Patent ID: 8225218

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for clearing a conflict report that consists of one or more search hits, each search hit identifying a party representing a potential conflict, the method comprising: identifying personnel who have a relationship with the party representing the potential conflict by querying a database or requesting information from another system; automatically populating a distribution list with e-mail addresses of the personnel identified as having a relationship with the party representing the potential conflict; communicating an e-mail message to an e-mail address included in the distribution list, the e-mail message i) including a clearance request for the party representing the potential conflict, and ii) having an embedded clearance identifier uniquely identifying the clearance request; detecting communication of, and capturing, all e-mail messages having the embedded clearance identifier that uniquely identifies the clearance request; and displaying as an e-mail message thread, all detected and captured e-mail messages having the embedded clearance identifier that uniquely identifies the clearance request.