Patent ID: 7711691

Claim:
A system for managing data relating to a professional legal services project and making the data available to a user, where the data is maintained in two or more software applications having different formats comprising: a. a first software application for maintaining data in a first portable format; b. a second software application for maintaining data in a second format other than said first portable format; c. a first server; d. a second server; e. a professional services project management application; f. said first server being adapted to communicate with said first software application and said professional services project management application to transfer the data from said first software application to said professional services project management application; g. said second server being adapted to communicate with said first server and said professional services project management application; h. said second server cooperating with said first server to communicate with said second software application by querying said first server to retrieve the data from said second software application in said first portable format and to transfer the data from said second software application to said professional services project management application; i. said system further comprising an interface for communicating the data to the user.