Patent ID: 7813827

Claim:
A method for sharing information regarding a particular object of a type of regulated objects that are inspectable, between a jurisdictional entity having a jurisdiction over that type of regulated objects and a nonjurisdictional entity, comprising the steps of: storing, in a computer database, information required by the juridictional entity relating to compliance requirements of the jurisdictional entity for regulation of regulated objects of that particular type of object; storing, in the computer database, initial object information relating to the particular object applicable to the object as one of the regulated objects of that particular type of object, as stored object information; providing remote access to the stored initial object information by a person associated with the jurisdictional entity and by a person associated with the nonjurisdictional entity; receiving and storing, in the computer database, additional object information input by a person associated with the nonjurisdictional entity applicable to the particular object relating to inspection of the particular object by a person; allowing online review and approval of the initial object information and the additional object information by a person associated with the jurisdictional entity, based on the stored information relating to compliance requirements of the jurisdictional entity; receiving and storing, in the computer database, approval information generated from approval of the initial object information and additional object information as complying with the compliance requirements of the jurisdictional entity, by the person associated with the jurisdictional entity; and in response to receipt of the approval information, issuing a certificate of compliance for the particular object.