COMMUNITY COVENANT RULES AND GUIDELINES ENFORCEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD

• US 20100191644A1
• Filed: 01/07/2010
• Published: 07/29/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Francois Perreault
• Original Assignee: Francois Perreault
• Inventors: Perreault, Francois
• Application Number:
  US12/683,678
• Publication Number:
  US 20100191644A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/39
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/10 specially adapted for electronic funds transfer [EFT] systems; specially adapted for home banking systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/26 Government or public services business processes related to the transportation industry G06Q50/40

Abstract

A method of enforcing community covenant rules and guidelines by managing events within a community using a computer system, the method comprising providing a plurality of potential violation events; selecting at least one potential violation event from the plurality of violation events; associating a violation event remedy to the selected at least one potential violation event; and associating a optional delay with the associated violation event remedy, the at least one violation event remedy being adapted to be enforced when the optional delay associated therewith is expired. A system and a user graphical interface providing same are also provided herein.

Claims

1. A method of enforcing community covenant rules by managing events within a community using a computer system, the method comprising:

providing a plurality of potential violation events;

selecting at least one potential violation event from the plurality of potential violation events; and

associating a violation event remedy with the selected at least one potential violation event.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising a delay adapted to be associated with the violation event remedy, the violation event remedy being adapted to be enforced when the delay associated therewith is expired.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the community covenant rules are, at least in part, community covenant parking rules.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the violation event remedy is a financial penalty.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the financial penalty is adapted to be paid electronically.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the system is adapted to manage electronic money transactions and the method further comprises sending a request for debiting one of a money account and a credit card.

7. The method of claim 3, wherein the violation event remedy is a vehicle immobilization apparatus.

8. The method of claim 3, wherein the violation event remedy is towing the vehicle.

9. The method of claim 3, wherein the violation event remedy is a violation letter.

10. The method of claim 3, wherein the violation event remedy is a notice.

11. The method of claim 3, wherein the violation event remedy is an incident report.

12. The method of claim 2, wherein the violation event remedy is a first violation event remedy and the delay associated therewith is a first delay, the method further comprising

associating a second violation event remedy to the at least one of the selected at least one potential violation event;

and

associating a second delay with the associated to the second violation event remedy, the second violation event being adapted to be enforced after the first violation event remedy has been enforced.

13. The method of claim 2, further comprising a reset time limit adapted to reset the delay.

14. The method of claim 1, further comprising collecting and recording violation event evidences.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the method is adapted to be carried out in a client-server environment.

16. A user graphical interface adapted to display controls for managing enforcement of community covenant rules, the user graphical interface comprising:

a potential violation events display area adapted to display a plurality of user-selectable potential violation events;

a violation event remedies display area adapted to display a plurality of user-selectable violation event remedies; and

a delay display area adapted to receive instructions defining a delay adapted to be associated with a violation event remedy.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the user interface module is adapted to be use through an Internet browser.

18. A system for enforcing community covenant rules and guidelines comprising:

a user interface module adapted to receive instructions from a user;

a violation events module adapted to receive instructions from the user interface module;

a violation event remedies module adapted to receive instructions from the user interface module;

a delay module adapted to receive instructions from the user interface module.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the user interface module is adapted to be use through a browser.

20. The system of claim 18, further comprising a GPS module adapted to define the geographical location of a violation event.