Patents by Inventor Cyrus E. Massoumi
Cyrus E. Massoumi 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: 20230419258Abstract: Method and apparatus for managing the physician referral process, whereby a referring physician (e.g., a primary care provider) refers a patient to another physician (e.g., a specialist) for a particular medical procedure, analysis or care. An aggregator provides systems and methods available to physicians and their administrative staff (herein collectively referred to as physicians or doctors) to: book appointments on behalf of their patients online through a doctor directory and calendar function; filter available doctors by specialty, subspecialty, procedure, insurance participation and/or hospital network; transfer a patient's personal information, medical history and pre-selected insurance forms from one doctor's office to another's, electronically; transfer and upload relevant forms and paperwork via fax from one doctor's office to another; track referrals historically (over time) on a by-doctor or by-patient basis; facilitate referrals to and from doctors in a certain network or group.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2023Publication date: December 28, 2023Inventors: Oliver D. Kharraz Tavakol, Nikhil Ganju, Cyrus E. Massoumi
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Patent number: 11790319Abstract: Method and apparatus for managing the physician referral process, whereby a referring physician (e.g., a primary care provider) refers a patient to another physician (e.g., a specialist) for a particular medical procedure, analysis or care. An aggregator provides systems and methods available to physicians and their administrative staff (herein collectively referred to as physicians or doctors) to: book appointments on behalf of their patients online through a doctor directory and calendar function; filter available doctors by specialty, subspecialty, procedure, insurance participation and/or hospital network; transfer a patient's personal information, medical history and pre-selected insurance forms from one doctor's office to another's, electronically; transfer and upload relevant forms and paperwork via fax from one doctor's office to another; track referrals historically (over time) on a by-doctor or by-patient basis; facilitate referrals to and from doctors in a certain network or group.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2021Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Zocdoc, Inc.Inventors: Oliver D. Kharraz Tavakol, Nikhil Ganju, Cyrus E. Massoumi
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Publication number: 20210304141Abstract: Method and apparatus for managing the physician referral process, whereby a referring physician (e.g., a primary care provider) refers a patient to another physician (e.g., a specialist) for a particular medical procedure, analysis or care. An aggregator provides systems and methods available to physicians and their administrative staff (herein collectively referred to as physicians or doctors) to: book appointments on behalf of their patients online through a doctor directory and calendar function; filter available doctors by specialty, subspecialty, procedure, insurance participation and/or hospital network; transfer a patient's personal information, medical history and pre-selected insurance forms from one doctor's office to another's, electronically; transfer and upload relevant forms and paperwork via fax from one doctor's office to another; track referrals historically (over time) on a by-doctor or by-patient basis; facilitate referrals to and from doctors in a certain network or group.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2021Publication date: September 30, 2021Inventors: Oliver D. Kharraz Tavakol, Nikhil Ganju, Cyrus E. Massoumi
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Patent number: 10997555Abstract: Method and apparatus for managing the physician referral process, whereby a referring physician (e.g., a primary care provider) refers a patient to another physician (e.g., a specialist) for a particular medical procedure, analysis or care. An aggregator provides systems and methods available to physicians and their administrative staff (herein collectively referred to as physicians or doctors) to: book appointments on behalf of their patients online through a doctor directory and calendar function; filter available doctors by specialty, subspecialty, procedure, insurance participation and/or hospital network; transfer a patient's personal information, medical history and pre-selected insurance forms from one doctor's office to another's, electronically; transfer and upload relevant forms and paperwork via fax from one doctor's office to another; track referrals historically (over time) on a by-doctor or by-patient basis; facilitate referrals to and from doctors in a certain network or group.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2017Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: Zocdoc, Inc.Inventors: Oliver D. Kharraz Tavakol, Nikhil Ganju, Cyrus E. Massoumi
