Patents Assigned to Forethought Financial Services, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20100023456
    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
  • Patent number: 7552070
    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
  • Publication number: 20030004829
    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
  • Publication number: 20020004757
    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