Patents by Inventor Ankur Kaneria
Ankur Kaneria has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20240119401Abstract: A method includes, in response to a determination that one or more authenticated delivery locations includes a first delivery location, identifying, using an unmanned aerial vehicle registry, one or more unmanned aerial vehicles based on at least one unmanned aerial vehicle characteristic associated with a medication delivery request. The method also includes determining, for each unmanned aerial vehicle of the one or more unmanned aerial vehicles, an availability status, selecting an unmanned aerial vehicle based on at least a corresponding availability status and at least one selection criteria, and instructing the unmanned aerial vehicle to transport the medication package from a starting location to the first delivery location.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventor: Ankur Kaneria
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Publication number: 20240087462Abstract: A method for controlling secure delivery of a medication package includes receiving a medication delivery request to deliver a medication package to a first delivery location. The method also includes identifying one or more authenticated delivery locations corresponding to a recipient and determining whether the one or more authenticated delivery locations includes the first delivery location and, in response to a determination that the one or more authenticated delivery locations includes the first delivery location, instructing an unmanned aerial vehicle to transport the medication package from a starting location to the first delivery location. The method also includes, in response to the unmanned aerial vehicle communicating authentication data, determining whether the authentication data corresponds to the recipient.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Ankur Kaneria, Timothy B. Clise
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Patent number: 11929163Abstract: A computerized method of automated device efficacy determination for multiple monitor devices includes receiving streaming data including multiple health data values sensed by multiple monitor devices, each value indicative of health status of one or more members, and identifying first and second health data values from first and second target ones of the multiple monitor devices. The method includes determining first and second measured health status values of first and second ones of the members according to the identified first and second health data values, and aggregating the determined first measured health status value of the first member with the determined second measured health status value of the first member or the measured health status value of the second member. The method includes comparing the aggregated measured health status values to a target device efficacy threshold to determine an outcome-based device efficacy of the first and second target monitor devices.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2020Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.Inventors: Ankur Kaneria, Harry S. Gangaikondan-Iyer
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Publication number: 20230418312Abstract: A method for controlling an autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle for delivery of a medication package includes determining a thermal control period for the medication package. The method also includes identifying a delivery location corresponding to the medication package. The method also includes identifying at least one environmental characteristic of an environment that includes a delivery three-dimensional flight path between a starting location and the delivery location, wherein the at least one environmental characteristic indicates an actual weather value at the delivery location. The method also includes determining whether to deliver the medication package based on the thermal control period and the at least one environmental characteristic, using the unmanned aerial vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2023Publication date: December 28, 2023Inventors: Ankur Kaneria, Timothy B. Clise
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Patent number: 11847604Abstract: A method includes, in response to a determination that one or more authenticated delivery locations includes a first delivery location, identifying, using an unmanned aerial vehicle registry, one or more unmanned aerial vehicles based on at least one unmanned aerial vehicle characteristic associated with a medication delivery request. The method also includes determining, for each unmanned aerial vehicle of the one or more unmanned aerial vehicles, an availability status, selecting an unmanned aerial vehicle based on at least a corresponding availability status and at least one selection criteria, and instructing the unmanned aerial vehicle to transport the medication package from a starting location to the first delivery location.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2021Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: Evernorth Strategic Development, Inc.Inventor: Ankur Kaneria
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Patent number: 11847922Abstract: A method for controlling secure delivery of a medication package includes receiving a medication delivery request to deliver a medication package to a first delivery location. The method also includes identifying one or more authenticated delivery locations corresponding to a recipient and determining whether the one or more authenticated delivery locations includes the first delivery location and, in response to a determination that the one or more authenticated delivery locations includes the first delivery location, instructing an unmanned aerial vehicle to transport the medication package from a starting location to the first delivery location. The method also includes, in response to the unmanned aerial vehicle communicating authentication data, determining whether the authentication data corresponds to the recipient.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2022Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.Inventors: Ankur Kaneria, Timothy B. Clise
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Publication number: 20230376477Abstract: A method for enterprise data management includes permitting a first node to join a network having a storage system. Each respective node is assigned a protocol that indicates how the respective node consumes a record. The method also receives a first record from the first node having a first protocol. In response to the receipt, the method determines a first confidence for the first record according to the first node. The method also provides the first record to a second node based on a second protocol assigned to the second node. In response to providing the first record to the second node, the method also determines a second confidence for the first record according to the second node. The method further updates a view associated with the storage system and accessible to each node within the network to indicate the first confidence and the second confidence for the first record.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2022Publication date: November 23, 2023Inventor: Ankur Kaneria
