Patent ID: 7801832

Claim:
A computer-readable storage medium, with instructions thereon which when processed, result in a machine: on a recurring, periodic basis, automatically searching a computerized probate estate database to identify multiple possible probate estates scored by a scoring algorithm for one or more individuals represented in at least one of a client file and a queue of individuals for which a probate estate has yet to be identified, wherein the searching is performed according to data of at least one of the client file and the queue of individuals for which a probate estate has yet to be identified, and wherein identifying a possible probate estate includes identifying a court within which an identified probate estate exists, wherein the automatic searching includes: searching a court identifier database to identify one or more courts in which to search for a probate estate of an individual; and searching the computerized probate estate database for one or more individuals based in part on the one or more identified courts; filing a claim against a scored identified probate estate having a score higher than a threshold value, wherein filing a claim against each identified probate estate includes automatically merging a claim form with data of an individual for which the probate estate was identified, the claim form required by the identified court in which the respective probate estate exists; and adding to the queue, each individual for which the searching did not identify a probate estate.