Patents by Inventor Keith McKenzie

Keith McKenzie 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: 20190057346
    Abstract: Systems and methods may be used to determine, allocate, and receive a progress-based load delivery settlement. A method may include activating a progress-based load delivery settlement session for a carrier account corresponding to a carrier. The method may include transmitting or receiving, in response information, such as from a GPS unit indicating that a load has been picked up by the carrier, a first percentage of a settlement to the carrier account. The method may include transmitting or receiving, in response information, such as from a GPS unit indicating that the carrier has passed a milestone, a second percentage of the settlement in the carrier account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventors: Christian Schenk, Dimitrios Karameris, Keith McKenzie, Ryan Deslippe, Michael Stepaniak, Jacob Dettmer, Amanda Ford, Alex Parker
  • Publication number: 20160358288
    Abstract: An online application for approving prior authorization requests for prescription drugs. The application is used by pharmacy benefits providers, physicians, and pharmacies to request prior authorizations for drugs and to receive approvals automatically if a requested drug meets authorization criteria. The online application is accessible through a group pharmacy benefits provider portal on a web site. Requests are processed through a pharmacy benefits manager computer that determines whether prior authorization is required and through a pharmacy benefits provider computer when the pharmacy benefits manager computer determines that prior authorization is required. Requests that meet certain authorization criteria are approved automatically. Requests that cannot be approved automatically are submitted for review by a clinical pharmacy review division that access requests through a drug request transaction computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Applicant: HUMANA INC.
    Inventors: Ronald Keith McKenzie, Sarah Stephens, Kathryn Knapp Broaddus, Brad Ennis, Kristen R. Augspurger
  • Publication number: 20130138519
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the use of point of sale transactions at point-of-sale terminals (POST) enabling users to simultaneously activate and assign a monetary value to a voucher card system using standard debit card transaction networks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Inventor: Keith McKenzie
  • Patent number: 8265959
    Abstract: An online application for approving prior authorization requests for prescription drugs. The application is used by pharmacy benefits providers, physicians, and pharmacies to request prior authorizations for drugs and to receive approvals automatically if a requested drug meets authorization criteria. The online application is accessible through a group pharmacy benefits provider portal on a web site. Requests are processed through a pharmacy benefits manager computer that determines whether prior authorization is required and through a pharmacy benefits provider computer when the pharmacy benefits manager computer determines that prior authorization is required. Requests that meet certain authorization criteria are approved automatically. Requests that cannot be approved automatically are submitted for review by a clinical pharmacy review division that access requests through a drug request transaction computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Humana Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald Keith McKenzie, Sarah Stephens, Kathryn Knapp Broaddus, Brad Ennis, Kristen R. Augspurger
  • Patent number: 7931524
    Abstract: A hunter arm includes a bottom bar having a first end adapted for insertion into a trailer hitch of a pickup truck. A mast has a lower end pivotally attached by a first knuckle to a second end of the bottom bar. A first brace member has a lower end pivotally attached near the first end of the bottom bar and an upper end pivotally attached near the lower end of the mast to keep the mast in a vertical position. A boom has a first end pivotally attached by a second knuckle to an upper end of the mast. A second brace member has an upper end pivotally attached to center of the boom. An angle adjustment plate has a plurality of longitudinal notches there along affixed to the mast. A lower end of the second brace member can engage with any one of the notches in the angle adjustment plate to vary the angle of the boom extending outwardly from the mast. A pulley assembly has an upper end connected in a removable manner to a second end of the boom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Inventor: Keith McKenzie
  • Patent number: 7591144
    Abstract: A refrigerated merchandiser is based on a frame that defines a refrigeration chamber that houses a unit cooler, which is in communication with a cooled air plenum that, in turn, is in communication with a display chamber. The unit cooler supplies cooled air to the plenum. The cooled air that is supplied to the plenum is then provided to a shelf that is mounted in the display chamber. Additionally, the cooled air is provided to at least one drawer, which is slidably mounted in the display chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: Foodtrust of Prince Edward Island Limited
    Inventors: Woodrow Wilson, Robert Jamieson, Keith McKenzie
  • Publication number: 20090198518
    Abstract: An online application for approving prior authorization requests for prescription drugs. The application is used by pharmacy benefits providers, physicians, and pharmacies to request prior authorizations for drugs and to receive approvals automatically if a requested drug meets authorization criteria. The online application is accessible through a group pharmacy benefits provider portal on a web site. Requests are processed through a pharmacy benefits manager computer that determines whether prior authorization is required and through a pharmacy benefits provider computer when the pharmacy benefits manager computer determines that prior authorization is required. Requests that meet certain authorization criteria are approved automatically. Requests that cannot be approved automatically are submitted for review by a clinical pharmacy review division that access requests through a drug request transaction computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2008
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Applicant: Humana Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald Keith McKenzie, Sarah Stephens, Kathryn Knapp Broaddus, Brad Ennis, Kristen R. Augspurger