Systems And Methods For Serving Legal Process

• US 20110125656A1
• Filed: 11/22/2010
• Published: 05/26/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/20/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Michael Kingery
• Original Assignee: Michael Kingery
• Inventors: Kingery, Michael
• Application Number:
  US12/952,137
• Publication Number:
  US 20110125656A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/311
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/18 Legal services

Abstract

A method for serving legal process includes steps of creating, within a web application, a job describing service of papers to an individual, transmitting the job to a mobile device, displaying, on the mobile device, instructions for completing the job, capturing, using the mobile device, evidence of at least one of the instructions being performed, transmitting the evidence from the mobile device to the web application, and verifying, within the web application, that the job has been completed.

Claims

1. A method for serving legal process, comprising the steps of:

creating, within a web application, a job describing service of papers to an individual;

transmitting the job to a mobile device;

displaying, on the mobile device, instructions for completing the job;

capturing, using the mobile device, evidence of at least one of the instructions being performed;

transmitting the evidence from the mobile device to the web application; and

verifying, within the web application, that the job has been completed.

2. The method of claim 1, the evidence comprising a location of the mobile device determined during the step of capturing.

3. The method of claim 1, the evidence comprising an audio file recorded during the step of capturing.

4. The method of claim 1, the evidence comprising at least one digital image recorded during the step of capturing.

5. The method of claim 1, the step of displaying further comprising a step of providing training instructions.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising, after the step of transmitting and before the step of verifying, a step of initiating a request for a live skip tracing.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising, prior to the step of verifying, a step of reporting to the web application each unsuccessful attempt to complete the job.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising, after the step of verifying, a step of automatically generating an electronic affidavit based upon the evidence and the job.

9. A system for serving process and collecting evidence of proof of service, comprising:

a web application for receiving job information provided by a first user;

a database for storing the received job information; and

a mobile device configured to interact with the web application to transmit the job information to a second user with instructions to the second user for how to perform the job and to record evidence that the job is performed.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the mobile device sends the evidence to the web server as collected, the web server automatically generating at least one affidavit based at least in part upon the evidence.

11. A method of serving legal process, comprising the steps of:

creating a job comprising legal documents to be served on a person;

transmitting details of the job to a handheld communications device;

displaying on the handheld communications device at least some of the details of the job;

serving the legal documents on the person according to the at least some of details displayed on the handheld communications device;

verifying, through the handheld communications device, that the job has been completed.