Patents by Inventor Lori Dustin

Lori Dustin 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).

  • Management platform for displaying benefit plan data to permitted entities
    Patent number: 9031973
    Abstract: An Internet-accessible employee portal provides a display interface that enables an employee to find and review employee-specific benefits (e.g., Summary Plan Description (SPD)) information. In addition, the employee portal exports an administrative page by which permitted users (e.g., HR managers) can receive a delivery status report that consolidates delivery status information for multiple employees within the enterprise. This display facilitates electronic compliance with legal and audit requirements by correlating employee notifications and portal access reports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Highroads, Inc.
    Inventors: Lori Dustin, Richard Wood
  • Methods and systems for comparing employee insurance plans among peer groups
    Publication number: 20140006059
    Abstract: The present invention is directed towards methods and systems for a benchmark based comparison of an employee insurance plan of an organization to employee insurance plans from other organizations in a peer group. The present invention enables a user to enter details about an employee insurance plan of a first organization and allows the user to compare the insurance plan to a benchmark computed from data collected from a plurality of organizations in a peer group of the first organization. The comparison report does not identify the organizations from which data is collected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: HIGHROADS, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Rosen, Alexandra Candelas, Richard Wood, Lori Dustin
  • Management platform for displaying benefit plan data to permitted entities
    Publication number: 20130268550
    Abstract: An Internet-accessible employee portal provides a display interface that enables an employee to find and review employee-specific benefits (e.g., Summary Plan Description (SPD)) information. In addition, the employee portal exports an administrative page by which permitted users (e.g., HR managers) can receive a delivery status report that consolidates delivery status information for multiple employees within the enterprise. This display facilitates electronic compliance with legal and audit requirements by correlating employee notifications and portal access reports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: HIGHROADS, INC.
    Inventors: Lori Dustin, Richard Wood
  • Methods and systems for comparing employee insurance plans among peer groups
    Patent number: 8185415
    Abstract: The present invention is directed towards methods and systems for a benchmark based comparison of an employee insurance plan of an organization to employee insurance plans from other organizations in a peer group. The present invention enables a user to enter details about an employee insurance plan of a first organization and allows the user to compare the insurance plan to a benchmark computed from data collected from a plurality of organizations in a peer group of the first organization. The comparison report does not identify the organizations from which data is collected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: HighRoads, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Rosen, Alexandra Candelas, Richard Wood, Lori Dustin
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COMPARING EMPLOYEE INSURANCE PLANS AMONG PEER GROUPS
    Publication number: 20100010836
    Abstract: The present invention is directed towards methods and systems for a benchmark based comparison of an employee insurance plan of an organization to employee insurance plans from other organizations in a peer group. The present invention enables a user to enter details about an employee insurance plan of a first organization and allows the user to compare the insurance plan to a benchmark computed from data collected from a plurality of organizations in a peer group of the first organization. The comparison report does not identify the organizations from which data is collected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2008
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Applicant: HIGHROADS, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Rosen, Alexandra Candelas, Richard Wood, Lori Dustin