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Patent number: 11789468Abstract: A method for controlling an autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle for delivery of a medication package includes determining a thermal control period for the medication package. The method also includes identifying a delivery location corresponding to the medication package. The method also includes identifying at least one environmental characteristic of an environment that includes a delivery three-dimensional flight path between a starting location and the delivery location, wherein the at least one environmental characteristic indicates an actual weather value at the delivery location. The method also includes determining whether to deliver the medication package based on the thermal control period and the at least one environmental characteristic, using the unmanned aerial vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2022Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.Inventors: Ankur Kaneria, Timothy B. Clise
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Publication number: 20230260040Abstract: Systems and methods herein describe probability-based health claims processing. The described systems and methods access a plurality of pharmacy claims, determine an aggregate rating of the pharmacy claims based on pharmacy claims data, submit a first subset of pharmacy claims to a first pharmacy claims approval system, submit a second subset of pharmacy claims of the plurality of pharmacy claims to a second pharmacy claims approval system, receive, from the first pharmacy claims approval system, a first set of decisions for the first subset of pharmacy claims, and, receive from the second pharmacy claims approval system, a second set of decisions for the second subset of pharmacy claims.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2022Publication date: August 17, 2023Inventor: Ankur Kaneria
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Publication number: 20230260069Abstract: Methods and systems for analyzing data and electronic identity security are described. In one embodiment, an electronic identity security method comprises a processor receiving a request for identity verification from a device, accessing data associated with the individual seeking identity verification stored in a storage device, inferring derived facts about the individual by determining associations between known facts stored in the storage device using an intelligence algorithm or data mining operation, generating at least one identity verification question based on the known facts or the derived facts, evaluating at least one received answer to the at least one identity verification question to determine whether the individual answered the at least one identity verification question correctly, and verifying the individual's identity based on at least one received answer to the at least one identity verification question.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2022Publication date: August 17, 2023Inventors: Ankur Kaneria, Timothy B. Clise
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Publication number: 20230215549Abstract: A method performed by a system for processing healthcare transactions is disclosed herein. The method comprises: receiving, by the cloud computing platform and the mainframe platform, a request for coverage of a service received by a member under a health insurance plan; assessing, by the mainframe platform, coverage of the service under the health insurance plan; determining, by the cloud computing platform, a first and a second healthcare attribute associated with the service; receiving, by the mainframe platform, the first healthcare attribute and the second healthcare attribute; and generating, by the mainframe platform, a response to the request for coverage of the service under the health insurance plan indicating the value associated with the second healthcare attribute, wherein the response is generated in response to a value associated with the first healthcare attribute being greater than a value associated with the second healthcare attribute.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2022Publication date: July 6, 2023Inventors: Ankur Kaneria, Harry S. Gangaikondan-Iyer
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Patent number: 11688513Abstract: A method for providing prediction based healthcare recommendations is performed by a healthcare prediction server. The method includes receiving an emergency room services request from a patient. The method also includes receiving a first portion of the plurality of historical claims data. The first portion includes associated historical outcome data. The method further includes applying a geospatial prevalence engine to the first portion of the plurality of historical claims data and the requestor location to identify at least one locally prevalent disease. The method additionally includes applying a claims processing engine to the first portion of the plurality of historical claims data and the requestor identifier to determine whether the patient is associated with at least one prior avoidable emergency room claim. The method includes predicting that the emergency room services request is associated with an avoidable visit. The method further includes transmitting an alternative services request.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2022Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: Cigna Intellectual Property, Inc.Inventors: Tayaru Bayyana, Ankur Kaneria
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Publication number: 20230153743Abstract: A method includes, in response to a determination that one or more authenticated delivery locations includes a first delivery location, identifying, using an unmanned aerial vehicle registry, one or more unmanned aerial vehicles based on at least one unmanned aerial vehicle characteristic associated with a medication delivery request. The method also includes determining, for each unmanned aerial vehicle of the one or more unmanned aerial vehicles, an availability status, selecting an unmanned aerial vehicle based on at least a corresponding availability status and at least one selection criteria, and instructing the unmanned aerial vehicle to transport the medication package from a starting location to the first delivery location.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2021Publication date: May 18, 2023Inventor: Ankur Kaneria
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Publication number: 20230085903Abstract: A computerized method of capturing monitor device data in a blockchain includes receiving a product identifier and product registration information for a monitor device supplied by a vendor. The method includes generating a secret device key for the monitor device. The method includes configuring the monitor device with the secret device key. The method includes receiving a member identifier and member registration information for a member associated with the monitor device. The method includes generating, by a blockchain secret member key ledger, a secret member key. The method includes linking the secret member key with the monitor device. The method includes receiving, by a blockchain secret member-device association ledger, an associated pair of the secret device key with the secret member key to store the associated pair for further authentication and authorization by the blockchain secret member-device association ledger.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2022Publication date: March 23, 2023Inventors: Ankur Kaneria, Harry S. Gangaikondan-Iyer
