Patents by Inventor Darby W. Brown

Darby W. Brown 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).

  • Publication number: 20130325641
    Abstract: A system, including apparatuses and methods, for managing multiple entity food vendor recommendation and ordering services. The system includes a host server operable for data communication via a communication network. The host server is configured to receive from the communication network input data related to a consumer location, input data related to consumer preferences, input data related to at least one restaurant, and input data related to menu information for the at least one restaurant. The host server is configured, based on at least in part upon the input data applied to at least one recommendation rule, to determine a recommendation of at least one of a restaurant and a menu item, and the host server is configured to transmit the recommendation to the communication network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: ToGoOrder.com LLC
    Inventors: Darby W. Brown, Paul Root, Dan Simpson
  • Patent number: 8364498
    Abstract: A system for processing healthcare claims and remittances comprises a database and an electronic portal. The database contains previously received healthcare claims from a plurality of healthcare providers and previously received remittances from a plurality of payers. The electronic portal, connected to the database, receives a healthcare claim from a provider or a remittance from a payer, and splits the received claim or remittance into a plurality of data elements. The portal assigns a unique identifier and a shared identifier to each of the data elements of the received claim or remittance. The portal performs a duplicate claim edit and/or a third party liability edit on the received claim, or performs a duplicate remittance edit an/or a third party payment edit on the received remittance. Based on the result of the edits, the portal submits the received claim to a payer or submits the received remittance to a provider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: OptumInsight, Inc.
    Inventors: James M. Sohr, Darby W. Brown, Steven J. Yurjevich