Patents by Inventor Paul J. Edwards

Paul J. Edwards 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: 20240394109
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for dynamic task routing. One of the methods includes: determining, for a task to be performed by a system that includes two or more entity tiers in a tier hierarchy, each tier of which including a multiple entities that can work on tasks and for processing a different complexity of tasks, a complexity of the task; determining whether the complexity of the task satisfies a complexity threshold; and in response to determining that the complexity of the task does not satisfy the complexity threshold, assigning the task to a default tier in the tier hierarchy to enable all of the entities in the default tier to work on different portions of the task.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventors: Paul J. Edwards, Jessica L. Pannkuk
  • Publication number: 20230351521
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, data may be received indicative of a plurality of insurance claims along with an indication of an appropriate claim segment classification for each insurance claim. A first claim handler may then be automatically selected for a first insurance claim based at least in part on: (i) a first segment classification associated with the first insurance claim, (ii) numbers of other insurance claims currently assigned to claim handlers, and (iii) load factors associated with claim handlers. An indication of the selected first claim handler may then be transmitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Paul J. Edwards, Keren Shemesh
  • Patent number: 11699192
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, data may be received indicative of a plurality of insurance claims along with an indication of an appropriate claim segment classification for each insurance claim. A first claim handler may then be automatically selected for a first insurance claim based at least in part on: (i) a first segment classification associated with the first insurance claim, (ii) numbers of other insurance claims currently assigned to claim handlers, and (iii) load factors associated with claim handlers. An indication of the selected first claim handler may then be transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Hartford Fire Insurance Company
    Inventors: Paul J. Edwards, Keren Shemesh
  • Patent number: 11544792
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, data is received indicative of a plurality of insurance claims. It may then be automatically determined that a first insurance claim is associated with a first type of insurance and that a second insurance claim is associated with a second type of insurance. The received data associated with the first insurance claim may be analyzed in accordance with first segmentation logic to determine a first segment classification appropriate for the first insurance claim. Similarly, the received data associated with the second insurance claim may be automatically analyzed in accordance with second segmentation logic to determine a second segment classification appropriate for the second insurance claim. Indications of the first and second segment classifications may then be transmitted (e.g., to a load balancing and assignment engine that automatically selects claim handlers for insurance claims).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Hartford Fire Insurance Company
    Inventors: Cory R. Blakeman, Paul J. Edwards, Keren Shemesh
  • Publication number: 20210390627
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, data may be received indicative of a plurality of insurance claims along with an indication of an appropriate claim segment classification for each insurance claim. A first claim handler may then be automatically selected for a first insurance claim based at least in part on: (i) a first segment classification associated with the first insurance claim, (ii) numbers of other insurance claims currently assigned to claim handlers, and (iii) load factors associated with claim handlers. An indication of the selected first claim handler may then be transmitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Paul J. Edwards, Keren Shemesh
  • Patent number: 11080791
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, data may be received indicative of a plurality of insurance claims along with an indication of an appropriate claim segment classification for each insurance claim. A first claim handler may then be automatically selected for a first insurance claim based at least in part on: (i) a first segment classification associated with the first insurance claim, (ii) numbers of other insurance claims currently assigned to claim handlers, and (iii) load factors associated with claim handlers. An indication of the selected first claim handler may then be transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Hartford Fire Insurance Company
    Inventors: Paul J. Edwards, Keren Shemesh
  • Publication number: 20200327618
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, data is received indicative of a plurality of insurance claims. It may then be automatically determined that a first insurance claim is associated with a first type of insurance and that a second insurance claim is associated with a second type of insurance. The received data associated with the first insurance claim may be analyzed in accordance with first segmentation logic to determine a first segment classification appropriate for the first insurance claim. Similarly, the received data associated with the second insurance claim may be automatically analyzed in accordance with second segmentation logic to determine a second segment classification appropriate for the second insurance claim. Indications of the first and second segment classifications may then be transmitted (e.g., to a load balancing and assignment engine that automatically selects claim handlers for insurance claims).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Cory R. Blakeman, Paul J. Edwards, Keren Shemesh