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Publication number: 20230032246Abstract: A method for controlling secure delivery of a medication package includes receiving a medication delivery request to deliver a medication package to a first delivery location. The method also includes identifying one or more authenticated delivery locations corresponding to a recipient and determining whether the one or more authenticated delivery locations includes the first delivery location and, in response to a determination that the one or more authenticated delivery locations includes the first delivery location, instructing an unmanned aerial vehicle to transport the medication package from a starting location to the first delivery location. The method also includes, in response to the unmanned aerial vehicle communicating authentication data, determining whether the authentication data corresponds to the recipient.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2022Publication date: February 2, 2023Inventors: Ankur Kaneria, Timothy B. Clise
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Patent number: 11515035Abstract: A computer system includes memory configured to store a universal data curation platform including multiple device profiles each including multiple fields for storing received device attributes in a standardized format. A processor is configured to execute instructions that include registering a first monitor device of a first vendor with a first member, registering a second monitor device of the first vendor or a second vendor with the first member or a second member, and receiving streaming health data from the devices. The instructions include transforming and storing multiple data values sensed by the first and second monitor device into standardized format device attributes of device profiles corresponding to the first and second monitor devices, and supplying the stored standardized format device attributes to at least one data analysis engine to determine one or more health characteristics of at least one of the first member and the second member.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2020Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.Inventors: Ankur Kaneria, Harry S. Gangaikondan-Iyer
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Patent number: 11513538Abstract: A method for controlling an autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle for delivery of a medication package includes determining a thermal control period for the medication package. The method also includes identifying a delivery location corresponding to the medication package. The method also includes identifying at least one environmental characteristic of an environment that includes a delivery three-dimensional flight path between a starting location and the delivery location, wherein the at least one environmental characteristic indicates an actual weather value at the delivery location. The method also includes determining whether to deliver the medication package based on the thermal control period and the at least one environmental characteristic, using the unmanned aerial vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2020Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.Inventors: Ankur Kaneria, Timothy B. Clise
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Publication number: 20220367041Abstract: A method for providing prediction based healthcare recommendations is performed by a healthcare prediction server. The method includes receiving an emergency room services request from a patient. The method also includes receiving a first portion of the plurality of historical claims data. The first portion includes associated historical outcome data. The method further includes applying a geospatial prevalence engine to the first portion of the plurality of historical claims data and the requestor location to identify at least one locally prevalent disease. The method additionally includes applying a claims processing engine to the first portion of the plurality of historical claims data and the requestor identifier to determine whether the patient is associated with at least one prior avoidable emergency room claim. The method includes predicting that the emergency room services request is associated with an avoidable visit. The method further includes transmitting an alternative services request.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2022Publication date: November 17, 2022Inventors: Tayaru Bayyana, Ankur Kaneria
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Patent number: 11475778Abstract: A method for controlling secure delivery of a medication package includes receiving a medication delivery request to deliver a medication package to a first delivery location. The method also includes identifying one or more authenticated delivery locations corresponding to a recipient and determining whether the one or more authenticated delivery locations includes the first delivery location and, in response to a determination that the one or more authenticated delivery locations includes the first delivery location, instructing an unmanned aerial vehicle to transport the medication package from a starting location to the first delivery location. The method also includes, in response to the unmanned aerial vehicle communicating authentication data, determining whether the authentication data corresponds to the recipient.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2020Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.Inventors: Ankur Kaneria, Timothy B. Clise
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Patent number: 11315679Abstract: A method for providing prediction based healthcare recommendations is performed by a healthcare prediction server. The method includes receiving an emergency room services request from a patient. The method also includes receiving a first portion of the plurality of historical claims data. The first portion includes associated historical outcome data. The method further includes applying a geospatial prevalence engine to the first portion of the plurality of historical claims data and the requestor location to identify at least one locally prevalent disease. The method additionally includes applying a claims processing engine to the first portion of the plurality of historical claims data and the requestor identifier to determine whether the patient is associated with at least one prior avoidable emergency room claim. The method includes predicting that the emergency room services request is associated with an avoidable visit. The method further includes transmitting an alternative services request.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2021Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: Cigna Intellectual Property, Inc.Inventors: Tayaru Bayyana, Ankur Kaneria