Patent ID: 7542912

Claim:
A method of providing a plurality of participants with an ability to effect choices about future care of said participants, said method comprising: receiving from an input user, via an interactive user interface accessible through an internet connection, raw data relevant to the future care of a participant should said participant prior to death become incapacitated; providing via said interface guidance information comprising at least one input form, said at least one input form comprising electives available to said participant regarding said future care, and reference information associated with said available electives; analyzing said available electives in response to input by said input user to provide via said interface analysis information regarding said future care to allow informed choices of said electives to be made; receiving from said input user via said interface at least one election of at least one of said electives; providing said input user an identification instrument comprising a unique identification parameter corresponding to said participant; storing in a computer-readable registry end-of-life information and said unique identification parameter in a form of an information set corresponding to said participant, said end-of-life information comprising said received raw data and said at least one election; receiving a request from an output user identifying an occurrence of an incapacitated state in said participant; verifying that said request includes said unique identification parameter; if so, generating an information product derivative of said information set comprising said participant's election corresponding to said incapacitated state, said information product being generated in a form that is enforceable in a jurisdiction from which said request was received; and communicating said information product to an output recipient.