Mary Ruth Grant

US Patent:

20070094039, Apr 26, 2007

Filed:

Oct 21, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/255441

Inventors:

Mary Grant - Oakton VA, US
Felipe Custer - Washington DC, US
Daniel Klein - Silver Spring MD, US
Susan Colwell - Shrewsbury MA, US

International Classification:

G06Q 99/00

US Classification:

705001000

Abstract:

A method and system of collecting, evaluating, and sharing information about the status of at least one child under the auspices of a child welfare agency, a juvenile justice agency or another responsible agency that comprises: enabling various individuals to asynchronously submit structured and unstructured information about a child through a multi-channel, password-protected interface; storing information about the identity, characteristics, and status of a plurality of children in a database memory or registry; automatically evaluating and prioritizing information about a status of a child according to predefined rules; providing a password-protected interface through the Internet to the memory for a child welfare worker, juvenile justice worker, other responsible agency worker, or collateral personnel; providing detailed and summary information about an individual child among the plurality of children, and about aggregate groupings of children through the password-protected interface; and facilitating the sharing of information and the communication about a status of at least one child among child welfare workers, juvenile justice workers, other responsible agency workers, and collateral personnel.