Patent ID: 9053447
Filing Date: 2015-06-09
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer system for chaser management in a distributed legal workflow environment, the computer system providing central administration of legal workflow conducted by a plurality of distributed participants and comprising a computer network including one or more computers operably programmed and configured to (i) generate a plurality of workflow chasers associated with a plurality of workflow records, wherein each of the chasers includes at least a record, action, target user and display date attribute, and one or more of the chasers include an escalation date and an escalation manager attribute; (ii) compare attributes of the chasers to identify at least one redundant chaser; (iii) remove the at least one redundant chaser leaving remaining chasers; and (iv) implement the remaining chasers in the distributed legal workflow environment by displaying at least one of the remaining chasers to an escalation manager on the escalation date, wherein at least some of the chasers are modified during a single modification transaction.