In order to use the site a user needs an account. There are two types, pre-pay and single. Pre-pay accounts allow the member to purchase report credits upfront and then generate reports using those credits. They can, at any time, request purchase of more credits. These payments are done offline. The other type of account, single, allows the user to purchase reports one at a time in real time on the site using their credit card. The following screens show the sign up forms, which are accessible from the links at the bottom of the login page shown in section 1.2

Fig I Pre-pay Sign Up

Fig II Single Sign up

1.2 Login

Fig III shows the login form for the site. There are two fields, email address and password. These fields are checked against the database to see if the person attempting to login is using valid credentials. If a user attempts to load a link without a valid session then they are redirected to this page.

Fig III Login

1.3 Search

Once logged in the application moves the user to the search form. From here the user can enter information about the property that they are trying to find. There is one difference here depending upon the type of account the user has. Pre-pay account holders will see a field that allows them to search on the Deposited Plan or Lot Number, single users don’t.

Fig IV Pre-pay Search

Fig V Single Search

1.4 Results

Once a valid set of search criteria is entered, and the amount of matches is less than the predetermined amount (default is 100) then the search result page will be displayed. Fig VI shows an example of this.

Fig VI Result Listing

1.5 Summary

Fig VII Summary

1.6 Payment

Once the user is happy that the property they’ve found is correct they can choose to purchase the report. For pre-pay users with credits the report will automatically be purchased and a credit taken from their bank. Single account holders will be taken off to the eWAY Shared Payment page.

Fig VIII eWAY Shared Payment page

Fig IX Payment Processing

Fig X PDF Processing

1.7 Report Generated

Once the purchasing process is complete the report is generated. The user will be presented with a screen similar to that shown in Fig XI. At this time the user is also sent an email containing a link to the generated PDF.

Fig XI Report Generated

2 Account Details

The user can also maintain their account information. Fig XII shows the screen that allows them to do this. It can be reached from the “Edit Account Details” link the right hand navigation.

Fig XII

3 Previous Reports

When a user purchases a report the details of the property the report was about are stored in the query history table. The user can then return (within seven days) and search past reports. Fig XIII shows the search form used to query the history. This form can be reached from the “Previous Reports” link in the right hand navigation.

Fig XIII Query History Search

Once valid search criteria are entered the search will display a list of recently generated reports that match. Fig XIV shows how this might look.

Fig XIV Query History Search Results