Patent ID: 8381087

Claim:
An automated electronic filing system comprising: a web server coupled to the Internet; a receiving agency server separate from said web server and coupled to the Internet such that it is capable of communication with said web server, wherein communication between said receiving agency server and said web server is subject to authentication and is at least partially encrypted; a client machine separate from said web server and said receiving agency server and coupled to the Internet for communication with said web server, wherein communication between said client machine and said web server is subject to authentication and is at least partially encrypted, wherein said web server provides said client machine with a form which can be verified by said web server using heuristics, said client machine providing information to said web server forming at least a part of an electronic document to be filed with said receiving agency server by said web server in a manner that said web server serves as an interface to said receiving agency computer for said client machine, said electronic document filed for further processing by a receiving agency associated with said receiving agency server in accordance with a procedure for which said receiving agency is in some manner responsible; and wherein said web server automatically produces at least a portion of said electronic document in response to a selection originating from said client machine, wherein said form includes at least one of a blank form and a partially filled-in form based upon information stored on said web server, wherein said form can be at least partially automatically filled-in in response to said selection, wherein said web server automatically updates docketing information, and wherein said web server transacts a financial transaction with said receiving agency server on behalf of said client machine.