Glenn S Kohne

US Patent:

20020095378, Jul 18, 2002

Filed:

Oct 31, 2001

Appl. No.:

10/004271

Inventors:

Mark Cauchon - Baltimore MD, US
Glenn Kohne - Parkton MD, US

International Classification:

G06F017/60

US Classification:

705/040000

Abstract:

A method for automated and efficient provision of professional legal documents and services. The provision of legal forms to a user by a lawyer is facilitated over an electronic communications link. The method entails establishing a communications link to permit a lawyer to provide legal advice to a user, receiving payment for the legal advice based on user information, and restricting access by the lawyer to a portion of the user information to maintain anonymity. The method generates customized situation-specific legal documents directly to the user's computer, and it does so without the risk of conflicts of interest, thereby substantially simplifying and streamlining the rendering of legal advice to users. Immediate rich text format (rtf) document delivery is accomplished directly to a secondary browser window so that subscribers are free to modify the documents at will.