subscriber and a second subscriber different from the first subscriber; (B) receiving from the first subscriber, using the host computer, claim information in electronic form sufficient to institute a legal action in a court; (C) determining, using the host computer, when at least one of (i) an amount in controversy in the legal action exceeds a threshold or (ii) the legal action involves a predetermined type of litigation, and automatically routing the claim information to the second subscriber for review thereof and approval for instituting the legal action; (D) providing an electronic interface executing on the host computer configured to allow a court computer associated with the court to electronically communicate with the host computer; and (E) servicing an electronic message directed to the host computer from the second subscriber approving the legal action by electronically communicating, using the host computer, a request to the court computer.