Patents by Inventor Sean M. Porter

Sean M. Porter 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: 11380435
    Abstract: Automated assistance program qualification and enrollment are provided. An assistance program qualification and enrollment (APQE) system determines whether a user qualifies for an assistance program that offers assistance with an ongoing transaction record with a service provider. The APQE system generates a set of questions based on qualification data (used to make a qualification determination) that are not included in collected user data and financial data about the user. The user's qualification is based on an evaluation of the user data, financial data, and user-provided responses to the questions. If the user qualifies for the assistance program, an option is provided to the user to enroll in the assistance program. If additional information is needed to complete an enrollment process for the assistance program, an interface is provided that enables the user to provide the data for completing the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: EXPERIAN HEALTH, INC.
    Inventors: Paul Joseph Hoffman, Sean M. Porter, Kevin Otto Horvath, Elizabeth Donato Serie
  • Publication number: 20190304599
    Abstract: Automated assistance program qualification and enrollment are provided. An assistance program qualification and enrollment (APQE) system determines whether a user qualifies for an assistance program that offers assistance with an ongoing transaction record with a service provider. The APQE system generates a set of questions based on qualification data (used to make a qualification determination) that are not included in collected user data and financial data about the user. The user's qualification is based on an evaluation of the user data, financial data, and user-provided responses to the questions. If the user qualifies for the assistance program, an option is provided to the user to enroll in the assistance program. If additional information is needed to complete an enrollment process for the assistance program, an interface is provided that enables the user to provide the data for completing the process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: Experian Health, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Joseph Hoffman, Sean M. Porter, Kevin Otto Horvath, Elizabeth Donato Serie
  • Publication number: 20180285969
    Abstract: Predictive model development, training, evaluation, and selection are provided for enabling more-accurate evaluations of consumers. Aspects of an evaluation system use machine learning techniques to train models based on training datasets and known outputs provided by one or more service providers (e.g., pieces of demographic data and historical transaction data). The predictive models are developed against the training datasets to optimize the predictive models to correctly predict an output (e.g., a consumer propensity) for the given inputs. When a consumer seeks services from a service provider, the service provider provides pieces of demographic data and ongoing transactions data to the evaluation system. A most-accurate predictive model is selected based on known data elements, and a propensity score is calculated indicative of a likelihood of settlement by the consumer. Results are communicated with the service provider such that informed decisions can be made.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: Experian Health, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher G. Busch, Sean M. Porter, Nathaniel W. Lutz
  • Publication number: 20180285872
    Abstract: Improvements to the distribution and handling of electronic transactions across a distributed system are provided herein. A user interface is provided to a user responsible for one or more ongoing transactions or plans. The user interface is populated with data related to the user and the ongoing transactions. The user interface enables the user to group and manipulate various ongoing transactions and plans, and is populated with data based on the ongoing transactions, the user's historical transactional data, and a profile for the user based on similar users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: Experian Health, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven B. Millhouse, Christopher G. Busch, Nathan Todd Gilman, Sean M. Porter, Paul Joseph Hoffman, Jorge Wong, Jason Michael Considine, Michael A. Johnson, Anthony Causin Suralta, Oscar Valdez