Management system and method

The electronic case file and document management system of any one of the preceding claims, wherein the task management function is operable to perform an action in respect of one or more tasks relating to one or more of the cases, including creating, editing and/or displaying one or more tasks relating to one or more of the cases.

The electronic case file and document management system of any one of the preceding claims, wherein the documentation stored in the content and process application can be viewed by users of the system via the remote terminals.

The electronic case file and document management system of claim 13, wherein the interface further enables a user to perform an action in respect of one or more tasks, including creating, editing and/or viewing one or more tasks.

The electronic case file and document management system of claim 14, wherein tasks can be sorted and viewed by criteria including one or more of:

• their creator, the person to whom the task is assigned, and/or by the unique identifier for the case to which the task relates.

A method for storing documents and managing tasks associated with a case, the method comprising using an electronic case file function and a task management function provided by a content and process application stored on a server and accessible by a user with a remote terminal coupled to the server, the electronic case file function being arranged to store and facilitate the display of data relating to one or more cases, and the task management function being arranged to create and display data relating to tasks for the one or more cases.

A management system stored on a server having one or more remote terminals coupled thereto, the management system comprising:

• a content and process application, a case management application, an email application and a mail integration application, wherein the content and process application is operable to provide an electronic case file function for storing and facilitating the display of data relating to one or more cases, and a task management function for creating and displaying data relating to tasks for the one or more cases, the remote terminals being arranged to access the electronic case file function, the task management function, the email application and the case management application for operation of the management system.

A system comprising a computer processor and a storage medium, the storage medium having a first software application and a second software application stored thereon, wherein the processor is operable:

• under control of the first software application, to receive data relating to a record and to store the received data in a database associated with the first software application, the record including a unique identifier;
• and
• under control of the second software application, to reference the record via the unique identifier.

A method for integrating a first software application and a second software application, the first software application associated with a database storing data relating to a record, the method comprising:

• identifying the record by a unique identifier;
• and
• using the unique identifier in the second software application to reference the record.

An electronic case file and document management system substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

A method for storing documents and managing tasks associated with a case substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

A management system substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

A system substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

A method for integrating a first software application and a second software application substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

A method of allowing a first software application to access data stored in a database which is associated with a second software application substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying drawings.