Patents by Inventor Mark Steven Woods

Mark Steven Woods 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).

  • Remote contents estimating system and method
    Patent number: 8655683
    Abstract: A contents estimating system and method for providing an estimate of the cost of settling an insurance claim which includes a server having an embedded program compiled on the server and embedded in a web page, a client having a browser removably connected to the server, an inventory data acquirer for acquiring inventory data of each of the items that are the subject of the insurance claim and insert them into the web page, a price data acquirer for acquiring prices of the items of inventory data that are the subject of the insurance claim and insert them into the web page, and a liability limits data acquirer for acquiring liability limits data for the insurance claim and insert them into the web page, in which, upon receipt of a claim of loss from the insured, the web page is displayed on the screen of the client, the embedded program is executed within a client process with substantially unrestricted access to the client's system resources, and an estimate of the cost of settling a claim is produced by map
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Allstate Insurance Company
    Inventors: Lev Grundel, Mark Steven Woods, Torpum Jannak, Steven Michael Miller
  • Remote contents estimating system and method
    Publication number: 20040153346
    Abstract: A contents estimating system and method for providing an estimate of the cost of settling an insurance claim which includes a server having an embedded program compiled on the server and embedded in a web page, a client having a browser removably connected to the server, an inventory data acquirer for acquiring inventory data of each of the items that are the subject of the insurance claim and insert them into the web page, a price data acquirer for acquiring prices of the items of inventory data that are the subject of the insurance claim and insert them into the web page, and a liability limits data acquirer for acquiring liability limits data for the insurance claim and insert them into the web page, in which, upon receipt of a claim of loss from the insured, the web page is displayed on the screen of the client, the embedded program is executed within a client process with substantially unrestricted access to the client's system resources, and an estimate of the cost of settling a claim is produced by map
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2003
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Applicant: Allstate Insurance Company
    Inventors: Lev Grundel, Mark Steven Woods, Torpum Jannak, Steven Michael Miller