  • Publication number: 20200273115
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, data may be received indicative of a plurality of insurance claims. A risk transfer opportunity platform processor may, based on the received data, identify an insurance claim as being associated with a potential risk transfer opportunity. For the identified insurance claim, the risk transfer opportunity platform processor may automatically arrange for a potential risk transfer user interface to be displayed to a claim handler and may receive, via the potential risk transfer user interface, recovery details from the claim handler, including an overall total damage value and a high and low risk transfer value. A summary report may then be automatically generated for a plurality of insurance claims based in part on the recovery details received from the claim handler, and an indication of the summary report may be transmitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Daniel Lee Bostic, Paul J. Edwards, Andrew J. Reed, Michael Adam Scott, Keren Shemesh
  • Patent number: 10726497
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, data is received indicative of a plurality of insurance claims. It may then be automatically determined that a first insurance claim is associated with a first type of insurance and that a second insurance claim is associated with a second type of insurance. The received data associated with the first insurance claim may be analyzed in accordance with first segmentation logic to determine a first segment classification appropriate for the first insurance claim. Similarly, the received data associated with the second insurance claim may be automatically analyzed in accordance with second segmentation logic to determine a second segment classification appropriate for the second insurance claim. Indications of the first and second segment classifications may then be transmitted (e.g., to a load balancing and assignment engine that automatically selects claim handlers for insurance claims).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Hartford Fire Insurance Company
    Inventors: Cory R. Blakeman, Paul J. Edwards, Keren Shemesh
  • Patent number: 10650460
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, data may be received indicative of a plurality of insurance claims. A risk transfer opportunity platform processor may, based on the received data, identify an insurance claim as being associated with a potential risk transfer opportunity. For the identified insurance claim, the risk transfer opportunity platform processor may automatically arrange for a potential risk transfer user interface to be displayed to a claim handler and may receive, via the potential risk transfer user interface, recovery details from the claim handler, including an overall total damage value and a high and low risk transfer value. A summary report may then be automatically generated for a plurality of insurance claims based in part on the recovery details received from the claim handler, and an indication of the summary report may be transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Hartford Fire Insurance Company
    Inventors: Daniel Lee Bostic, Paul J. Edwards, Andrew J Reed, Michael Adam Scott, Keren Shemesh
  • Publication number: 20190287043
    Abstract: A system for assigning tasks to one of a plurality of workers. The system includes a processor configured to receive a first set of attributes related to a task. The processor is configured to determine whether the first set of attributes satisfies one of the stored exception rules. The processor is configured to determine whether the first set of attributes satisfies one of the stored escalation rules. The processor is configured to determine whether the first set of attributes satisfies one of the stored escalation rules after determining whether the first set of attributes satisfies the stored exception rules so that the task is driven down if one of the exception rules is satisfied even if the first set of attributes would have satisfied one of the escalation rules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicant: Continental Casualty Company
    Inventors: Paul J. EDWARDS, Robert M. THOMAS, II
  • Publication number: 20190287045
    Abstract: A method for load balancing using a dynamic allowed deviation. The method includes identifying tasks to be assigned to workers and identifying a first set of attributes for each task. The method further includes the step of identifying a second set of attributes for each worker. The allowed deviation between the highest number of tasks assigned to a worker and the lowest number of tasks assigned to a worker based on the number of tasks being assigned during a predetermined time period is computed. Each of the plurality of tasks is assigned to a worker based on matching at the first set of attributes with the second set of attributes. The assigning of the tasks is conducted so that the difference between the highest number of tasks assigned to a worker and the lowest number of tasks assigned to a worker does not exceed the allowed deviation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicant: Continental Casualty Company
    Inventors: Paul J. EDWARDS, Robert M. THOMAS, II
  • Patent number: 10373258
    Abstract: A computer system for efficient processing of rules-based data. Computer-readable instructions cause one or more processors to generate one or more user interface displays including prompts for data indicative of employee data and jurisdiction; based on user inputs received in response, generate questions; based on responses to the questions and jurisdiction data, determine pay periods with prompts for employee wage data for each of the pay periods; determine gross wages in response to received employee wage data; determine average weekly wage data based on determined gross wages, and generate one or more formatted state forms including wage and average weekly wage data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Hartford Fire Insurance Company
