Patent ID: 7043489

Claim:
A method for providing dedicated online-accessible document storage and handling services, wherein the services are provided by a business entity as a supplement or alternative to public courthouse services, comprising: receiving, at the business entity, one or more electronic documents from an uploading party per specifications and terms agreed upon by the uploading party and the business entity; securing the received one or more electronic documents in a non-alterable format into an electronic data repository per the specifications and terms agreed upon by the uploading party and the business entity, wherein the securing includes identifying the uploading party with the received one or more electronic documents and time and date stamping the received one or more electronic documents; and providing electronic access and searchability of the one or more electronic documents, and contents of the one or more electronic documents, to one or more downloading parties per specifications agreed upon by the one or more downloading parties and the business entity; wherein the specifications and terms agreed to by the uploading party and the business entity include publicly-disclosed and fixed fees charged to the uploading party for the document storage and handling services and prohibit the business entity from providing any other services to the uploading party and the fees charged to the uploading party may be paid for by the uploading party agreeing to receive advertising that generates net revenue for the business entity at least equal to the fees charged.