Communication logging system
OwnerKaren Paulsoninventor
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Abstract
A communication logging system facilitates communications between two or more users. A secured database stores communications from each user, and the system notifies the intended recipients of the communications. The system records times of creation of the communications, times of access to the communications, and who created and/or accessed the communications. The communications may not be altered or deleted once recorded, so there is a permanent source of reliable evidence as to the content of the communications and information associated therewith.
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A communication logging system for logging a communication from a first user to a second user, the system comprising:
- a user database configured to store a password of a first user and a password of a second user;
- a message recording module configured to record a communication from the first user to the second user;
- a message checking module configured to enable the second user to access the communication;
- a time-stamp module configured to generate a) a first time stamp comprising a time the communication was recorded by the first user and a duration of the communication, and b) a second time stamp comprising a time the communication was accessed by the second user;
- a user control module configured to enable the first user to change a first status of the communication and configured to maintain the first status from a perspective of the first user until subsequently changed by the first user, and configured to enable the second user to change a second status of the communication and configured to maintain the second status from a perspective of the second user until subsequently changed by the second user;
- an event database configured to store the communication, the first time stamp, the second time stamp, and status information associated with the communication;
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- a master control module configured to prevent modification of the event database except following entry of an administrator password that is different than the password of the first user and different than the password of the second user, and configured to produce a report of selected contents of the event database including the communication, the first time stamp, and the second time stamp.
A method for logging a communication from a first user to a second user, comprising:
- receiving a log-in request from a first user to confirm an identity of the first user and allow the first user to log in to a system;
- confirming the identity of the first user based on a first password entered by the first user, and allowing the first user to log in to the system based upon the confirmation;
- recording a communication from the first user in an event database;
- recording a first time stamp in the event database comprising a time the communication was recorded and a duration of the communication;
- receiving a log-in request from a second user to confirm an identity of the second user and allow the second user to log in to the system;
- confirming the identity of the second user based on a second password entered by the second user, and allowing the second user to log in to the system based upon the confirmation;
- delivering the communication to the second user;
- recording a second time stamp in the event database comprising a time the communication was delivered to the second user;
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- restricting access to the database through a security module such that the first user is unable to modify the event database when logged in using the first password, and the second user is unable to modify the event database when logged in using the second password.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.