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:
- assigning a phone number to the user for fax and voice communications from a legal services provider;
associating access information with the 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;
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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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 communications from a legal services provider, associating access information with the 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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32 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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assigning a phone number to the user for fax and voice communications from a legal services provider; associating access information with the 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; 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. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 29, 30)
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2. The method of claim 2 wherein the document is a sticker adapted for attachment to the legal record a file associated with the user.
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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 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 a secure web site; receiving a communication from one of the at least one legal services providers, the communication directed to the destination address, 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; 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 use. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. 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 a 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 a secure web site; receiving a communication from one of the at least one legal services providers, the communication directed to the destination address, 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; 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 use to view the legal records, organize the legal records and send the legal records to one or more additional legal services providers. - View Dependent Claims (31)
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32. 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 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 a secure web site; receiving legal communications from the plurality of legal service providers, 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; 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 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.
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