Patents Assigned to FirstBest Systems, Inc.
  • Patent number: 8073717
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems for underwriting insurance contracts. In one embodiment a system comprises a rules database of business rules specifying one or more conditions based upon one or more underwriting parameters; a user database comprising entries corresponding to registered users; and a processor configured to: provide to the user a form having a plurality of data fields generated based upon the underwriting parameters specified in the business rules; receive a plurality of inputted underwriting parameters corresponding to the data fields; determine whether the inputted underwriting parameters satisfy the business rules; and if at least one of the inputted underwriting parameters does not satisfy the business rules, provide a status message indicating that at least one business rule is not satisfied. The status message can be provided in an interface that includes a graphical element linking a part of the status message with a portion of the displayed form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Firstbest Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Julian E. Pelenur, Paul Thomas Cummings, Joseph Pilkerton, John Belizaire, Kelly Ann Lynch, Jeffrey Jerome Glass, Hao Chen, Thomas Albert Muldoon
  • Patent number: 8073716
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods of underwriting insurance contracts. In one embodiment a method comprises receiving from a registered user a request for approval of the insurance contract, the request for approval of the insurance contract including underwriting parameters of the insurance contract; reading, from a user database underwriting criteria corresponding to the user; determining whether the underwriting parameters of the insurance contract satisfy the underwriting criteria of the user; and providing an interface including a status message indicating that at least one underwriting criterion is not satisfied, if at least one underwriting criterion is not satisfied. The interface can include a graphical element linking a part of the status message with a displayed parameter of the contract.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: FirstBest Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Julian E. Pelenur, Paul Thomas Cummings, Joseph Pilkerton, John Belizaire, Kelly Ann Lynch, Jeffrey Jerome Glass, Hao Chen, Thomas Albert Muldoon
  • Publication number: 20100004954
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems for underwriting insurance contracts. In one embodiment a system comprises a rules database of business rules specifying one or more conditions based upon one or more underwriting parameters; a user database comprising entries corresponding to registered users; and a processor configured to: provide to the user a form having a plurality of data fields generated based upon the underwriting parameters specified in the business rules; receive a plurality of inputted underwriting parameters corresponding to the data fields; determine whether the inputted underwriting parameters satisfy the business rules; and if at least one of the inputted underwriting parameters does not satisfy the business rules, provide a status message indicating that at least one business rule is not satisfied. The status message can be provided in an interface that includes a graphical element linking a part of the status message with a portion of the displayed form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2008
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Applicant: FirstBest Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Julian E. Pelenur, Paul Thomas Cummings, Joseph Pilkerton, John Belizaire, Kelly Ann Lynch, Jeffrey Jerome Glass, Hao Chen, Thomas Albert Muldoon
  • Publication number: 20100004953
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods of underwriting insurance contracts. In one embodiment a method comprises receiving from a registered user a request for approval of the insurance contract, the request for approval of the insurance contract including underwriting parameters of the insurance contract; reading, from a user database underwriting criteria corresponding to the user; determining whether the underwriting parameters of the insurance contract satisfy the underwriting criteria of the user; and providing an interface including a status message indicating that at least one underwriting criterion is not satisfied, if at least one underwriting criterion is not satisfied. The interface can include a graphical element linking a part of the status message with a displayed parameter of the contract.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2008
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Applicant: FirstBest Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Julian E. Pelenur, Paul Thomas Cummings, Joseph Pilkerton, John Belizaire, Kelly Ann Lynch, Jeffrey Jerome Glass, Hao Chen, Thomas Albert Muldoon