Patents by Inventor Samuel H. Turner

Samuel H. Turner 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: 20140172469
    Abstract: A method for evaluating and scoring insurance products by interfacing with illustration engines relating to insurance products. The method includes calculating a series of cash flows for the proposed policy by applying a decrement factor to the set of values; calculating an internal rate of return for the proposed policy from the series of cash flows, and a statistical distribution of a plurality of internal rate of returns of a proposed policy for each of the one or more insurance products; determining a value for a quantitative scoring component for the proposed policy based on a comparison of the internal rate of return for the proposed policy to a quantitative factor; and obtaining an over score for the proposed policy by combining a plurality of values for each of a plurality of scoring components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: EFFICIENT MARKETS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Errol O. KENDALL, Elizabeth A. Braswell, Samuel H. Turner, Keith J. Maurer
  • Patent number: 8635093
    Abstract: A system for evaluating and scoring software products in which illustration engines relating to insurance products are run based on a common set of inputs. The illustration engines output a set of output metrics which are common to all illustration engines. The output metrics of products selected for comparison or evaluation are mathematically combined with each other and with the corresponding metrics of from all other illustration engines to determine a score which can be used to compare quickly and accurately the selected product against all other products in the database. The score may be determined by a weighted average in which the weights assigned to output metrics are adjustable at the user's discretion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Efficient Markets Corporation
    Inventors: Errol O. Kendall, Elizabeth A. Braswell, Samuel H. Turner, Keith J. Maurer
  • Patent number: 8315891
    Abstract: A system for evaluating and scoring software products in which illustration engines relating to insurance products are run based on a common set of inputs. The illustration engines output a set of output metrics which are common to all illustration engines. The output metrics of products selected for comparison or evaluation are mathematically combined with each other and with the corresponding metrics of from all other illustration engines to determine a score which can be used to compare quickly and accurately the selected product against all other products in the database. The score may be determined by a weighted average in which the weights assigned to output metrics are adjustable at the user's discretion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Efficient Markets Corporation
    Inventors: Errol O. Kendall, Elizabeth A. Braswell, Samuel H. Turner, Keith J. Maurer
  • Publication number: 20120066009
    Abstract: A system for evaluating and scoring software products in which illustration engines relating to insurance products are run based on a common set of inputs. The illustration engines output a set of output metrics which are common to all illustration engines. The output metrics of products selected for comparison or evaluation are mathematically combined with each other and with the corresponding metrics of from all other illustration engines to determine a score which can be used to compare quickly and accurately the selected product against all other products in the database. The score may be determined by a weighted average in which the weights assigned to output metrics are adjustable at the user's discretion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Inventors: Errol O. Kendall, Elizabeth A. Braswell, Samuel H. Turner, Keith J. Maurer
  • Patent number: 8024203
    Abstract: A system for evaluating and scoring software products in which illustration engines relating to insurance products are run based on a common set of inputs. The illustration engines output a set of output metrics which are common to all illustration engines. The output metrics of products selected for comparison or evaluation are mathematically combined with each other and with the corresponding metrics of from all other illustration engines to determine a score which can be used to compare quickly and accurately the selected product against all other products in the database. The score may be determined by a weighted average in which the weights assigned to output metrics are adjustable at the user's discretion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Efficient Markets Corporation
    Inventors: Errol O. Kendall, Elizabeth A. Braswell, Samuel H. Turner, Keith J. Maurer