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Patent number: 10185929Abstract: Method and apparatus for the collection and management of healthcare practitioner profile information prior to inclusion in a hospital directory of affiliated practitioners or insurance provider directory of participating practitioners. Healthcare practitioners (e.g., physicians) enter and communicate changes to their profile data to a central database to increase their compliance and decrease the frequency of providing updated or incomplete information in a hospital or insurance provider directory. The profile data can be credentialed according to rules specific to each hospital or insurance provider, prior to inclusion in the directory. The directory may further provide online booking of available appointment times for affiliated physicians from multiple practice groups. The online booking process can simultaneously be available on multiple websites of a hospital, insurance provider, physician practice group and/or centralized provider (aggregator).Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2010Date of Patent: January 22, 2019Assignee: ZocdocInventors: Oliver D. Kharraz Tavakol, Cyrus E. Massoumi
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Publication number: 20140278515Abstract: Systems and methods for aggregating available healthcare appointment times across multiple unaffiliated practitioner groups, including search and display algorithms. A centralized marketplace is provided for real time booking of healthcare appointments which does not require the patient to have a preexisting relationship with the practitioner. The aggregated booking system enhances the number of available near term and conveniently located appointment options while the search and display algorithms reduce the complexity of the patient and practitioner information required to maintain accurate and synchronized database booking records.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: ZocDoc, Inc.Inventors: Oliver D. Kharraz Tavakol, Cyrus E. Massoumi
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Patent number: 8688466Abstract: Systems and methods for aggregating available healthcare appointment times across multiple unaffiliated practitioner groups, including search and display algorithms. A centralized marketplace is provided for real time booking of healthcare appointments which does not require the patient to have a preexisting relationship with the practitioner. The aggregated booking system enhances the number of available near term and conveniently located appointment options while the search and display algorithms reduce the complexity of the patient and practitioner information required to maintain accurate and synchronized database booking records.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2008Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: ZocDoc, Inc.Inventors: Oliver D. Kharraz Tavakol, Cyrus E. Massoumi
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Publication number: 20130103420Abstract: System and method for the gathering of patient information and completion of patient information forms across multiple practice groups. An aggregator utilizes the patient information forms provided by different groups to create marked-up forms and a library of questions. The aggregator can then present ordered sets of questions from the library to a patient to obtain patient information for responding to the requests in one or more forms.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2011Publication date: April 25, 2013Applicant: ZocDoc, Inc.Inventors: Cyrus E. Massoumi, Oliver D. Kharraz Tavakol
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Publication number: 20120109679Abstract: Systems and methods for aggregating available healthcare appointment times across multiple unaffiliated practitioner groups, including search and display algorithms. A centralized marketplace is provided for real time booking of healthcare appointments which does not require the patient to have a preexisting relationship with the practitioner. The aggregated booking system enhances the number of available near term and conveniently located appointment options while the search and display algorithms reduce the complexity of the patient and practitioner information required to maintain accurate and synchronized database booking records.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2012Publication date: May 3, 2012Applicant: ZocDoc, Inc.Inventors: Cyrus E. Massoumi, Oliver D. Kharraz Tavakol
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Publication number: 20120065989Abstract: Systems and methods for aggregating available healthcare appointment times across multiple unaffiliated practitioner groups, including search and display algorithms. A centralized marketplace is provided for real time booking of healthcare appointments which does not require the patient to have a preexisting relationship with the practitioner. The aggregated booking system enhances the number of available near term and conveniently located appointment options while the search and display algorithms reduce the complexity of the patient and practitioner information required to maintain accurate and synchronized database booking records.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2011Publication date: March 15, 2012Applicant: ZocDoc, Inc.Inventors: Cyrus E. MASSOUMI, Oliver D. Kharraz Tavakol
