Patents Assigned to Forte, LLC
  • Patent number: 8170895
    Abstract: A computer assisted method includes selecting a sample of accounts from a historical database of accounts corresponding to deceased debtors, The sample indicates whether or not an estate was found for each deceased debtor. A comprehensive set of credit related variables corresponding to the accounts is obtained from a first source. A comprehensive set of demographic related variables corresponding to the accounts is obtained from a second source. The variables are mapped to the accounts and a computer executable model is created by identifying a subset of variables from the sets of variables and using the subset of variables and sample of accounts such that the model provides a prediction of whether or not an estate exists for a given deceased debtor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Forte LLC
    Inventor: Andrew M. Larsen
  • Patent number: 8165966
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and software to collect, validate, and disseminate or otherwise use of data of decedents. Some embodiments include receiving and obtaining decedent data from various sources to augment decedent data and making the augmented decedent data available to others.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Forte LLC
    Inventor: James A. Balogh
  • Publication number: 20120095891
    Abstract: Various embodiments include at least one of systems, methods, and software for probate claim identification and merging. One such embodiment includes processing, utilizing a computer processor, debtor account records stored in an account database to match debtor account records with probate estate records stored in a probate estate database. Upon identification of a match of a debtor account record with a probate estate record, the debtor account record may be associated with the probate estate record. Subsequently a claims process may be executed to generate claims against probate estates. Generating such a claim, when two or more accounts are identified for a single debtor, may consist of generating a single claim against the probate estate of the debtor. The single claim is for each of a plurality of accounts of the debtor of a particular client.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: FORTE LLC
    Inventors: Angela Marie Horn, Dereck John Eastman
  • Patent number: 7890435
    Abstract: Systems and method to identify and locate probate estates of client debtors. One embodiment includes receiving a client file, wherein the file includes a record of individual client debtors and determining if a date of death is available for each of the individual client debtors. Some such embodiments further include identifying one or more courts in which to search for a probate estate for each of the individual client debtors and searching for a probate estate in each identified court for each respective client debtor. In some embodiments, if a probate estate is not identified for a client debtor, the client debtor is placed in a queue, and the search is performed on a recurring or periodic basis until the probate estate is located or a certain period of time has passed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Forte, LLC
    Inventor: James A. Balogh
  • Publication number: 20100325119
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and software to collect, validate, and disseminate or otherwise use of data of decedents. Some embodiments include receiving and obtaining decedent data from various sources to augment decedent data and making the augmented decedent data available to others.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: FORTE LLC
    Inventor: James A. Balogh
  • Publication number: 20100325055
    Abstract: Systems and method to identify and locate probate estates of client debtors. One embodiment includes receiving a client file, wherein the file includes a record of individual client debtors and determining if a date of death is available for each of the individual client debtors. Some such embodiments further include identifying one or more courts in which to search for a probate estate for each of the individual client debtors and searching for a probate estate in each identified court for each respective client debtor. In some embodiments, if a probate estate is not identified for a client debtor, the client debtor is placed in a queue, and the search is performed on a recurring or periodic basis until the probate estate is located or a certain period of time has passed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: FORTE LLC
    Inventor: James A. Balogh
  • Patent number: 7801831
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and software to collect, validate, and disseminate or otherwise use of data of decedents. Some embodiments include receiving and obtaining decedent data from various sources to augment decedent data and making the augmented decedent data available to others.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Forte, LLC
    Inventor: James A. Balogh
  • Patent number: 7801832
    Abstract: Systems and method to identify and locate probate estates of client debtors. One embodiment includes receiving a client file, wherein the file includes a record of individual client debtors and determining if a date of death is available for each of the individual client debtors. Some such embodiments further include identifying one or more courts in which to search for a probate estate for each of the individual client debtors and searching for a probate estate in each identified court for each respective client debtor. In some embodiments, if a probate estate is not identified for a client debtor, the client debtor is placed in a queue, and the search is performed on a recurring or periodic basis until the probate estate is located or a certain period of time has passed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Forte, LLC
    Inventor: James A. Balogh