Patents by Inventor David L. Townsend

David L. Townsend 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: 11942709
    Abstract: A terminal blade for a header assembly includes a first end defining a first axis and being partially coated with an anti-tarnish material and defining an adhesion region spaced from the anti-tarnish material coating. The terminal blade also includes a second end defining a second axis. The terminal blade further includes a bridge extending between the first end and the second end such that the first axis is substantially perpendicular to the second axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Steering Solutions IP Holding Corporation
    Inventors: David L. Berg, Trenton R. Townsend
  • Patent number: 8265953
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing a Medicare Part D Pharmacy Benefits Calculator. A computer user inputs data for prescriptions to be purchased by a prospective insured for a plan period. The prescription data includes a quantity, a days supply, and a number of fills. The data for each prescription the user enters is used to calculate anticipated out-of-pocket costs for the prescriptions for one or more pharmacy benefits plans available to the prospective insured. The cost data is presented to the user in a way that illustrates how out-of-pocket costs will vary over the course of a plan period. The user may view costs for alternative drugs and alternatives sources of drugs. The user may vary and expand the presentation of the cost data to better understand the available plan benefits. The invention helps prospective insureds decide among alternative Medicare Part D pharmacy benefits plans offered by one or more insurance companies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Humana Inc.
    Inventors: Megan K. Elizabeth, Stephen L. Marco, Jr., Kristen R. Augspurger, Sarah A. Stephens, Mark M. Muse, Srinath S. Iyengar, Jason P. Loehr, David L. Townsend
  • Publication number: 20110093289
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing a Medicare Part D Pharmacy Benefits Calculator. A computer user inputs data for prescriptions to be purchased by a prospective insured for a plan period. The prescription data includes a quantity, a days supply, and a number of fills. The data for each prescription the user enters is used to calculate anticipated out-of-pocket costs for the prescriptions for one or more pharmacy benefits plans available to the prospective insured. The cost data is presented to the user in a way that illustrates how out-of-pocket costs will vary over the course of a plan period. The user may view costs for alternative drugs and alternatives sources of drugs. The user may vary and expand the presentation of the cost data to better understand the available plan benefits. The invention helps prospective insureds decide among alternative Medicare Part D pharmacy benefits plans offered by one or more insurance companies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: HUMANA INC.
    Inventors: Megan K. Elizabeth, Stephen L. Marco, JR., Kristen R. Augspurger, Sarah A. Stephens, Mark M. Muse, Srinath S. Iyengar, Jason P. Loehr, David L. Townsend
  • Patent number: 7860732
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing a Medicare Part D Pharmacy Benefits Calculator. A user inputs data for prescriptions to be purchased by a prospective insured for a plan period. The prescription data includes a quantity, a days supply, and a number of fills. The data for each prescription the user enters is used to calculate anticipated out-of-pocket costs for the prescriptions for one or more pharmacy benefits plans available to the prospective insured. The cost data is presented to the user in a way that illustrates how out-of-pocket costs will vary over the course of a plan period. The user may view costs for alternative drugs and alternatives sources of drugs. The user may vary and expand the presentation of the cost data to better understand the available plan benefits. The invention helps prospective insureds decide among alternative Medicare Part D pharmacy benefits plans offered by one or more insurance companies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Humana Inc.
    Inventors: Megan K. Elizabeth, Stephen L. Marco, Jr., Kristen R. Augspurger, Sarah A. Stephens, Mark M. Muse, Srinath S. Iyengar, Jason P. Loehr, David L. Townsend
  • Publication number: 20030154403
    Abstract: A stand-alone security system controlling access to secured information and self-service functionality for a sponsor organization, usable for Web-based and IVR-based self-service functions, having five primary facets: (1) control of access to secured information and self-service functionality for a sponsor organization, (2) enabling access to users having indirect relationships to the sponsor organization and to users having a direct relationship with the sponsor organization, (3) distribution of security administration from a central information technology resource to various users of the security system, (4) support for integration into different kinds of environments, and (5) support for system integrators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2002
    Publication date: August 14, 2003
    Inventors: Brian E. Keinsley, Brett T. Edwards, Siddy Rosenberg, Eric P. Light, David L. Townsend, Mark A. Smithson, Sharon A. Harris, Aaron L. Lawhead, Craig Stanley, Leigh S. Weber, Eleanor W. Latimer, William Burchard