Patents by Inventor Benjamin Singer

Benjamin Singer 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).

  • Patent number: 12640243
    Abstract: A system for maintaining accurate health data and for providing rewards to data market participants. A marketplace platform based on Blockchain technology leverages smart contracts to provide rewards to sellers of data assets that provide corrections or updates to medical data, such as provider demographics. A URL API is provided to a buyer of the data with an encrypted password that is used to access the data from the URL API.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: Humana Inc.
    Inventors: Kyle Culver, Emily Braun, Rohit Wason, Nicholas Hill, Zachary A. Stout, Matthew A. Plappert, Chulmin Lee, Benjamin Singer, Norman Leach
  • Publication number: 20240304291
    Abstract: A system for maintaining accurate health data and for providing rewards to data market participants. A marketplace platform based on Blockchain technology leverages smart contracts to provide rewards to sellers of data assets that provide corrections or updates to medical data, such as provider demographics. A URL API is provided to a buyer of the data with an encrypted password that is used to access the data from the URL API.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2024
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Inventors: Kyle Culver, Emily Braun, Rohit Wason, Nicholas Hill, Zachary A. Stout, Matthew A. Plappert, Chulmin Lee, Benjamin Singer, Norman Leach
  • Publication number: 20240233894
    Abstract: A system for maintaining accurate health data and for providing rewards to data market participants. A marketplace platform based on Blockchain technology leverages smart contracts to provide rewards to sellers of data assets that provide corrections or updates to medical data, such as provider demographics. A URL API is provided to a buyer of the data with an encrypted password that is used to access the data from the URL API.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2024
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Kyle Culver, Emily Braun, Rohit Wason, Nicholas Hill, Zachary A. Stout, Matthew A. Plappert, Chulmin Lee, Benjamin Singer, Norman Leach
  • Patent number: 11990215
    Abstract: A system for maintaining accurate health data and for providing rewards to data market participants. A marketplace platform based on Blockchain technology leverages smart contracts to provide rewards to sellers of data assets that provide corrections or updates to medical data, such as provider demographics. A URL API is provided to a buyer of the data with an encrypted password that is used to access the data from the URL API.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Humana Inc.
    Inventors: Kyle Culver, Rohit Wason, Nicholas Hill, Zachary A. Stout, Matthew A. Plappert, Chulmin Lee, Benjamin Singer, Norman Leach, Emily Braun
  • Patent number: 11942195
    Abstract: A system for maintaining accurate health data and for providing rewards to data market participants. A marketplace platform based on Blockchain technology leverages smart contracts to provide rewards to sellers of data assets that provide corrections or updates to medical data, such as provider demographics. A URL API is provided to a buyer of the data with an encrypted password that is used to access the data from the URL API.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Humana Inc.
    Inventors: Kyle Culver, Rohit Wason, Nicholas Hill, Zachary A. Stout, Matthew A. Plappert, Chulmin Lee, Benjamin Singer, Norman Leach, Emily Braun
  • Publication number: 20210035669
    Abstract: A system for maintaining accurate health data and for providing rewards to data market participants. A marketplace platform based on Blockchain technology leverages smart contracts to provide rewards to sellers of data assets that provide corrections or updates to medical data, such as provider demographics. A URL API is provided to a buyer of the data with an encrypted password that is used to access the data from the URL API.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Kyle Culver, Rohit Wason, Nicholas Hill, Zachary A. Stout, Matthew A. Plappert, Chulmin Lee, Benjamin Singer, Norman Leach, Emily Braun
  • Publication number: 20190237169
    Abstract: A system for maintaining accurate health data and for providing rewards to data market participants. A marketplace platform based on Blockchain technology leverages smart contracts to provide rewards to sellers of data assets that provide corrections or updates to medical data, such as provider demographics. A URL API is provided to a buyer of the data with an encrypted password that is used to access the data from the URL API.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Kyle Culver, Rohit Wason, Nicholas Hill, Zachary A. Stout, Matthew A. Plappert, Chulmin Lee, Benjamin Singer, Norman Leach, Emily Braun
  • Publication number: 20160364455
    Abstract: This document presents a system and method for interaction with a social networking site where a user may be constrained from using some features of the site based upon pre-defined conditions. A social networking site such as a personal matching site may set a definite number of matches an individual user may make. Once all matches have been made, the user may be constrained against actions such as searching until the user has investigated those matches already made or has removed at least one match to free up a slot for the data from a new match to be entered into that slot. Constraints may be defined to prohibit any feature of the social networking site to control those features that are determined to be most subject to constraint enforcement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Inventor: Benjamin Singer
  • Patent number: 7551300
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method and system that only destroys documents that a party wants destroyed. The system also maintains a record of destroyed documents and saved documents. The foregoing may be accomplished by: placing information directly on a document that uniquely identifies the document; placing information in a database that uniquely identifies the document in which information was placed, and the date, if any, in which the document is scheduled to be destroyed; scanning the placed information on documents that are going to be destroyed; attempting to destroy the document; and checking in the database to determine whether or not the document should be destroyed, whereby if the database indicates the document should be destroyed, the document is destroyed, and if the database indicates that the document should not be destroyed, the document is not destroyed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: Pitney Bowes Inc.
