Patents Examined by Dennis W. Ruhl
  • Patent number: 10565563
    Abstract: Systems and method discussed herein relate to the receipt and processing of invoices from benefit providers by an employer. The invoices may be received in varying electronic formats and a database may be populated with key fields from the invoices using a plurality of templates and an application. The application may determine historic and predictive cost effectiveness, compare cost effectiveness between and within benefit providers, determine variances in the number of participants covered, allocate funds including credits from benefit providers, and route allocations for approval and payment to the benefit providers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Nathan Hays, Pat Spangler, Jeff Tinder, Ben Travis
  • Patent number: 10552802
    Abstract: Turnkey maintenance of a customer's aircraft fleet is managed by a single management service provider (MSP) controlling integrated maintenance and materials services from a central operations site. The MSP converts data received directly from on-board aircraft systems into information it uses to manage maintenance service providers and parts suppliers. The MSP contracts with and manages maintenance, repair and overhaul organizations (MROs) who perform the maintenance on the customers' aircraft at line and base stations. The MSP either remotely manages part inventories at the customer's site, or manages suppliers who deliver the parts to the MROs. Maintenance planning, scheduling and execution information is exchanged between the MSP, MROs, part suppliers and the customers through a shared data communication network controlled by the MSP. The MSP charges the customer for the maintenance services based on a flat rate per unit of aircraft flying time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Robert L. Avery, Wendy Cronie, Erik Fromm, Patricia Rhodes, Cheryl Khera, Paula M. Kirkish, David R. Leonhardi, Jay P. Maloney
  • Patent number: 10552930
    Abstract: A physician referral management system is provided. The system includes a physician profile database, electronically accessible over at least one network system. The physician profile database stores physician profiles, each of which contain information associated with a physician. The system further includes a physician referral application which is hosted at least partially on a server and electronically accessible over at least one network system to a primary care physician device and a specialist physician device. The physician referral application is configured to facilitate a referral of a patient between the primary care physician device and the specialist physician device, and to allow a user of at least one of the primary care physician device and the specialist physician device to search for physicians based on information contained in the physician profiles. At least a portion of the physician profiles contains information relating to insurance plans accepted by particular physicians.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: The Advisory Board Company
    Inventors: Cynthia Jordan-Nowe, Colleen Cutshaw, Leslie Perls, Troy Hollar, Anne Sarabia
  • Patent number: 10546311
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a method for identifying competitors of a particular company. The method identifies a set of potential competitors of a particular company. For each potential competitors, the method calculates a score quantifying the competitive relationship of the potential competitor to the particular company. When the calculated score is above a particular threshold, the method associates the potential competitor as a competitor of the particular company.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Aurea Software, Inc.
    Inventors: Amit Gupta, Michael Prospero, Binay Mohanty, Aparna Gupta, David Cooke
  • Patent number: 10540478
    Abstract: A computerized system and method for automatically estimating the likelihood of having a fall leading to a fracture/dislocation within a specified period is described, and comprises a predictive model for guiding patients to the right course of treatment and encouraging discussions with their doctors for better outcomes. The system and method extracts member's health information from health administrative claims data, including clinical and pharmacy data, and estimates the probability of a fall for that member. Patients with high risk scores are selected for various clinical programs and interventions to manage their health conditions and reduce their likelihood of falling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Humana Inc.
    Inventors: Harpreet Singh, Vipin Gopal
  • Patent number: 10535425
    Abstract: A prescription management system receives prescription information and manages containers filled with the prescription. The prescription is stored in the container and the container is attached to a tracking device storing prescription information. The tracking device is managed by the prescription management system. The tracking device activates an indicator when it receives a request from the prescription management system identifying the tracking device. The indicator permits a user, such as a pharmacist, to locate a desired prescription. In some instances, filled prescriptions may be stored in a filled prescription holding area for a long period of time (i.e., the customer hasn't picked up the prescription). The system allows a user to identify these filled prescriptions and return the medication back to available stock for filling future prescriptions. The system may also identify these filled prescriptions and have the filled prescriptions delivered to a customer's home before the prescriptions expire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: PerceptiMed, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan Jeffrey Jacobs, Ram Subramanian
  • Patent number: 10534819
    Abstract: Methods and systems for a detecting an intruder near or within a vehicle are disclosed. Specifically, a method to detect and identify a person near or within a vehicle as an authorized or an unauthorized user is provided. In the event an unauthorized user is detected within a vehicle, the system may take a number of actions. In one embodiment, the actions comprise providing notice to one or more authorized users of the vehicle, disabling the vehicle, notifying emergency personnel or police, and emitting a visual or audio alarm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: IP Optimum Limited
    Inventor: Christopher P. Ricci
  • Patent number: 10521848
    Abstract: A system and method to generate and maintain interaction with a customer by evaluating customer initiated messages and telematics data to obtain information used to generate response messages and, further, generating conversation initiating messages autonomously in an effort to solicit response messages from a customer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: CLUTCH TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Brady L Rackley, III, James F. Heller, David W. Hallum, Ashish Trehan, Kyle L. Clements, John R. Phelps, Jr., Adam J. Carley, Vincent G. Zappa, Steven S. Neel, Sangameswar Venkatraman, Benjamin E. Morgan, Eric R. Kraar, Christopher M. L. Howie
  • Patent number: 10504160
    Abstract: A charitable donation system is provided. The system includes a computer server having a memory storing charitable organization data and user data, a collection device coupled to the computer server, and a user computing device coupled to the computer server. The system establishes a geofence around the collection device. When a user computing device enters the geofence, a connection between the server and the user computing device is established. The computer server may be programmed to receive from the user computing device a signal activating a donation, the signal including user data and donation data, including a user identifying information, a donation amount, and the payment instrument initiating the payment amount. The computer server may automatically process the payment and send a communication to the collection device to account for the donation amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Inventor: Charles Isgar
