US 2007/0192114 A1Published application

Method of automated estate management

OwnerDavaid Parpalainventor

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Abstract

A method of accumulating and maintaining selected records of a principal and assuring that certain actions take place as requested by the principal including the steps of preparing, in digital form, an inventory database of personal, medical, legal and financial information of the principal. The personal information includes a set of desired actions to be carried out routinely and upon change of status of the principal. A password enables digital access to the inventory database by the principal and an associate at a host Web site available through the Internet. A communication schedule establishes routine and emergency communications from the host to both principal and associate. If either the principal or the associate are non-responsive to the routine notices, the other is informed. When status of the principal has changed, the host automatically notifies pre-selected individuals and services.

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Dependent claims

A method of accumulating and maintaining selected records of a principal and assuring that certain actions take place as requested by the host, the method comprising the steps of:

preparing, in digital form, an inventory database accessible through a host on the Internet, of personal, medical, legal and financial information of the principal including specific actions to be carried out and persons to be contacted if the principal is missing, judged legally incompetent, or found deceased;
appointing an associate;
providing password access for the principal and the associate to the inventory database;
establishing a communication schedule and thereby sending routine repetitive messages to the principal and the associate;
monitoring responses from the principal and the associate;
informing the principal when the associate is non-responsive so as to provide for setting up an alternate associate;
informing the associate when the principal is non-responsive so as to provide for verification by the associate of the status of the principal as missing, incompetent or deceased;
informing previously appointed individuals to establish action in accordance with the status of the principal.

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