Web site providing professional services

• US 6,049,801 A
• Filed: 01/27/1999
• Issued: 04/11/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 10/07/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: WhitServe LLC
• Original Assignee: Wesley W Whitmyer Jr (Wesley W. Whitmyer)
• Inventors: Whitmyer, Wesley W. Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Alam, Hosain T.
• Application Number:
  US09/237,521
• Time in Patent Office: 440 Days
• Field of Search: 707/10, 707/501, 707/513, 707/206, 707/205, 707/1-3, 707/104, 709/201, 709/217-219, 709/200, 705/26
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99945 Object-oriented database structure processing

Abstract

A web site is provided permitting direct client entry of reminders to a central database for automating delivery of professional services relating to the reminders.

Claims

1. A web site for providing professional services comprising:

a computer;

a database accessible by said computer;

a web page for receiving a plurality of reminder identifiers;

a program executing on said computer for determining a reminder date and a client identifier from each of the plurality of reminder identifiers, and for storing the reminder identifiers, reminder dates and client identifiers on said database;

software for automatically querying said database by the values attributed to each reminder date to retrieve a reminder identifier and client identifier; and

software for associating the retrieved reminder identifier with a professional service and for preparing an electronic document with the retrieved client identifier for use in performing the professional services.

2. The web site of claim 1 wherein the reminder identifier includes an intellectual property identifier.

3. The web site of claim 2 wherein the intellectual property identifier is a patent number.

4. The web site of claim 2 wherein the intellectual property identifier is a trademark number.

5. The web site of claim 2 wherein the professional service is payment of an annuity.

6. The web site of claim 2 including a source of intellectual property data for checking the intellectual property identifier.

7. The web site of claim 6 wherein the data source checks the filing date of the intellectual property identifier.

8. The web site of claim 6 wherein the data source checks the registration date of the intellectual property identifier.

9. The web site of claim 2 including a source of intellectual property data for supplementing the intellectual property identifier.

10. The web site of claim 2 wherein the professional service is filing of an intellectual property application.

11. The web site of claim 1 wherein said web page is also designed for receiving a client reference associated with the reminder identifier.

12. The web site of claim 11 including a web page for reporting the reminder identifiers organized by client identifier and then by client reference.

13. The web site of claim 1 including a web page for reporting the reminder identifiers organized by client identifier.

14. The web site of claim 1 including a source of reminder data for checking the reminder identifier.

15. The web site of claim 14 wherein the reminder data includes a cost of the professional service.

16. The web site of claim 1 including a source of reminder data for supplementing the reminder identifier.

17. A method for providing professional services comprising the steps of:

providing a database;

receiving a plurality of reminder identifiers through a web page;

determining a reminder date and a client identifier from each of the plurality of reminder identifiers;

storing the reminder identifiers, reminder dates and client identifiers on the database;

querying the database by the values attributed to each reminder date to retrieve a reminder identifier and a client identifier; and

associating the retrieved reminder identifier with a professional service and preparing an electronic document with the retrieved client identifier for use in performing the professional services.

18. The method of claim 17 further comprising the steps of:

providing a source of reminder data; and

using the reminder data to verify the accuracy of the reminder identifier.

19. The method of claim 17 further comprising the steps of:

providing a source of reminder data; and

using the reminder data to supplement the reminder identifier.

20. The method of claim 17 further comprising the step of:

generating a report web page for reporting the reminder identifiers stored on the database.