Patents by Inventor Mary Joan Willard

Mary Joan Willard 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: 8566204
    Abstract: A method and system are presented for identifying improper benefit payments to an ineligible beneficiary. Record data may be accessed from a financial institution and may be analyzed to indentify patterns within the banking transactions. Deviations may be identified between a near-term pattern and a far-term pattern by applying one or more rules, which may be ranked. The deviations that are identified may be determined to be either in compliance, in noncompliance, or within some acceptable level of compliance. A level of noncompliance outside of a range of acceptable noncompliance may result in generating a request for an action to be taken, such as an audit of the beneficiary. The aforementioned methods may be carried out using a computerized device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Inventors: Mary Joan Willard, Allan Victor Burman
  • Publication number: 20130204757
    Abstract: A method and system are presented for identifying improper benefit payments to an ineligible beneficiary. Record data may be accessed from a financial institution and may be analyzed to indentify patterns within the banking transactions. Deviations may be identified between a near-term pattern and a far-term pattern by applying one or more rules, which may be ranked. The deviations that are identified may be determined to be either in compliance, in noncompliance, or within some acceptable level of compliance. A level of noncompliance outside of a range of acceptable noncompliance may result in generating a request for an action to be taken, such as an audit of the beneficiary. The aforementioned methods may be carried out using a computerized device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Inventors: Mary Joan Willard, Allan Victor Burman
  • Patent number: 8429050
    Abstract: A method and system are presented for identifying improper benefit payments to an ineligible beneficiary. Record data may be accessed from a financial institution and may be analyzed to identify patterns within the banking transactions. Deviations may be identified between a pre-benefit pattern and a post-benefit pattern by applying one or more rules, which may be ranked. The deviations that are identified may be determined to be either in compliance, in noncompliance, or within some acceptable level of compliance. A level of noncompliance outside of a range of acceptable noncompliance may result in generating a request for an action to be taken, such as an audit of the beneficiary. The aforementioned methods may be carried out using a computerized device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Inventors: Mary Joan Willard, Allan Victor Burman
  • Publication number: 20120109806
    Abstract: A method and system are presented for identifying improper benefit payments to an ineligible beneficiary. Record data may be accessed from a financial institution and may be analyzed to identify patterns within the banking transactions. Deviations may be identified between a pre-benefit pattern and a post-benefit pattern by applying one or more rules, which may be ranked. The deviations that are identified may be determined to be either in compliance, in noncompliance, or within some acceptable level of compliance. A level of noncompliance outside of a range of acceptable noncompliance may result in generating a request for an action to be taken, such as an audit of the beneficiary. The aforementioned methods may be carried out using a computerized device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Inventors: Mary Joan Willard, Allan Victor Burman
  • Publication number: 20080275717
    Abstract: The invention provides techniques for educating potential employees about job seeking and job maintenance resources. In one aspect, potential employees identified as receivers of government-provided benefits are automatically contacted about receiving such resources. The may be presented with menu of available employment and incentive services, and requests for such information may be fulfilled based on menu selections made by the potential employee.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2008
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Inventors: Mary Joan Willard, Joseph S. Bousquet, Peter A. O'Leary
  • Publication number: 20030154117
    Abstract: A method and system useful in creating long-term job opportunities for disabled and blind individuals who wish to work on a government contract that will be, or has been, awarded to a private sector company includes providing a not for profit staffing service with a work force performing direct labor that includes at least seventy-five percent disabled or blind individuals. The not for profit staffing service is informed either directly or through the NIB or NISH agencies of various types of potential job opportunities for the future or of actual, current job opportunities involving work to be performed under the government contract. The not for profit staffing service then informs disabled and blind individuals of the potential or of the actual job opportunities and accepts their applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2002
    Publication date: August 14, 2003
    Inventor: Mary Joan Willard
  • Patent number: 6606601
    Abstract: Vocational/employment services and supports delivered via distance methods such as an Internet-based information and support system, offer greater efficiency, convenience and depth and breadth of information than vocational services provided by conventional face-to-face delivery methods. In addition, such distance delivered services can be provided at a much lower cost than services provided via face-to-face meetings. The resulting cost savings make it possible for the provider of services to share with the consumer of services a substantial percentage of the payment that the provider receives from a third party payer. When payment from the third party payer is contingent upon the consumer achieving predetermined employment related goals, then a shared third party payment arrangement gives the consumer added incentive to achieve those goals and added reason to choose the provider using this method over others.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2003
    Inventor: Mary Joan Willard