System and method for online dispute resolution and management
AssigneeButler Online Mediation, L.P.
InventorRandall E. Butler
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Abstract
A computer-implemented system and process for the purpose of dispute resolution and management. The invention provides a system and method particularly adapted for tracking and mediating disputes, such as multiparty lawsuits, including both simultaneous and asynchronous submission of offers and demands in the mediation/negotiation context thus eliminating many of the inefficiencies inherent in traditional mediation processes.
Claims41
A computer-implemented method of on-line dispute resolution for a dispute, said method comprising:
- (a) receiving a settlement offer from a first party;
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- (b) presenting said settlement offer from said first party to a second party;
- (c) receiving a settlement counter-offer from said second party;
- (d) presenting said settlement counter-offer to said first party;
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- (e) repeating steps (a)-(d) until the dispute it settled.
A computer-usable medium having computer-readable program code embodied therein for causing a computer to perform the steps of:
- (a) receiving a settlement offer from a first party;
- and
- (b) presenting said settlement offer from said first party to a second party;
- (c) receiving a settlement counter-offer from said second party;
- (d) presenting said settlement counter-offer to said first party;
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- (e) repeating steps (a)-(d) until the dispute it settled.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.