Patent ID: 8484105

Claim:
A method of obtaining an electronic confirmation of client account data from at least one responder comprising the steps of: receiving, via a communications network, client account data from a computer associated with a requestor at a computer of a confirmation system; storing the received client account data in a computer database of the confirmation system; receiving authorization to request confirmation of the client account data at the confirmation system via the communications network; providing a confirmation request from a computer of the confirmation system to a computer of the at least one responder via the communications network after receiving the authorization wherein the responder is a legal professional and the client account data comprises at least one of a trust account balance, amount in controversy, or accrued fees of a client of the legal professional; receiving response data via the communications network from the computer associated with the responder at the confirmation system, wherein the response data approves the client account data; generating a completed confirmation as a function of the received response data; and providing the completed confirmation to the computer associated with the requestor.