System and Method for the Automated Handling of Documents Related to Private Investigations

摘要

Disclosed is a system and method for generating, distributing, and accessing private investigation related documents. The system is operated by a host and utilized by a number of different entities that are involved in preparing and distributing private investigated related documents. The system also permits the automated invoicing and billing of private investigation related activities. The archiving of data related to private investigations can also be carried out by the present system. In still yet other embodiments, the system can permit real time editing of reports, the generation of reports via voice recognition, as well as access to streaming broadcasts. Other embodiments permit photographs and/or maps to be embedded into private investigation related reports.

主权项

1. A method for managing, distributing, and serving court-related documents, the method being carried out by a number of different entities, including subscriber companies (SC), law service providers (LSP), and process servers (PS), with the entities communicating over a network including a server and a GPS enabled device, the method comprising the following steps:
the SC receiving a job request, job details, and court-related documents from an LSP; the SC either accepting or declining the job request based upon the job details and the court-related documents; the SC notifying the LSP whether the SC has declined or accepted the job request; the SC assigning an accepted job request to a particular PS and delivering the job request, job details, and the court-related documents to the assigned PS, the job details including a geographic location where the court-related documents are to be served; the PS retrieving the service copies of the court-related documents from the SC over the network; the PS traveling to the geographic location, with the geographic location being confirmed and recorded by the GPS enabled device; the PS attempting service of the court-related documents and recoding whether the service of the court-related documents was successful or unsuccessful; the GPS enabled device generating a data file including whether the service of the court-related documents was successful or unsuccessful and the geographic location; sending the data file the server, with the server being accessed remotely by the SC and LSP.