Patents by Inventor Dick Smith

Dick Smith 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: 8224678
    Abstract: A method for tracking health-related spending for validation of disability benefits claims includes receiving, by a Medicare Secondary Payer statute-compliance company, from an authorization server, an identification of an approved transaction initiated by a recipient of insurance settlement funds to acquire at least one of a healthcare-related service and a healthcare-related good by a provider, the recipient authorized to receive the at least one of the healthcare-related service and the healthcare-related good from the provider. The method includes tracking, by the Medicare Secondary Payer statute-compliance company, healthcare-related expenditures by the recipient. The method includes generating, by the Medicare Secondary Payer statute-compliance company, a statement of approved transactions. The method includes transmitting, by the Medicare Secondary Payer statute-compliance company, to a disability benefit provider, the statement of approved transactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Ametros Financial Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth Paradis, Robert T. Lewis, Dick Smith, Jack Edgar West
  • Publication number: 20120143637
    Abstract: A method for tracking health-related spending for validation of disability benefits claims includes receiving, by a Medicare Secondary Payer statute-compliance company, from an authorization server, an identification of an approved transaction initiated by a recipient of insurance settlement funds to acquire at least one of a healthcare-related service and a healthcare-related good by a provider, the recipient authorized to receive the at least one of the healthcare-related service and the healthcare-related good from the provider. The method includes tracking, by the Medicare Secondary Payer statute-compliance company, healthcare-related expenditures by the recipient. The method includes generating, by the Medicare Secondary Payer statute-compliance company, a statement of approved transactions. The method includes transmitting, by the Medicare Secondary Payer statute-compliance company, to a disability benefit provider, the statement of approved transactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Inventors: Kenneth Paradis, Robert T. Lewis, Dick Smith, Jack Edgar West
  • Publication number: 20100185466
    Abstract: A method for tracking health-related spending for validation of disability benefits claims includes receiving, by a Medicare Secondary Payer statute-compliance company, from an authorization server, an identification of an approved transaction initiated by a recipient of insurance settlement funds to acquire at least one of a healthcare-related service and a healthcare-related good by a provider, the recipient authorized to receive the at least one of the healthcare-related service and the healthcare-related good from the provider. The method includes tracking, by the Medicare Secondary Payer statute-compliance company, healthcare-related expenditures by the recipient. The method includes generating, by the Medicare Secondary Payer statute-compliance company, a statement of approved transactions. The method includes transmitting, by the Medicare Secondary Payer statute-compliance company, to a disability benefit provider, the statement of approved transactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Inventors: Kenneth Paradis, Robert T. Lewis, Dick Smith, Jack Edgar West
  • Patent number: D420115
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2000
    Assignee: Fleming Sales Company
    Inventors: Kent Bach, Jeffrey T. Grady, Dick Smith