Patents by Inventor Jeff P. Chen

Jeff P. Chen 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).

  • Insurance claims estimate, text, and graphics network and method
    Patent number: 5504674
    Abstract: A communications network for processing insurance claims of objects. The communications network including claim terminals and repair terminals, each having a processor, a display monitor, and a mass storage device, for inputting and sending object-identification data, parts graphics images, and images from the claims terminals to the repair terminals through a communications channel. The repair terminals compute repair and replacement estimates and send the estimates to the claim terminal. The object-identification data include information stored in digital form for a multiplicity of objects. The sum of the costs for repairing an object or a part of an object versus the cost for replacing the object or the part of a object is compared. An imaging device may be used for capturing an electronic image in digital form of the damaged object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 2, 1996
    Assignee: CCC Information Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeff P. Chen, David C. Wong