  • Patent number: 10496795
    Abstract: A system and method of a clinical trial is provided. The system comprises a summary page providing an overview of each clinical trial participant in a graphical format, each clinical trial participant being represented by a unique clinical trial participant identifier and one or more clinical trial participant identifier modifiers applicable to modify one or more of the clinical trial participant identifiers, each modifier indicative of a different status of the particular participant identifier to which it is applied. A zoom selector is provided for zooming in on a subset of the clinical trial participant identifiers included with the summary page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Ai Cure Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Adam Hanina, Gordon Kessler
  • Patent number: 10496796
    Abstract: A system and method of a clinical trial is provided. The system comprises a summary page providing an overview of each clinical trial participant in a graphical format, each clinical trial participant being represented by a unique clinical trial participant identifier and one or more clinical trial participant identifier modifiers applicable to modify one or more of the clinical trial participant identifiers, each modifier indicative of a different status of the particular participant identifier to which it is applied. A zoom selector is provided for zooming in on a subset of the clinical trial participant identifiers included with the summary page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Ai Cure Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Adam Hanina, Gordon Kessler
  • Patent number: 10489829
    Abstract: A charitable donation system is provided. The system includes a computer server having a memory storing charitable organization data and user data, a collection device coupled to the computer server, and a user computing device coupled to the computer server. The system establishes a geofence around the collection device. When a user computing device enters the geofence, a connection between the server and the user computing device is established. The computer server may be programmed to receive from the user computing device a signal activating a donation, the signal including user data and donation data, including a user identifying information, a donation amount, and the payment instrument initiating the payment amount. The computer server may automatically process the payment and send a communication to the collection device to account for the donation amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Inventor: Charles Isgar
  • Patent number: 10482431
    Abstract: A vehicle service facility may include an RFID transmitter-receiver. The RFID transmitter-receiver may include at least one RFID antenna. The RFID transmitter-receiver may further include an RFID reader. The vehicle service facility may also include a computer system, the computer system having a programmable processor such as a microprocessor or a microcontroller and processor-readable or computer-readable programming code embodying logic embedded on tangible, non-transitory computer readable media. The computer system is in data communication with the RFID reader.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: THE REYNOLDS AND REYNOLDS COMPANY
    Inventor: Robert T. Brockman
  • Patent number: 10482550
    Abstract: Mobile robots and methods involving mobile robots are provided. In one method, a mobile robot performs a hospitality service for a guest of a hospitality business. The mobile robot is operated at the hospitality business.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: VECNA ROBOTICS, INC.
    Inventor: Daniel Theobald
  • Patent number: 10452812
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for recording anonymized volumetric data from medical image visualization software are disclosed. An example method includes receiving a medical image; anonymizing the medical image outside of a region of interest by degrading the medical image outside a region corresponding to the region of interest and maintaining the resolution of the medical image inside the region corresponding to the region of interest; extracting data from the medical image; and generating an archive based on the anonymized medical image and the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Nicolas Gogin, Jerome Knoplioch
  • Patent number: 10454901
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure describe systems and methods that dynamically de-identifies confidential and/or sensitive patient health data maintained at computing devices deployed within a communications network. A key value is securely transmitted from a remote device included in a first security domain to a first server included in a second security domain. Based on the key value, the first server accesses a dataset containing health records identifying individual patients and de-identifies all or part of the dataset. A second server included in a security domain different from the remote device and the first server matches the de-identified data to previously de-identified data and generates a unique alias identifier for the matched de-identified data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Datavant, Inc.
    Inventors: Abel Ngo Kho, Satyender Goel
  • Patent number: 10438108
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of selectively sorting post-consumption items that are associated with radio-frequency tags based on data received from the RF tag. One embodiment includes a conveyor, a picker arm, and an RF reader. Another embodiment includes an RF reader and a receptacle for selectively holding post-consumption items based on data retrieved from the associated RF tag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Barrett M. Kreiner, Donna K. Hodges
  • Patent number: 10438281
    Abstract: A method for reducing greenhouse gas emissions by promoting more efficient energy use, by establishing a measure of efficiency, defined as a ratio of a measure of energy use to a measure of production; establishing a reduction schedule that sets limits on the energy efficiency ratio, with the schedule covering a series of compliance time periods and requiring efficient energy use during those time periods; establishing a transferable credit representing an amount of energy and establishing a tradable financial instrument representing a number of energy efficiency credits; issuing a plurality of energy efficiency credits to the entities; establishing a trading system to facilitate the sale and purchase of the financial instruments; and requiring entities to comply with the reduction schedule by making operational improvements or acquiring and surrendering credits to thus increase the efficiency of energy use in turn reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Chicago Climate Exchange, Inc
    Inventors: Michael Walsh, Richard L. Sandor, Jeffrey K. O'Hara
  • Patent number: 10430902
    Abstract: A system for updating a database comprises an input interface and a processor. The input interface is configured to receive image data. The processor is configured to determine from the image data one or more attributes of a database entry for real estate property and update the database entry for the real estate property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Trulia, LLC
    Inventors: Shourabh Rawat, Jeff McConathy, Todd Holloway, Sriram Gopalakrishnan, Abhinav Kulkarni
  • Patent number: 10395213
    Abstract: A system and method for a situational solution for collaborative information technology governance. The system comprises a situational environment information technology governance (SEIG) tool configured to facilitate one or more processes including: an entry process; a selection process; an authentication process; and a communication process. The method comprises entering a situation using the SEIG tool and describing the situation. The method further comprises choosing one or more applicable teams or subject matter experts and communicating with the one or more applicable teams and the subject matter experts using a collaborative technology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Zbigniew J. Borowski, Robert A. Palo