Patent ID: 7426483

Claim:
A computerized gravesite location information system, comprising: a web server; at least one computer processor; and computer accessible memory operably linked to the processor, wherein the memory comprises computer instructions directing the at least one computer processor to perform the steps of: providing via the world wide web an ordering interface to the computerized gravesite location information system configured for funeral service providers to submit orders from customers for subscriptions for a gravesite location information service, receiving an order for a gravesite location information service subscription from a funeral service provider via the ordering interface, the order having been placed with the funeral services provider by a customer and the order comprising identification information for a deceased or to-be-deceased individual selected by the customer and gravesite location information for the individual, storing the identification information for the individual and gravesite location information for the individual, receiving an identifying indication of the particular funeral service provider that submits the order for the subscription, tracking the number of orders received from one or more particular funeral service providers over a period of time, crediting an account of a particular funeral service provider for one or more orders received from that provider over a period of time, or generating a payment to a particular funeral service provider for one or more orders received from that funeral service provider over a period of time, providing via the world wide web a gravesite location information request interface to the computerized gravesite location information system configured to permit authorized parties to request and receive gravesite location information for at least one deceased or to-be-deceased individual with respect to whom a subscription for the gravesite location information service has been established, and providing via the gravesite location information request interface the gravesite location information for an individual with respect to whom a subscription for the gravesite location information service has been established in response to a request therefor.