Patents by Inventor Edward Smeal

Edward Smeal 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: 9723148
    Abstract: The present application discloses systems and methods for systematically identifying situations, improving processes, and producing proactive, actionable results to address customer inquiries. The systems and methods produce actionable proactive results (i.e., actions to be taken by predicting a likelihood of a customer interacting with an organization, such as an insurance provider). This allows an organization to avoid unnecessary and/or repeat customer contacts and inquiries, which generate protracted work and the need for case management and escalations. In addition, the systems and methods improve first contact resolution metrics and customer experience, by predicting the need for an interaction without having to communicate with the customer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: OPTUM, INC.
    Inventors: Jessica Conley, Livio Ciaralli, Rajesh Ravindran, Edward Smeal
  • Publication number: 20160352904
    Abstract: The present application discloses systems and methods for systematically identifying situations, improving processes, and producing proactive, actionable results to address customer inquiries. The systems and methods produce actionable proactive results (i.e., actions to be taken by predicting a likelihood of a customer interacting with an organization, such as an insurance provider). This allows an organization to avoid unnecessary and/or repeat customer contacts and inquiries, which generate protracted work and the need for case management and escalations. In addition, the systems and methods improve first contact resolution metrics and customer experience, by predicting the need for an interaction without having to communicate with the customer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: OPTUM, INC.
    Inventors: Jessica Conley, Livio Ciaralli, Rajesh Ravindran, Edward Smeal
  • Publication number: 20140297334
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, an indication of a selected metric to be predicted, such as an insurance related metric, may be received. A system may analyze historical information to automatically determine a set of relevant underlying factors for that selected metric and a predictive model may be created. One or more future scenarios associated with an impact on relevant underlying factors may be defined, and a series of predicted impacted future values may be identified for those impacted relevant underlying factors. A series of impacted future values may then be predicted for the selected metric based on the predicted impacted future values and the predictive model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2013
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Linda F. Hibbert, Trammell Antonio Brown, Jessica L. Conley, Edward A. Smeal