Patent ID: 7716059
Filing Date: 2010-05-11
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method, implemented using a computer, for providing a network-based child financial support framework for facilitating communications between employers, custodial parents, and noncustodial parents, the method comprising the steps of: maintaining a database including information on a received financial support payment utilizing a network; providing general information relating to the financial support payment utilizing the network; calculating, using the computer, a proper amount of the financial support payment based on a profile of a user and based on an amount paid to date from a non-custodial parent to a custodial parent, wherein the profile includes data relating to at least one of income, number of children, basic support, insurance premium, child care cost, and additional expenses, wherein a first portion of the profile is received from the user across the network and a second portion of the profile is received from the database, and wherein the user may change the data in the second portion of the profile; displaying a history associated with the financial support payment; receiving identification information from the user; determining, from the identification information, if the user is the custodial parent or the non-custodial parent; providing, only after determining the user is the custodial parent, an customized interface configured to allow the custodial parent to retrieve tracking information for the financial support payment and a plurality of historical financial support payments previously scheduled to the custodial parent, said tracking information including payment status, payment amount due, payment amount received, payment date, payment receipt date, payment sent date, payment available withdrawal date, and payment case number, said tracking information further including reasons why a scheduled financial support payment was not dispersed if the scheduled financial support payment has not been received by the custodial parent; and displaying, to the custodial parent via the interface, the retrieved tracking information for the financial support payment and the plurality of historical financial support payments.