Patents by Inventor Mark G. Bini

Mark G. Bini 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: 12148014
    Abstract: A digital health solution system includes: a virtual pharmacy including one or more processors configured to operate a web portal for user devices via a network, the web portal serving as a marketplace for digital health solution applications available for download by and activation on user devices; a digital health marketplace including one or more processors configured to, in response to receipt of user input from a user device: determine activation criteria for a selected one of the digital health solution applications; and transmit the activation criteria to the virtual pharmacy, where the one or more processors of the virtual pharmacy are configured to transmit the activation criteria to the user device via the network; and where the user device is configured to, using the activation criteria, at least one of download and activate the selected one of the digital health solution applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark G. Bini, Zachary A. Goodman, Sara A. Raj, William S. Patterson, Damian Ng, Daniel C. Casper, Ashley M. Jenne, Sarah E. Ham, Jamie Williams, Christina M. Vallery, Sarah Micheletti, Glen D. Stettin, Snezana Mahon
  • Patent number: 12001781
    Abstract: Methods and systems for a query selection system are provided. The methods and systems include operations comprising: accessing a database comprising a plurality of data inquiries, a data inquiry of the plurality of data inquiries being associated with inquiry metadata including a data type, a data inquiry, a plurality of data responses, and display data; accessing a query definition group, the query definition group defining a plurality of data types to include in a data inquiry prompt; accessing historical query selection information representing one or more data inquiries of the plurality of data inquiries previously presented to one or more users; configuring, based on the query definition group and the historical query selection information, a set of the plurality of data inquiries; and generating the data inquiry prompt based on the configured set of the plurality of data inquiries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Evernorth Strategic Development, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark G. Bini
  • Publication number: 20220092255
    Abstract: Methods and systems for a query selection system are provided. The methods and systems include operations comprising: accessing a database comprising a plurality of data inquiries, a data inquiry of the plurality of data inquiries being associated with inquiry metadata including a data type, a data inquiry, a plurality of data responses, and display data; accessing a query definition group, the query definition group defining a plurality of data types to include in a data inquiry prompt; accessing historical query selection information representing one or more data inquiries of the plurality of data inquiries previously presented to one or more users; configuring, based on the query definition group and the historical query selection information, a set of the plurality of data inquiries; and generating the data inquiry prompt based on the configured set of the plurality of data inquiries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventor: Mark G. Bini
  • Patent number: 11238407
    Abstract: A computerized method of location-based automatic wireless distribution includes receiving a claim from a selected pharmacy associated with a drug benefit plan. The claim indicates a first prescription drug to be administered by the selected pharmacy to a member. The method includes determining a current geographic location of the member, accessing previously adjudicated claim data of the member that is indicative of locations of a plurality of pharmacies where the member previously obtained prescription drug fills, and selecting a drug benefit plan action based on a determination of whether the current geographic location of the member satisfies a pharmacy location criterion associated with the location of at least one other pharmacy of the plurality of pharmacies that is not the selected pharmacy. The method further includes automatically transmitting a drug benefit notification to a mobile electronic device of the member via at least one wireless network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan T. Shutko, Mark G. Bini
  • Publication number: 20220028513
    Abstract: A digital health solution system includes: a virtual pharmacy comprising one or more processors configured to operate a web portal for user devices via a network, the web portal serving as a marketplace for products and services available from vendors for consumption by users; a transaction processing module configured to: receive, via a network, a transaction from a vendor regarding one or more of the products and services consumed by one or more users via the virtual pharmacy for payment to the vendor; adjudicate the transaction using adjudication rules stored in memory; bill an entity for the use of the one or more of the products and services associated with the one or more users when the adjudication of the transaction passes; and transmit, via a network, a response regarding the transaction to the vendor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Harry S. Gangaikondan-Iyer, Mark G. Bini, Zachary A. Goodman, Sara A. Raj, William S. Patterson, Damian Ng, Daniel C. Casper, Ashley M. Jenne, Sarah E. Ham, Jamie Williams, Christina M. Vallery, Sarah Micheletti, Glen D. Stettin, Snezana Mahon, Selva Prabhu, Shahnawaz A. Khan
  • Publication number: 20200143921
    Abstract: A computerized method of location-based automatic wireless distribution includes receiving a claim from a selected pharmacy associated with a drug benefit plan. The claim indicates a first prescription drug to be administered by the selected pharmacy to a member. The method includes determining a current geographic location of the member, accessing previously adjudicated claim data of the member that is indicative of locations of a plurality of pharmacies where the member previously obtained prescription drug fills, and selecting a drug benefit plan action based on a determination of whether the current geographic location of the member satisfies a pharmacy location criterion associated with the location of at least one other pharmacy of the plurality of pharmacies that is not the selected pharmacy. The method further includes automatically transmitting a drug benefit notification to a mobile electronic device of the member via at least one wireless network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Alan T. Shutko, Mark G. Bini
