METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR JUDICIAL COURT CASE MANAGEMENT

• US 20110270776A1
• Filed: 04/26/2011
• Published: 11/03/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 04/29/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Marshall R. Bigelow, Mary Rose White, Robert H. Sprecher, Timothy P. Picraux
• Original Assignee: Marshall R. Bigelow, Mary Rose White, Robert H. Sprecher, Timothy P. Picraux
• Inventors: Sprecher, Robert H., Picraux, Timothy P., Bigelow, Marshall R., White, Mary Rose
• Application Number:
  US13/094,251
• Publication Number:
  US 20110270776A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/342
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/18 Legal services

Abstract

A system, method and computing device for judicial court case management. According to an embodiment, the court case management method and system provides a component-based environment utilizing a library of reusable blueprinting artifacts and best practices templates in conjunction with server-based data management system and rules engine. The court case management system includes a user presentation layer configured to allow users to access and interact with the court case management system, a logical business layer configured to allow the court case management system to interact with external systems, a process control layer configured to govern the existence of data content within the court case management system and to manage at least one process that controls the data content within the court case management system, and a services and administration layer configured to provide security, compliance tracking and reporting to technology infrastructure to which the court case management system is installed.

Claims

1. A court case management system, comprising:

a user presentation layer configured to allow users to access and interact with the court case management system;

a logical business layer configured to allow the court case management system to interact with external systems;

a process control layer configured to govern the existence of data content within the court case management system and to manage at least one process that controls the data content within the court case management system; and

a services and administration layer configured to provide security, compliance tracking and reporting to technology infrastructure to which the court case management system is installed.

2. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the user presentation layer includes

a user workspace that includes an internal user interface configured to allow users to interact with the court case management system,

at least one business activity monitor (BAM) dashboard configured to provide users with court case management alerts, dashboards and reports, and

an external portal that provides access to the court case management system from outside of a firewall securing the court case management system.

3. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the logical business layer includes

a business rules engine configured to abstract business rules from other locations within the court case management system in such a way that provides greater flexibility to the deployment of the processes within the court case management system,

a scheduler configured to interact with a calendar coupled to the court case management system,

a process integrator configured to integrate the process, data content and repository services of the process control layer, and

a document generator configured to generate court case documents.

4. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the logical business layer is configured to allow the court case management system to interact with at least one of an external email application and an external database application.

5. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the logical business layer is configured to transform data content received by the court case management system.

6. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the process control layer includes

a process engine configured to assign, based on an evaluation of business rules, process tasks to the proper component within the court case management system,

a case repository configured to store and manage data content used by the court case management system, and

at least one business activity monitor (BAM) dashboard configured to provide users with at least one of court case management alerts, dashboards and reports.

7. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the process control layer includes a case repository having an object-relational architecture configuration.

8. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the services and administration layer includes

a user administration component,

a security component,

a document management component,

a records management component, and

a case reporting component.

9. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the data content includes at least one of documents, efilings, scanned images, Web pages, XML, rich media, records, engineering drawings, and reports.

10. A computing device, comprising:

a processor;

a memory element coupled to the processor; and

a case management module coupled to the processor and to the memory element, wherein the case management module includes

a user presentation layer configured to allow users to access and interact with the court case management system,

a logical business layer configured to allow the court case management system to interact with external systems,

a process control layer configured to govern the existence of data content within the court case management system and to manage at least one process that controls the data content within the court case management system, and

a services and administration layer configured to provide security, compliance tracking and reporting to technology infrastructure to which the court case management system is installed.

11. The computing device as recited in claim 10, wherein the user presentation layer includes

a user workspace that includes an internal user interface configured to allow users to interact with the court case management system,

at least one business activity monitor (BAM) dashboard configured to provide users with court case management alerts, dashboards and reports, and

an external portal that provides access to the court case management system from outside of a firewall securing the court case management system.

12. The computing device as recited in claim 10, wherein the logical business layer includes

a business rules engine configured to abstract business rules from other locations within the court case management system in such a way that provides greater flexibility to the deployment of the processes within the court case management system,

a scheduler configured to interact with a calendar coupled to the court case management system,

a process integrator configured to integrate the process, data content and repository services of the process control layer, and

a document generator configured to generate court case documents.

13. The computing device as recited in claim 10, wherein the logical business layer is configured to allow the court case management system to interact with at least one of an external email application and an external database application.

14. The computing device as recited in claim 10, wherein the logical business layer is configured to transform data content received by the court case management system.

15. The computing device as recited in claim 10, wherein the process control layer includes

a process engine configured to assign, based on an evaluation of business rules, process tasks to the proper component within the court case management system,

a case repository configured to store and manage data content used by the court case management system, and

at least one business activity monitor (BAM) dashboard configured to provide users with at least one of court case management alerts, dashboards and reports.

16. The computing device as recited in claim 10, wherein the process control layer includes a case repository having an object-relational architecture configuration.

17. The computing device as recited in claim 10, wherein the services and administration layer includes

a user administration component,

a security component,

a document management component,

a records management component, and

a case reporting component.

18. A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a processor, carry out a method for court case management, the instructions comprising:

user presentation layer instructions to allow users to access and interact with the court case management system;

logical business layer instructions to allow the court case management system to interact with external systems;

process control layer instructions to govern the existence of data content within the court case management system and to manage at least one process that controls the data content within the court case management system; and

services and administration layer instructions to provide security, compliance tracking and reporting to technology infrastructure to which the court case management system is installed.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium as recited in claim 18, wherein the user presentation layer includes

user interface instructions to allow users to interact with the court case management system,

business activity monitor (BAM) dashboard instructions to provide users with court case management alerts, dashboards and reports, and

external portal instructions that provides access to the court case management system from outside of a firewall securing the court case management system.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium as recited in claim 18, wherein the logical business layer includes

business rules engine instructions to abstract business rules from other locations within the court case management system in such a way that provides greater flexibility to the deployment of the processes within the court case management system,

scheduler instructions to interact with a calendar coupled to the court case management system,

process integrator instructions to integrate the process, data content and repository services of the process control layer, and

document generator instructions to generate court case documents.