Patents by Inventor Steve Melnick

Steve Melnick 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: 20240031636
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes systems and methods for dynamic synchronization of media streams from remote users. A latency matrix between all participants is generated and participants within acceptable synchronization windows are grouped together. Earlier media streams are buffered and started in synchronization with later streams locally at each client device. To provide an improved experience for earlier or lower-latency clients, additional media streams may be generated (e.g. synthesized, played back from recordings, or dynamically generated based on locally input media). Accordingly, each user is provided with a collaborative experience in substantial synchronization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: TogetherSound LLC
    Inventors: Brian Shaw, Steve Melnick
  • Patent number: 11800177
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes systems and methods for dynamic synchronization of media streams from remote users. A latency matrix between all participants is generated and participants within acceptable synchronization windows are grouped together. Earlier media streams are buffered and started in synchronization with later streams locally at each client device. To provide an improved experience for earlier or lower-latency clients, additional media streams may be generated (e.g. synthesized, played back from recordings, or dynamically generated based on locally input media). Accordingly, each user is provided with a collaborative experience in substantial synchronization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: TogetherSound LLC
    Inventors: Brian Shaw, Steve Melnick
  • Patent number: 8620830
    Abstract: A computer-based method and system to enable a benefit plan sponsor to design a plurality of benefit plans to be offered to a given participant population and for determining the cost of sponsoring the plans for the participant population by predicting utilization for each of the plans based upon historical utilization data for the population, projected plan selections based upon presumed participant objectives, and/or survey or historical data from a sample of the given population or from preexisting statistical samples exhibiting analogous demographic characteristics to the given participant population relating to expected benefit utilization and plan preference criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Express Scripts, Inc.
    Inventors: Steve Melnick, Agnes Rey-Giraud
  • Publication number: 20130103602
    Abstract: A computer-based method and system to enable a benefit plan sponsor to design a plurality of benefit plans to be offered to a given participant population and for determining the cost of sponsoring the plans for the participant population by predicting utilization for each of the plans based upon historical utilization data for the population, projected plan selections based upon presumed participant objectives, and/or survey or historical data from a sample of the given population or from preexisting statistical samples exhibiting analogous demographic characteristics to the given participant population relating to expected benefit utilization and plan preference criteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: EXPRESS SCRIPTS, INC.
    Inventors: Steve MELNICK, Agnes REY-GIRAUD
  • Patent number: 8185413
    Abstract: A computer-based method and system to enable a benefit plan sponsor to design a plurality of benefit plans to be offered to a given participant population and for determining the cost of sponsoring the plans for the participant population by predicting utilization for each of the plans based upon historical utilization data for the population, projected plan selections based upon presumed participant objectives, and/or survey or historical data from a sample of the given population or from preexisting statistical samples exhibiting analogous demographic characteristics to the given participant population relating to expected benefit utilization and plan preference criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Express Scripts, Inc.
    Inventors: Steve Melnick, Agnes Rey-Giraud
  • Publication number: 20070106623
    Abstract: A computer-based method and system to enable a benefit plan sponsor to design a plurality of benefit plans to be offered to a given participant population and for determining the cost of sponsoring the plans for the participant population by predicting utilization for each of the plans based upon historical utilization data for the population, projected plan selections based upon presumed participant objectives, and/or survey or historical data from a sample of the given population or from preexisting statistical samples exhibiting analogous demographic characteristics to the given participant population relating to expected benefit utilization and plan preference criteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2006
    Publication date: May 10, 2007
    Applicant: Express Scripts, Inc.
    Inventors: Steve Melnick, Agnes Rey-Giraud
  • Publication number: 20020169727
    Abstract: A computer-based method and system to enable a benefit plan sponsor to design a plurality of benefit plans to be offered to a given participant population and for determining the cost of sponsoring the plans for the participant population by predicting utilization for each of the plans based upon historical utilization data for the population, projected plan selections based upon presumed participant objectives, and/or survey or historical data from a sample of the given population or from preexisting statistical samples exhibiting analogous demographic characteristics to the given participant population relating to expected benefit utilization and plan preference criteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2001
    Publication date: November 14, 2002
    Applicant: Express Scripts, Inc
    Inventors: Steve Melnick, Agnes Rey-Giraud