  • Patent number: 10541049
    Abstract: Methods and systems for promoting mobile awareness are described. In an embodiment, a location associated with a member of a drug benefit plan is accessed. A drug benefit plan action is determined based on the location associated with the member. The drug benefit plan action is an action at least partially at the direction of a pharmacy benefit manager that administers the drug benefit plan. A drug benefit notification is generated based on the drug benefit plan action. The pharmacy notification benefit is associated with the drug benefit plan. Additional methods and systems are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan T. Shutko, Mark G. Bini
  • Patent number: 10470977
    Abstract: Methods and systems for a drug supply with an associated dosage regimen are described. A plurality of dosage containers are sequentially stored in drug boxes. The dosage containers are associated with a first time of treatment. The drug boxes are associated with a certain recurring time, e.g., morning, afternoon and evening or four boxes associated with four times a day. The entire day is covered by a plurality of drug boxes for treatment. This organizes the drugs such that compliance with complex treatment regimens may be increased. The drugs in each of the dosage containers need not be the same dosage or even the same drugs each time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Accredo Health Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Christina J. Thach, Charles E. Eller, Mark G. Bini, Terry Griffith, Jacob J. Reinhardt, Kristin Trower, Stefanie Pitts
  • Publication number: 20190254931
    Abstract: Methods and systems for a drug supply with an associated dosage regimen are described. A plurality of dosage containers are sequentially stored in drug boxes. The dosage containers are associated with a first time of treatment. The drug boxes are associated with a certain recurring time, e.g., morning, afternoon and evening or four boxes associated with four times a day. The entire day is covered by a plurality of drug boxes for treatment. This organizes the drugs such that compliance with complex treatment regimens may be increased. The drugs in each of the dosage containers need not be the same dosage or even the same drugs each time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Christina J. Thach, Charles E. Eller, Mark G. Bini, Terry Griffith, Jacob J. Reinhardt, Kristin Trower, Stefanie Pitts
  • Patent number: 10322066
    Abstract: Methods and systems for a drug supply with an associated dosage regimen are described. A plurality of dosage containers are sequentially stored in drug boxes. The dosage containers are associated with a first time of treatment. The drug boxes are associated with a certain recurring time, e.g., morning, afternoon and evening or four boxes associated with four times a day. The entire day is covered by a plurality of drug boxes for treatment. This organizes the drugs such that compliance with complex treatment regimens may be increased. The drugs in each of the dosage containers need not be the same dosage or even the same drugs each time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Accredo Health Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Christina J. Thach, Charles E. Eller, Mark G. Bini, Terry Griffith, Jacob J. Reinhardt, Kristin Trower, Stefanie Pitts
  • Publication number: 20170065488
    Abstract: Methods and systems for a drug supply with an associated dosage regimen are described. A plurality of dosage containers are sequentially stored in drug boxes. The dosage containers are associated with a first time of treatment. The drug boxes are associated with a certain recurring time, e.g., morning, afternoon and evening or four boxes associated with four times a day. The entire day is covered by a plurality of drug boxes for treatment. This organizes the drugs such that compliance with complex treatment regimens may be increased. The drugs in each of the dosage containers need not be the same dosage or even the same drugs each time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventors: Christina J. Thach, Charles E. Eller, Mark G. Bini, Terry Griffith, Jacob J. Reinhardt, Kristin Trower, Stefanie Pitts
  • Publication number: 20140244307
    Abstract: Methods and systems for promoting mobile awareness are described. In an embodiment, a location associated with a member of a drug benefit plan is accessed. A drug benefit plan action is determined based on the location associated with the member. The drug benefit plan action is an action at least partially at the direction of a pharmacy benefit manager that administers the drug benefit plan. A drug benefit notification is generated based on the drug benefit plan action. The pharmacy notification benefit is associated with the drug benefit plan. Additional methods and systems are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: Express Scripts, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan T. Shutko, Mark G. Bini
  • Patent number: 8762175
    Abstract: Methods and systems for promoting mobile awareness are described. In an embodiment, a location associated with a member of a drug benefit plan is accessed. A drug benefit plan action is determined based on the location associated with the member. The drug benefit plan action is an action at least partially at the direction of a pharmacy benefit manager that administers the drug benefit plan. A drug benefit notification is generated based on the drug benefit plan action. The pharmacy notification benefit is associated with the drug benefit plan. Additional methods and systems are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Express Scripts, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan T. Shutko, Mark G. Bini
  • Patent number: D806547
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark G. Bini, Tonya Browning, Lynne Nowak, Brent Fridley, Nick Main, Jacob J. Reinhardt, Sara Raj
  • Patent number: D897844
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development
    Inventors: Mark G. Bini, Nicholas D. Main, Sara A. Raj, Sarah E. Ham
  • Patent number: D970878
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
    Inventors: Rebecca Lyss, Mark G. Bini
  • Patent number: D974911
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark G. Bini, Nicholas D. Main, Sara A. Raj, Sarah E. Ham
  • Patent number: D1032362
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark G. Bini, Nicholas D. Main, Sara A. Raj, Sarah E. Ham