    Inventors: G. Jonathan Wolfman, Benjamin Singer
  • Patent number: 7533067
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing a locally printed replaceable control panel labels for providing an economical user interface to a postage printing device using a collocated processor are described. In one configuration, a remote data center provides Units of Information of Value UIVs of distinct denominations such as postage indicia to a Virtual Stamp Dispensing Metering VSDM printer. Custom graphic images are also processed for use and stored at the collocated processor for selective transfer to the VSDM. Using the collocated PC, the user selects certain denominations to be assigned to denomination buttons on the VSDM. Similarly, the user selects certain custom images to be associated with custom image buttons on the VSDM. The system then prints a replaceable control panel button label using the VSDM printer having zones associated with each button for printing thumbnails of the custom images and denomination icons for the selected virtual stamp denominations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: Pitney Bowes Inc.
    Inventors: David W. Beckstrom, Steven M. Kaye, Benjamin Singer
  • Publication number: 20070005518
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing a locally printed replaceable control panel labels for providing an economical user interface to a postage printing device using a collocated processor are described. In one configuration, a remote data center provides Units of Information of Value UIVs of distinct denominations such as postage indicia to a Virtual Stamp Dispensing Metering VSDM printer. Custom graphic images are also processed for use and stored at the collocated processor for selective transfer to the VSDM. Using the collocated PC, the user selects certain denominations to be assigned to denomination buttons on the VSDM. Similarly, the user selects certain custom images to be associated with custom image buttons on the VSDM. The system then prints a replaceable control panel button label using the VSDM printer having zones associated with each button for printing thumbnails of the custom images and denomination icons for the selected virtual stamp denominations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Publication date: January 4, 2007
    Inventors: David Beckstrom, Steven Kaye, Benjamin Singer
  • Publication number: 20060285147
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method and system that only destroys documents that a party wants destroyed. The system also maintains a record of destroyed documents and saved documents. The foregoing may be accomplished by: placing information directly on a document that uniquely identifies the document; placing information in a database that uniquely identifies the document in which information was placed, and the date, if any, in which the document is scheduled to be destroyed; scanning the placed information on documents that are going to be destroyed; attempting to destroy the document; and checking in the database to determine whether or not the document should be destroyed, whereby if the database indicates the document should be destroyed, the document is destroyed, and if the database indicates that the document should not be destroyed, the document is not destroyed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2005
    Publication date: December 21, 2006
    Applicant: Pitney Bowes Incroporated
    Inventors: G. Wolfman, Benjamin Singer
  • Patent number: 7113198
    Abstract: A method and system for thermal printing of secure documents. A contact thermal printing system includes: a) thermal print head having at least one heater element; and b) a thermal printer controller. The printer controller is programmed to: 1) move the print head in a predetermined pattern while the print head is in contact with a top coating of a thermal print medium; 2) overdrive the heater element during predetermined parts of the pattern to a temperature sufficient to soften or melt the top coating, thereby forming a pattern of striations in the top coating; and 3) control the heater element to print at least part of an image on the medium. The contact surface of the print head can have a specific pattern of features for forming the striations, whereby a pattern of striations formed can encode information both in the direction of the motion of the print head and transversely to the direction of motion. The pattern of striations can form a bar code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2006
    Assignee: Pitney Bowes Inc.
    Inventors: Donald G. MacKay, Benjamin Singer, Frederick W. Ryan, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20060121372
    Abstract: A board that hides information in a manner that only certain authorized personnel may change the information and other authorized personnel may view the information. This invention accomplishes the foregoing by placing a locked panel of translucent material over certain information written on the board that may only be changed by an authorized individual by opening the lock. A panel of opaque material is placed over the translucent material in a manner that certain information written on the board will be revealed when authorized personnel remove the opaque material or cause the opaque material to be transparent. The translucent material may be removed by activating a switch or entering a code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2005
    Publication date: June 8, 2006
    Applicant: Pitney Bowes Incorporated
    Inventors: G. Wolfman, Benjamin Singer, Ronald Sansone
  • Publication number: 20060050136
    Abstract: A method and system for thermal printing of secure documents. A contact thermal printing system includes: a) thermal print head having at least one heater element; and b) a thermal printer controller. The printer controller is programmed to: 1) move the print head in a predetermined pattern while the print head is in contact with a top coating of a thermal print medium; 2) overdrive the heater element during predetermined parts of the pattern to a temperature sufficient to soften or melt the top coating, thereby forming a pattern of striations in the top coating; and 3) control the heater element to print at least part of an image on the medium. The contact surface of the print head can have a specific pattern of features for forming the striations, whereby a pattern of striations formed can encode information both in the direction of the motion of the print head and transversely to the direction of motion. The pattern of striations can form a bar code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2004
    Publication date: March 9, 2006
    Applicant: Pitney Bowes Incorporated
    Inventors: Donald MacKay, Benjamin Singer, Frederick Ryan
  • Publication number: 20050251422
    Abstract: A method for real time communications between doctors and hospital personnel to resolve patient documentation issues by providing an imaged replica of a paper medical record that is being prepared by one or more doctors to one or more hospital personnel while the paper record is being prepared by the doctor; receiving by the hospital personnel the imaged replica; and reviewing by the hospital personnel the imaged replica so that the hospital personnel may determine whether or not the doctor provided sufficient information on the medical record for the hospital personnel to accurately code the medical record.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2005
    Publication date: November 10, 2005
    Inventors: Jonathan Wolfman, Benjamin Singer