Record Protection System For Networked Databases

A method for protecting data records in a networked database, comprising the steps of:

• presenting a web interface to a client via the Internet for creation of a data record in a database, the web interface including a plurality of input fields each corresponding to a field of the data record;
• receiving data from the client via the web interface into two or more of the input fields;
• comparing, via software executing on a processor, the data received from the client to the data received from a verification source;
• and
• storing the data record in the database and locking the entire data record via software executing on the processor, such that no portion of the data record can be edited by the client, once the data received in a predetermined number of the input fields matches the data received from the verification source.

A record protection system for a networked database, comprising:

• a host processor;
• a database accessible by said host processor including a plurality of data records, each data record associated with a client;
• a web interface presented to a client via the Internet for creation of a data record in said database, the web interface including a plurality of input fields each corresponding to a field of the data record;
• software executing on said host processor for receiving intellectual property data from the client via the web interface into two or more of the input fields;
• software executing on said host processor for receiving intellectual property data from a patent and trademark database;
• software executing on said host processor for comparing the intellectual property data received from the client to the intellectual property data received from the patent and trademark database, wherein comparison is performed in real time as the intellectual property data is entered into the plurality of input fields by the client;
• software executing on said host processor storing the data record in said database and locking the entire data record, such that no portion of the data record can be edited by the client, once the intellectual property data received in a predetermined number of the input fields matches the intellectual property data received from a single data record of the patent and trademark database;
• and
• software executing on said host processor automatically retrieving supplemental data corresponding to the data received from the client that matches the data received from the source and storing the supplemental data in the data record in said database.