Patents by Inventor Charles Dodd Starbird

Charles Dodd Starbird has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240185357
    Abstract: Consumer needs for life insurance benefits change over time, yet traditional individual insurance policies have a fixed death benefit. Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to a user interface that facilitates forecasting future benefits and premiums under user-defined assumptions to optimize the policy application process and coverage, and to system and method for administering life insurance policies with death benefits that are automatically, periodically adjusted, without requiring new underwriting, based on third-party data linked to the insured's specific life insurance need. Embodiments disclosed herein facilitate the alignment of life insurance benefits with an individual's need as those needs change over time regardless of their changing health status, ensuring coverage when the need increases while saving money on unnecessary premiums when the need is declining.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2024
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Brian James Clark, Charles Dodd Starbird
  • Patent number: 11935134
    Abstract: Consumer needs for life insurance benefits change over time, yet traditional individual insurance policies have a fixed death benefit. Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to a user interface that facilitates forecasting future benefits and premiums under user-defined assumptions to optimize the policy application process and coverage, and to system and method for administering life insurance policies with death benefits that are automatically, periodically adjusted, without requiring new underwriting, based on third-party data linked to the insured's specific life insurance need. Embodiments disclosed herein facilitate the alignment of life insurance benefits with an individual's need as those needs change over time regardless of their changing health status, ensuring coverage when the need increases while saving money on unnecessary premiums when the need is declining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Inventors: Brian James Clark, Charles Dodd Starbird
  • Publication number: 20230385942
    Abstract: Consumer needs for life insurance benefits change over time, yet traditional individual insurance policies have a fixed death benefit. Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to a user interface that facilitates forecasting future benefits and premiums under user-defined assumptions to optimize the policy application process and coverage, and to system and method for administering life insurance policies with death benefits that are automatically, periodically adjusted, without requiring new underwriting, based on third-party data linked to the insured's specific life insurance need. Embodiments disclosed herein facilitate the alignment of life insurance benefits with an individual's need as those needs change over time regardless of their changing health status, ensuring coverage when the need increases while saving money on unnecessary premiums when the need is declining.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Brian James Clark, Charles Dodd Starbird
  • Publication number: 20230005069
    Abstract: Consumer needs for life insurance benefits change over time, yet traditional individual insurance policies have a fixed death benefit. Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to a system and method for administering life insurance policies with death benefits that are automatically, periodically adjusted, without requiring new underwriting, based on third-party data linked to the insured's specific life insurance need. Embodiments disclosed herein facilitate the alignment of life insurance benefits with an individual's need as those needs change over time regardless of their changing health status, ensuring coverage when the need increases while saving money on unnecessary premiums when the need is declining.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Brian James Clark, Charles Dodd Starbird