Patents by Inventor Elmahdi Erraji

Elmahdi Erraji 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: 20230419279
    Abstract: A method for real-time billpay using credit-based products may include a billpay computer program: receiving an electronic file identifying approved merchant billpay participants from a payment processor computer program; receiving an invoice from one of the approved billpay merchant participants, the invoice comprising an embedded statement and a merchant name, an amount due, and a due date; receiving access to the invoice via a first customer user interface, wherein the first customer user interface is configured to access the embedded statement in a second customer interface, wherein the embedded statement is inaccessible to the first customer interface; presenting, in the first customer interface, the merchant name, the amount due, and the due date; receiving, from the first customer interface, approval to pay the invoice; determining that the approved billpay merchant participant is identified in the electronic file; and executing payment for the invoice via the payment processor computer program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Andrea COUTU, Riti SINGHAL, Michael HORGAN, Othman ELGOUMHI, Rimoun GHALY, Baxter P CAMPBELL, Matthew D ROSE, Ken GUTIERREZ, Elmahdi ERRAJI, Brendan CROTTY, Bill SMART, Jeffrey LIN, O'Brian SANTOS, Abdallah Mancour BILLAH, Rachel WULF, Nicholas R APOSTOLU, Krishnan NAIR, Victoria LEE, Mark S WEBER
  • Patent number: 8731962
    Abstract: Methods and systems for acquiring a pre-approval from a responsible party and receiving funds from a financial account related to the pre-approval in the healthcare field are described herein. A method for collecting payment from an individual for services rendered by a provider is disclosed. The method includes verifying an individual's eligibility for benefits, estimating an individual responsibility amount, acquiring authority from the individual for up to the individual responsibility amount on at least one financial account held by the individual, submitting one or more claims to one or more payer entities requesting compensation for the services rendered by the provider, deducting an amount from the at least one financial account held by the individual, and transferring the deducted amount to the provider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Instamed Communications LLC
    Inventors: Christopher D. Seib, Andrew A. Betz, Brian R. Bentow, Elmahdi Erraji, William F. Marvin
  • Publication number: 20140074500
    Abstract: Methods and systems for acquiring a pre-approval from a responsible party and receiving funds from a financial account related to the pre-approval in the healthcare field are described herein. A method for collecting payment from an individual for services rendered by a provider is disclosed. The method includes verifying an individual's eligibility for benefits, estimating an individual responsibility amount, acquiring authority from the individual for up to the individual responsibility amount on at least one financial account held by the individual, submitting one or more claims to one or more payer entities requesting compensation for the services rendered by the provider, deducting an amount from the at least one financial account held by the individual, and transferring the deducted amount to the provider.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: INSTAMED COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher D. SEIB, Andrew A. BETZ, Brian R. BENTOW, Elmahdi ERRAJI, William F. MARVIN
  • Patent number: 8538875
    Abstract: Methods and systems for acquiring a pre-approval from a responsible party and receiving funds from a financial account related to the pre-approval in the healthcare field are described herein. A method for collecting payment from an individual for services rendered by a provider is disclosed. The method includes verifying an individual's eligibility for benefits, estimating an individual responsibility amount, acquiring authority from the individual for up to the individual responsibility amount on at least one financial account held by the individual, submitting one or more claims to one or more payer entities requesting compensation for the services rendered by the provider, deducting an amount from the at least one financial account held by the individual, and transferring the deducted amount to the provider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Instamed Communications LLC
    Inventors: Christopher D. Seib, Andrew A. Betz, Brian R. Bentow, Elmahdi Erraji, William F. Marvin
  • Publication number: 20120296815
    Abstract: Methods and systems for acquiring a pre-approval from a responsible party and receiving funds from a financial account related to the pre-approval in the healthcare field are described herein. A method for collecting payment from an individual for services rendered by a provider is disclosed. The method includes verifying an individual's eligibility for benefits, estimating an individual responsibility amount, acquiring authority from the individual for up to the individual responsibility amount on at least one financial account held by the individual, submitting one or more claims to one or more payer entities requesting compensation for the services rendered by the provider, deducting an amount from the at least one financial account held by the individual, and transferring the deducted amount to the provider.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: INSTAMED COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher D. Seib, Andrew A. Betz, Brian R. Bentow, Elmahdi Erraji, William F. Marvin
  • Publication number: 20070106607
    Abstract: Methods and systems for acquiring a pre-approval from a responsible party and receiving funds from a financial account related to the pre-approval in the healthcare field are described herein. A method for collecting payment from an individual for services rendered by a provider is disclosed. The method includes verifying an individual's eligibility for benefits, estimating an individual responsibility amount, acquiring authority from the individual for up to the individual responsibility amount on at least one financial account held by the individual, submitting one or more claims to one or more payer entities requesting compensation for the services rendered by the provider, deducting an amount from the at least one financial account held by the individual, and transferring the deducted amount to the provider.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2006
    Publication date: May 10, 2007
    Inventors: Christopher Seib, Andrew Betz, Brian Bentow, Elmahdi Erraji, William Marvin