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Publication number: 20110191122Abstract: Method and apparatus for managing the physician referral process, whereby a referring physician (e.g., a primary care provider) refers a patient to another physician (e.g., a specialist) for a particular medical procedure, analysis or care. An aggregator provides systems and methods available to physicians and their administrative staff (herein collectively referred to as physicians or doctors) to: book appointments on behalf of their patients online through a doctor directory and calendar function; filter available doctors by specialty, subspecialty, procedure, insurance participation and/or hospital network; transfer a patient's personal information, medical history and pre-selected insurance forms from one doctor's office to another's, electronically; transfer and upload relevant forms and paperwork via fax from one doctor's office to another; track referrals historically (over time) on a by-doctor or by-patient basis; facilitate referrals to and from doctors in a certain network or group.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2010Publication date: August 4, 2011Applicant: ZocDoc, Inc.Inventors: Oliver D. Kharraz Tavakol, Nikhil Ganju, Cyrus E. Massoumi
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Publication number: 20100228564Abstract: Method and apparatus for the collection and management of healthcare practitioner profile information prior to inclusion in a hospital directory of affiliated practitioners or insurance provider directory of participating practitioners. Healthcare practitioners (e.g., physicians) enter and communicate changes to their profile data to a central database to increase their compliance and decrease the frequency of providing updated or incomplete information in a hospital or insurance provider directory. The profile data can be credentialed according to rules specific to each hospital or insurance provider, prior to inclusion in the directory. The directory may further provide online booking of available appointment times for affiliated physicians from multiple practice groups. The online booking process can simultaneously be available on multiple websites of a hospital, insurance provider, physician practice group and/or centralized provider (aggregator).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2010Publication date: September 9, 2010Applicant: ZocDoc, Inc.Inventors: Oliver D. Kharraz Tavakol, Cyrus E. Massoumi
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Publication number: 20100070297Abstract: Systems and methods for aggregating available healthcare appointment times across multiple unaffiliated practitioner groups, including search and display algorithms. A centralized marketplace is provided for real time booking of healthcare appointments which does not require the patient to have a preexisting relationship with the practitioner. The aggregated booking system enhances the number of available near term and conveniently located appointment options while the search and display algorithms reduce the complexity of the patient and practitioner information required to maintain accurate and synchronized database booking records.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2008Publication date: March 18, 2010Applicant: ZocDoc, Inc.Inventors: Oliver D. Kharraz Tavakol, Cyrus E. Massoumi
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Publication number: 20100070296Abstract: Systems and methods for aggregating available healthcare appointment times across multiple unaffiliated practitioner groups, including search and display algorithms. A centralized marketplace is provided for real time booking of healthcare appointments which does not require the patient to have a preexisting relationship with the practitioner. The aggregated booking system enhances the number of available near term and conveniently located appointment options while the search and display algorithms reduce the complexity of the patient and practitioner information required to maintain accurate and synchronized database booking records.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2008Publication date: March 18, 2010Applicant: ZocDoc, Inc.Inventors: Cyrus E. Massoumi, Oliver D. Kharraz Tavakol
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Publication number: 20100070303Abstract: Systems and methods for aggregating available healthcare appointment times across multiple unaffiliated practitioner groups, including search and display algorithms. A centralized marketplace is provided for real time booking of healthcare appointments which does not require the patient to have a preexisting relationship with the practitioner. The aggregated booking system enhances the number of available near term and conveniently located appointment options while the search and display algorithms reduce the complexity of the patient and practitioner information required to maintain accurate and synchronized database booking records.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2008Publication date: March 18, 2010Applicant: ZocDoc, Inc.Inventors: Cyrus E. Massoumi, Oliver D. Kharraz Tavakol
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Publication number: 20100070295Abstract: Systems and methods for aggregating available healthcare appointment times across multiple unaffiliated practitioner groups, including search and display algorithms. A centralized marketplace is provided for real time booking of healthcare appointments which does not require the patient to have a preexisting relationship with the practitioner. The aggregated booking system enhances the number of available near term and conveniently located appointment options while the search and display algorithms reduce the complexity of the patient and practitioner information required to maintain accurate and synchronized database booking records.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2008Publication date: March 18, 2010Applicant: ZocDoc, Inc.Inventors: Oliver D. Kharraz Tavakol, Cyrus E. Massoumi