Abstract: An apparatus, computer-implemented method and program product to arrange and fund a funeral or other memorial service. A program receives user input requesting information associated with funeral products, services and homes. The program associates the user input with a budgetary, profile, home locator, or step-based parameter. Each parameter logically links to an information field stored within the database. A central web server retrieves information associated with the parameter for inclusion within a funeral plan.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 23, 2009
Publication date:
January 28, 2010
Applicant:
Forethought Financial Services,Inc.
Inventors:
Efrain Torres, Rachel Elizabeth Myers, Randall Scott Salatin
Abstract: An apparatus, computer-implemented method and program product to arrange and fund a funeral or other memorial service. A program receives user input requesting information associated with funeral products, services and homes. The program associates the user input with a budgetary, profile, home locator, or step-based parameter. Each parameter logically links to an information field stored within the database. A central web server retrieves information associated with the parameter for inclusion within a funeral plan.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 6, 2001
Date of Patent:
June 23, 2009
Assignee:
Forethought Financial Services, Inc.
Inventors:
Efrain Torres, Rachel Elizabeth Myers, Randall Scott Salatin
Abstract: Internet-based technology is utilized to provide a funerary-related web site such as a funeral planner web site for use in planning a funeral or other memorial service online on behalf of one or more funerary service providers such as funeral homes. Custom-tailored web sites are supported for multiple funerary service providers, with a significant degree of customization supported for both look and feel and provider-specific product and service offerings. Moreover, through the use of several unique administration functions, self-configuration of a funerary service provider's custom web site is facilitated, even for users having limited computer and Internet skills.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 9, 2002
Publication date:
January 2, 2003
Applicant:
Forethought Financial Services, Inc.
Inventors:
Efrain Torres, Rachel Elizabeth Myers, Shannan Kristine Aylor, Dennis L. Siebert
Abstract: An apparatus, computer-implemented method and program product to arrange and fund a funeral or other memorial service. A program receives user input requesting information associated with funeral products, services and homes. The program associates the user input with a budgetary, profile, home locator, or step-based parameter. Each parameter logically links to an information field stored within the database. A central web server retrieves information associated with the parameter for inclusion within a funeral plan.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 6, 2001
Publication date:
January 10, 2002
Applicant:
Forethought Financial Services, Inc.
Inventors:
Efrain Torres, Rachel Elizabeth Myers, Randall Scott Salatin