Method and Apparatus for Updating Rules and Transmitting Change Notifications
First Claim
1. A method for generating and transmitting a calendar of different legal events capable of occurring in the course of a legal proceeding, the method comprising:
- maintaining in a database at least one rule set including a plurality of date calculation instructions for calculating a plurality of different legal events;
receiving an initial trigger date for an initial trigger legal event;
selecting one or more date calculation instructions from the database based on the initial trigger legal event;
calculating one or more event dates based on the initial trigger date and the retrieved date calculation instructions;
transmitting the one or more calculated event dates to a user client;
maintaining a transaction record of the one or more date calculation instructions used for generating the one or more event dates for the user client;
monitoring a changes table for changes in the plurality of date calculation instructions, the changes table identifying the changed date calculation instructions;
automatically determining whether the one or more date calculation instructions identified in the record are identified in the changes table;
for each one of the one or more date calculation instructions identified in the changes table, recalculating the associated event date based on the change to the corresponding date calculation instruction; and
transmitting the recalculated one or more event dates to the user client.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for generating court dates. A Date Calculation Engine (DCE) is coupled to a court date server and a court rule database for generation of court dates. The court rule database includes formulas written in a Date Calculation Scripting Language (DCSL) for calculating the court dates. The court rules further include instructions for generating a Jurisdiction Selection Expert (JSE) and an Event Selection Expert (ESE) that enable a user to quickly select a jurisdiction and an event using hierarchal data structures. The DCE is combined with other software components to build a complete court date server system. The court rule database is maintained up-to-date with the latest changes to the rules. Deadlines affected by any rule changes are automatically identified and recalculated, and customers for whom the deadlines were calculated automatically notified to inform them of the changed deadlines.
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12 Claims
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1. A method for generating and transmitting a calendar of different legal events capable of occurring in the course of a legal proceeding, the method comprising:
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maintaining in a database at least one rule set including a plurality of date calculation instructions for calculating a plurality of different legal events; receiving an initial trigger date for an initial trigger legal event; selecting one or more date calculation instructions from the database based on the initial trigger legal event; calculating one or more event dates based on the initial trigger date and the retrieved date calculation instructions; transmitting the one or more calculated event dates to a user client; maintaining a transaction record of the one or more date calculation instructions used for generating the one or more event dates for the user client; monitoring a changes table for changes in the plurality of date calculation instructions, the changes table identifying the changed date calculation instructions; automatically determining whether the one or more date calculation instructions identified in the record are identified in the changes table; for each one of the one or more date calculation instructions identified in the changes table, recalculating the associated event date based on the change to the corresponding date calculation instruction; and transmitting the recalculated one or more event dates to the user client. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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