US 2010/0250595 A1Published application

Computer systems and methods for facilitating adoption

OwnerLori Barer Ingberinventor

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Abstract

Disclosed is a data store for use by a first and second class of adoption participants having access privileges. A query is initiated for a first member of the first class or a second member of the second class upon access privilege verification. When for the first member, the query defines a qualifying family that may adopt an unborn or newly born child from the first member. When for the second member, the electronic query defines characteristics of (i) a qualifying unborn or newly born child that may be adopted by the second member and (ii) optionally the birth parents. Data store records are either associated with members of the first or second class of adoption participants. The data store includes records from a first and second adoption agency. The data store is searched with the query thereby obtaining a search result comprising one or more records matching the query.

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Dependent claims

A computer based processing method for organizing, maintaining and processing a data store on a tangible computer readable media, the data store for use by a first class of adoption participants or a second class of adoption participants that have been granted an access privilege to the data store or that are each associated with an agency that has been granted an access privilege to the data store, the computer based processing method comprising:

(A) initiating an electronic query of the data store on behalf of a first member of the first class of adoption participants or a second member of the second class of adoption participants upon verification that (i) said first member or the second member has an access privilege to the data store or (ii) an agency that represents said first member or an agency that represents said second member has an access privilege to the data store, wherein
(i) when the electronic query is on behalf of the first member, the electronic query includes a first plurality of request parameters that collectively define a first plurality of characteristics of a qualifying family that may adopt an unborn or newly born child from the first member;
(ii) when the electronic query is on behalf of the second member, the electronic query includes a second plurality of request parameters that collectively define a second plurality of characteristics of (i) a qualifying unborn child or newly born child that may be adopted by the second member and (ii) optionally a birth parent of the unborn child or newly born child;
(iii) the data store comprises or has access to a plurality of records, wherein each respective record in the plurality of records is either associated with (i) a member of the first class of adoption participants or (ii) a member of the second class of adoption participants;
and
(iv) the plurality of records comprises a first set of records from a first adoption agency and a second set of records from a second adoption agency;
(B) searching the data store with the electronic query using a computer, thereby obtaining a search result comprising one or more records in the plurality of records that match the electronic query, wherein
when the electronic query is by the first member, each record in the search result is of a member in the second class of adoption participants, and
when the electronic query is by the second member, each record in the search result is of a member in the first class of adoption participants;
and
(C) optionally, outputting the search result to a display, a tangible computer readable data storage product, a computer, or a tangible random access memory.

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A computer program product for use in conjunction with a computer system, the computer program product comprising a tangible computer readable storage medium and a computer program mechanism embedded therein, the computer program mechanism for organizing, maintaining and processing a data store that is stored on tangible computer readable media, the data store for use by a first class of adoption participants or a second class of adoption participants that have been granted an access privilege to the data store or that are each associated with an agency that has been granted an access privilege to the data store, the computer program mechanism comprising:

(A) instructions for initiating an electronic query of the data store on behalf of a first member of the first class of adoption participants or a second member of the second class of adoption participants upon verification that (i) said first member or the second member has an access privilege to the data store or (ii) an adoption agency that represents said first member or an adoption agency that represents said second member has access privilege to the data store, wherein
(i) when the electronic query is on behalf of the first member, the electronic query includes a first plurality of request parameters that collectively define a first plurality of characteristics of a qualifying family that may adopt an unborn or newly born child from the first member;
(ii) when the electronic query is on behalf of the second member, the electronic query includes a second plurality of request parameters that collectively define a second plurality of characteristics of (i) a qualifying unborn child or newly born child that may be adopted by the second member and (ii) optionally a birth parent of the unborn child or newly born child;
(iii) the data store comprises or has access to a plurality of records, wherein each respective record in the plurality of records is either (i) of a member of the first class of adoption participants or (ii) of a member of the second class of adoption participants;
and
(iv) the plurality of records comprises a first set of records from a first adoption agency and a second set of records from a second adoption agency;
(B) instructions for searching the data store with the electronic query using a computer, thereby obtaining a search result comprising one or more records in the plurality of records that match the electronic query, wherein
when the electronic query is by the first member, each record in the search result is associated with a member in the second class of adoption participants, and
when the electronic query is by the second member, each record in the search result is associated with a member in the first class of adoption participants;
and
(C) optional instructions for outputting the search result to a display, a tangible computer readable data storage product, a computer, or a tangible random access memory.

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A computer system comprising:

a central processing unit;
and
a memory, coupled to the central processing unit, the memory storing a module for organizing, maintaining and processing a data store that is stored on tangible computer readable media, the data store for use by a first class of adoption participants or a second class of adoption participants that have been granted an access privilege to the data store or that are each associated with an agency that has been granted an access privilege to the data store, the module comprising:
(A) instructions for initiating an electronic query of the data store on behalf of a first member of the first class of adoption participants or a second member of the second class of adoption participants upon verification (i) that said first member or the second member has an access privilege to the data store or (ii) an adoption agency that represents said first member or an adoption agency that represents said second member has access privilege to the data store, wherein
(i) when the electronic query is on behalf of the first member, the electronic query includes a first plurality of request parameters that collectively define a first plurality of characteristics of a qualifying family that may adopt an unborn or newly born child from the first member;
(ii) when the electronic query is on behalf of the second member, the electronic query includes a second plurality of request parameters that collectively define a second plurality of characteristics of (i) a qualifying unborn child or newly born child that may be adopted by the second member and (ii) optionally a birth parent of the unborn child or newly born child;
(iii) the data store comprises or has access to a plurality of records, wherein each respective record in the plurality of records is either (i) of a member of the first class of adoption participants or (ii) of a member of the second class of adoption participants;
and
(iv) the plurality of records comprises a first set of records from a first adoption agency and a second set of records from a second adoption agency;
(B) instructions for searching the data store with the electronic query using a computer, thereby obtaining a search result comprising one or more records in the plurality of records that match the electronic query, wherein
when the electronic query is by the first member, each record in the search result is associated with a member in the second class of adoption participants, and
when the electronic query is by the second member, each record in the search result is associated with a member in the first class of adoption participants;
and
(C) optional instructions for outputting the search result to a display, a tangible computer readable data storage product, a computer, or a tangible random access memory.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.