System, method, and process for the automatic generation of documents

• US 10,956,997 B2
• Filed: 10/10/2014
• Issued: 03/23/2021
• Est. Priority Date: 10/10/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: E-Legal, Inc.
• Original Assignee: E-Legal, Inc.
• Inventors: Kassim, Yousef, Kassim, Nadi, Kassim, Rommy
• Primary Examiner(s): Hong, Stephen S
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nazar, Ahamed I
• Application Number:
  US14/511,697
• Publication Number:
  US 20150212997A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,356 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/103 Formatting, i.e. changing of presentation of documents automatic justification G06F40/189; automatic line break hyphenation G06F40/191
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/18 Legal services

Abstract

The present invention is in the field of data correlation and automatic document generation. Specifically the invention relates to a system that identifies and retrieves event information and personal information associated with a user, as well as agency information, including event-related agency information, to identify and automatically generate correlating documents, including documents like personalized legal petitions and contracts, that include agency information, event information, and/or personal information associated with a user.

Claims

1. A method for intelligently and automatically generating appropriate formatted event documents, comprising:

a) authenticating the identity of a user;

b) determining agency information available;

c) collecting said agency information;

d) matching an event associated with said user;

e) determining an inferred event based at least in part on said event using an algorithm associated with said event, wherein said inferred event is directly related to said event;

f) correlating and relating said inferred event with said event by examining said agency information;

g) determining the type of document to create based on said inferred event by correlating said inferred event with said agency information;

h) generating a document, based on said determined type of document, by populating fields that correlate with said event, said inferred event, said agency information, and personal information associated with said user.

2. The method of claim 1 also comprising electronically filing said document with the appropriate agency based on said inferred event.

3. The method of claim 1 also wherein said authenticating the identity of a user is via secured third party providers.

4. A system for intelligently and automatically generating appropriate formatted event documents comprising:

a computer system including a computer server and at least one computer terminal, said at least one computer terminal being connectable for remote communication through the internet with said computer server; and

said computer system being programmed to perform a method for intelligently and automatically generating appropriate formatted event documents, said method including the steps of;

authenticating the identity of a user;

determining agency information available;

collecting said agency information;

matching an event associated with said user;

determining an inferred event based at least in part on said event using an algorithm associated with said event, wherein said inferred event is directly related to said event;

correlating and relating said inferred event with said event by examining said agency information;

determining the type of document to create based on said inferred event;

controlling said computer terminal to allow the user to review and reconfigure said event, said agency information, said inferred event, and said document by choosing selections from a group of selections displayed by said computer terminal;

generating a document, based on said determined type of document, by populating fields that correlate with said event, said inferred event, said agency information, and personal information associated with said user;

filing said document with the appropriate agency based on said inferred event;

generating a report reflecting the success or failure of the document generation and filing.

5. A system for intelligently and automatically generating appropriate formatted legal documents related to expunction comprising:

a) a computer system including at least one computer terminal and a display device;

b) one or more input devices;

c) a third party service provider database in network communication with said computer system, wherein said third party service provider database receives login information input by a user of said computer system, via said one or more input devices, and wherein said third party service provider database communications personal information relating to said user back to said computer system for authenticating said user;

d) one or more event information databases in network communication with said computer system, said one or more event information databases being configured for storing event records and/or event information associated with said user, wherein said event records and/or event information includes relevant date information related to an event, arrest records, case status, charge type, misdemeanor class or felony degree, related charges, case disposition records, and appeal status;

e) one or more agency information databased in network communication with said computer system, said one or more agency information databases being configured for storing event-related agency information related to at least some of said event records and/or said event information associated with said user, wherein said event-related agency information includes criminal code status, codified rules of criminal procedure, internal agency policies, costs of filing documents, and agency contact information;

f) an acquisition system being operable to query said third party service provider database, said one or more event information databases, and said one or more agency information databases, whereby in response to said query, said acquisition system acquires data associated with said user, via a secure network connection, from said one or more third party service provider databases, said one or more event information databases, and said one or more agency information databases;

g) a system database configured for storing said personal information and said event information associated with said user;

h) one or more forms databases configured for storing categories of legal forms including appropriate forms related to expunction;

i) said acquisition system being configured to employ a script to reformat said event information acquired by said acquisition system into a format usable by said system database;

j) said system database comprising a data table having a plurality of data fields;

k) said acquisition system being further configured to populate said data fields with said reformatted event information;

l) said computer system being programmed to correlate said event-related agency information with said reformatted event information from said data table through use of a conversion table that instructs said computer system to assign values to variables based on said event information associated with said user;

m) said computer system being further programmed to determine, based at least in part on said correlation, whether said event information associated with said user meets statutory requirements for expunction;

n) upon determination that said event information associated with said user meets statutory requirements for expunction, said computer system being further programmed to search said one or more forms databases for an appropriate document template, said computer system being further programmed to automatically generate one or more appropriate formatted expunction documents by populating fields on said document template with said personal information, said event-related agency information, and said event information associated with said user, wherein said one or more appropriate formatted expunction documents includes a petition for expunction.