METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING ONLINE RECORDS
First Claim
1. A method for providing a user with the ability to access and collect legal records associated with the user, comprising:
- associating access information with the user for the user to use to access the secure web site on a server;
providing the user with a document to provide to a legal services provider exercising rights of the user for access to the legal records, the document requesting the legal services provider to send the legal records to a user account associated with the user;
electronically receiving a communication comprising a legal record from the legal services provider at the server, the communication directed to the user account, the legal record comprising information associated with the user for which the user has requested and given permission to the legal services providers to send;
storing a representation of the legal record on the server; and
providing the user with secure access to the web site on the server using the access information and providing on the web site an interface to the legal records of the user for the user to access the legal record.
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Abstract
A method for providing a user with the ability to access and collect legal records associated with the user includes assigning a phone number to the user for fax and voice user for the user to use to access a secure web site, providing the user with a document to provide to the legal services provider exercising rights of the user for access to the legal records, the document requesting the legal services provider to send the legal records to the phone number, receiving a private fax communication comprising a legal record associated with the consumer for which the consumer has requested and given permission to the legal services provider to send, converting the private fax communications into an image file format, storing the legal services record encoded in the image file format, and providing the user with secure access to the web site using the access information and providing on the web site an interface to the legal records of the user for the user to access the legal record.
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30 Claims
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1. A method for providing a user with the ability to access and collect legal records associated with the user, comprising:
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associating access information with the user for the user to use to access the secure web site on a server; providing the user with a document to provide to a legal services provider exercising rights of the user for access to the legal records, the document requesting the legal services provider to send the legal records to a user account associated with the user; electronically receiving a communication comprising a legal record from the legal services provider at the server, the communication directed to the user account, the legal record comprising information associated with the user for which the user has requested and given permission to the legal services providers to send; storing a representation of the legal record on the server; and providing the user with secure access to the web site on the server using the access information and providing on the web site an interface to the legal records of the user for the user to access the legal record. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 22)
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20. A method for providing a user with the ability to access and collect legal records associated with the user through use of a user account, the method comprising:
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assigning a destination address through a secure web site, the destination address individually associated with the user account for receiving communications from at least one legal service providers; associating access information with the user account for the user to use to access the secure web site; receiving a communication from one of the at least one legal services providers at the web site, the communication directed to the destination address, the communication comprising a first legal record associated with the user for which the user has requested and given permission to the legal services provider to send; storing a representation of the first legal record at the web site; providing the user with secure access to the web site using the access information; receiving a second legal record from the user uploaded to the web site; providing on the web site an interface to the legal records of the user, including the first legal record and the second legal record, for the user to use; wherein the interface further provides for organizing and annotating the legal records by the user into separate file folders with functionality for the user to name the file folders and add file folders; wherein the interface further provides for providing means to assign additional password protection to one or more of the file folders; and wherein at least one of the legal service providers are associated with prepaid legal services. - View Dependent Claims (21, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method for providing a user with the ability to access, collect, and share legal records associated with the user through use of a user account, the method comprising:
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associating access information with the user account for the user to use to access the secure web site on a server; receiving a communication from one of the at least one legal services providers at the server, the communication directed to the user account, the communication comprising a legal record associated with the user for which the user has requested and given permission to the legal services provider to send; storing a representation of the legal record at the server; providing the user with secure access to the web site on the server using the access information; providing on the web site an interface to the legal records of the user for the user to use to view the legal records, organize the legal records and send the legal records to one or more additional legal services providers; and wherein at least one of the legal service providers are associated with prepaid legal services. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29)
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30. A method for providing a user with the ability to access, collect, and share legal records associated with the user through use of a user account, the method comprising:
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assigning through a secure web site an identifier associated with the user account for receiving communications from a plurality of legal service providers; associating access information with the user account for the user to use to access the secure web site stored on a server; receiving legal communications from the plurality of legal service providers at the server, the legal communications directed to the user account using the identifier, each of the legal communications comprising information associated with the user for which the user has requested and given permission to the legal services providers to send; storing a representation of the legal communications on the server; providing the user with secure access to the web site using the access information; providing on the web site an interface to the legal communications of the user for the user to use to view, organize the legal communications and send copies of the legal communications to one or more of the plurality of legal services providers; and wherein at least one of the legal service providers are associated with prepaid legal services.
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