    Inventors: Paul J. Edwards, Erik Philip Mumbert, Karen A. Shaffer
  • Publication number: 20190188802
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, data may be received indicative of a plurality of insurance claims along with an indication of an appropriate claim segment classification for each insurance claim. A first claim handler may then be automatically selected for a first insurance claim based at least in part on: (i) a first segment classification associated with the first insurance claim, (ii) numbers of other insurance claims currently assigned to claim handlers, and (iii) load factors associated with claim handlers. An indication of the selected first claim handler may then be transmitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Paul J. Edwards, Keren Shemesh
  • Patent number: 10217170
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, data may be received indicative of a plurality of insurance claims along with an indication of an appropriate claim segment classification for each insurance claim. A first claim handler may then be automatically selected for a first insurance claim based at least in part on: (i) a first segment classification associated with the first insurance claim, (ii) numbers of other insurance claims currently assigned to claim handlers, and (iii) load factors associated with claim handlers. An indication of the selected first claim handler may then be transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Hartford Fire Insurance Company
    Inventors: Paul J. Edwards, Keren Shemesh
  • Publication number: 20180253798
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, data is received indicative of a plurality of insurance claims. It may then be automatically determined that a first insurance claim is associated with a first type of insurance and that a second insurance claim is associated with a second type of insurance. The received data associated with the first insurance claim may be analyzed in accordance with first segmentation logic to determine a first segment classification appropriate for the first insurance claim. Similarly, the received data associated with the second insurance claim may be automatically analyzed in accordance with second segmentation logic to determine a second segment classification appropriate for the second insurance claim. Indications of the first and second segment classifications may then be transmitted (e.g., to a load balancing and assignment engine that automatically selects claim handlers for insurance claims).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventors: Cory R. Blakeman, Paul J. Edwards, Keren Shemesh
  • Patent number: 9984421
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, data is received indicative of a plurality of insurance claims. It may then be automatically determined that a first insurance claim is associated with a first type of insurance and that a second insurance claim is associated with a second type of insurance. The received data associated with the first insurance claim may be analyzed in accordance with first segmentation logic to determine a first segment classification appropriate for the first insurance claim. Similarly, the received data associated with the second insurance claim may be automatically analyzed in accordance with second segmentation logic to determine a second segment classification appropriate for the second insurance claim. Indications of the first and second segment classifications may then be transmitted (e.g., to a load balancing and assignment engine that automatically selects claim handlers for insurance claims).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: Cory R. Blakeman, Paul J. Edwards, Keren Shemesh
  • Publication number: 20160328799
    Abstract: A computer system for efficient processing of rules-based data. Computer-readable instructions cause one or more processors to generate one or more user interface displays including prompts for data indicative of employee data and jurisdiction; based on user inputs received in response, generate questions; based on responses to the questions and jurisdiction data, determine pay periods with prompts for employee wage data for each of the pay periods; determine gross wages in response to received employee wage data; determine average weekly wage data based on determined gross wages, and generate one or more formatted state forms including wage and average weekly wage data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Paul J. Edwards, Erik Philip Mumbert, Karen A. Shaffer
  • Publication number: 20160125546
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, data may be received indicative of a plurality of insurance claims. A risk transfer opportunity platform processor may, based on the received data, identify an insurance claim as being associated with a potential risk transfer opportunity. For the identified insurance claim, the risk transfer opportunity platform processor may automatically arrange for a potential risk transfer user interface to be displayed to a claim handler and may receive, via the potential risk transfer user interface, recovery details from the claim handler, including an overall total damage value and a high and low risk transfer value. A summary report may then be automatically generated for a plurality of insurance claims based in part on the recovery details received from the claim handler, and an indication of the summary report may be transmitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Daniel Lee Bostic, Paul J. Edwards, Andrew J. Reed, Michael Adam Scott, Keren Shemesh
  • Patent number: D1043972
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: kaleo, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric S. Edwards, Evan T. Edwards, Mark J. Licata, Paul F. Meyers, David A. Weinzierl