Sponsored registry for improved coordination and communication

• US 8,949,269 B1
• Filed: 03/30/2012
• Issued: 02/03/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Gregory J. Wolff
• Original Assignee: Gregory J. Wolff
• Inventors: Wolff, Gregory J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Johnson, Gregory
• Application Number:
  US13/436,716
• Time in Patent Office: 1,040 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 707/770
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 12/00 Accessing, addressing or allocating within memory systems or architectures digital input from, or digital output to record carriers, e.g. to disk storage units, G06F3/06
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/00 Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 7/00 Methods or arrangements for processing data by operating upon the order or content of the data handled logic circuits H03K19/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/00 Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/00 Information and communication technology [ICT] specially adapted for implementation of business processes of specific business sectors, e.g. utilities or tourism healthcare informatics G16H

Abstract

A system and method for coordinating and improving communication using a sponsored registry are disclosed. In one embodiment, the system includes a client search module and a client info retrieval module. The client search module receives a search request from a first provider including one or more search parameters associated with a client, searches one or more distributed sponsored databases based on the one or more search parameters, obtains search results from the one or more distributed sponsored databases including a search result associated with the client, wherein any particular client is sponsored by one sponsored database at most, and sends the search results for display to the first provider. The client info retrieval module receives a request for the client'"'"'s data and information including the selection of the client from the search results and retrieves the client'"'"'s data and information from the sponsored database.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for coordinating and improving communication using a sponsored registry, the method comprising:

receiving, using one or more processors, a search request from a first provider including one or more search parameters associated with a client;

coordinating, using one or more processors, a search by one or more distributed sponsored databases based on the one or more search parameters, a sponsored database associated with a sponsoring provider and storing client data for one or more sponsored clients, the sponsoring provider responsible for verifying and maintaining accurate client data for the one or more sponsored clients;

maintaining, using one or more processors, a database, the database associating a token identifier with a specific client record;

obtaining, using one or more processors, search results from the one or more distributed sponsored databases including a search result associated with the client, wherein any particular client is sponsored by one sponsored database at most;

sending, using one or more processors, the search results for display to the first provider;

receiving, using one or more processors, a request for the client'"'"'s data and information, the request including the selection of the client and associated token identifier from the search results;

retrieving, using one or more processors, the client'"'"'s data and information from the sponsored database storing the client'"'"'s data and information based on the token identifier.

2. The method of claim 1, the method further comprising:

debiting an account of the first provider a first amount responsive to the retrieval of the client'"'"'s data and information; and

crediting an account of a sponsoring provider associated with the sponsored database from which the client data and information is retrieved a second amount responsive to the retrieval of the client'"'"'s data and information.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the first amount and second amount are equal.

4. The method of claim 1, the method further comprising:

receiving updating information updating the client'"'"'s data and information from the first provider; and

sending the updating information to a sponsoring provider associated with the sponsored database from which the client'"'"'s data and information was obtained to update the client'"'"'s data and information in the sponsored database.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the client'"'"'s data and information is updated in the sponsored database subject to approval of the sponsoring provider.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the retrieval of the client'"'"'s data and information is subject to receiving the client'"'"'s consent.

7. The method of claim 6, the method further comprising:

sending a request for consent to the client; and

retrieving the client'"'"'s data and information based at least in part on a response received from the client.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the request for consent is sent using the client'"'"'s preferred contact method.

9. The method of claim 1, the method further comprising:

sending a communication to one or more of the client, the first provider and another provider, the communication sent by a sponsored registry server.

10. The method of claim 9, the method further comprising:

creating an audit trail including the communication.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein audit trail entries are tagged by the first provider.

12. The method of claim 1, the method further comprising:

receiving one or more indicators rating performance of the first provider; and

calculating an overall score for the first provider.

13. The method of claim 1, the method further comprising:

receiving one or more indicators rating performance of the client; and

calculating an overall score for the client.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more search parameters are one or more client identifiers.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein coordinating the search of the one or more distributed sponsored databases includes a pre-search using a cache of sponsor-client information.

16. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium encoding instructions that, in response to execution by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:

receiving a search request from a first provider including one or more search parameters associated with a client;

coordinating a search by one or more distributed sponsored databases based on the one or more search parameters, a sponsored database associated with a sponsoring provider and storing client data for one or more sponsored clients, the sponsoring provider responsible for verifying and maintaining accurate client data for the one or more sponsored clients;

maintaining a database, the database associating a token identifier with a specific client record;

obtaining search results from the one or more distributed sponsored databases including a search result associated with the client, wherein any particular client is sponsored by one sponsored database at most;

sending the search results for display to the first provider;

receiving a request for the client'"'"'s data and information, the request including the selection of the client and associated token identifier from the search results;

retrieving the client'"'"'s data and information from the sponsored database storing the client'"'"'s data and information based on the token identifier.

17. A system for coordinating and improving communication using a sponsored registry, the system comprising:

a client search module stored on a memory and executed by one or more processors to receive a search request from a first provider including one or more search parameters associated with a client, to coordinate a search by one or more distributed sponsored databases based on the one or more search parameters, a sponsored database associated with a sponsoring provider and storing client data for one or more sponsored clients, the sponsoring provider responsible for verifying and maintaining accurate client data for the one or more sponsored clients, obtain search results from the one or more distributed sponsored databases including a search result associated with the client, wherein any particular client is sponsored by one sponsored database at most and send the search results for display to the first provider;

a client info retrieval module stored on a memory and executed by one or more processors to receive a request for the client'"'"'s data and information, the request including the selection of the client and an associated token identifier from the search results and retrieve the client'"'"'s data and information from the sponsored database storing the client'"'"'s data and information based on the token identifier.

18. The system of claim 17 further comprising:

an accounting module operable to debit an account of the first provider a first amount responsive to the retrieval of the client'"'"'s data and information and credit an account of a sponsoring provider associated with the sponsored database from which the client data and information is retrieved a second amount responsive to the retrieval of the client'"'"'s data and information.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the first amount and second amount are equal.

20. The system of claim 17 further comprising:

an update module operable to receive updating information updating the client'"'"'s data and information from the first provider and to send the updating information to a sponsoring provider associated with the sponsored database from which the client'"'"'s data and information was obtained to update the client'"'"'s data and information in the sponsored database.