Business Patents (Class 708/163)
  • Patent number: 11727026
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a display, a memory, and a hardware processor. The processor accesses a database that includes initial assumptions, current assumptions, values of a life insurance policy over time, transactions, and payments. The processor displays on a first region of the display a baseline curve, a historical performance curve, and an in-force curve. The processor further displays on various other regions of the display a series of points representing the transactions, a current policy value, a first link to download a first file, a second link to display the current assumptions, a third link to download a second file, a fourth link to display the initial assumptions, a fifth link to open an in-force illustrator used to generate an illustration, a sixth link to create or update a new baseline, a seventh link to display the payments, and an eighth link to display the transactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Christopher Brian Potter, Brian James Perra, Caroline Frances Stephani, Lisa Marie Wark, Jeff Lee Dennie, Michelle Nicole Samuel
  • Patent number: 11693872
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a display, a memory, and a hardware processor. The processor accesses a database that includes initial assumptions, current assumptions, values of a life insurance policy over time, transactions, and payments. The processor displays on a first region of the display a baseline curve, a historical performance curve, and an in-force curve. The processor further displays on various other regions of the display a series of points representing the transactions, a current policy value, a first link to download a first file, a second link to display the current assumptions, a third link to download a second file, a fourth link to display the initial assumptions, a fifth link to open an in-force illustrator used to generate an illustration, a sixth link to create or update a new baseline, a seventh link to display the payments, and an eighth link to display the transactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Christopher Brian Potter, Brian James Perra, Caroline Frances Stephani, Lisa Marie Wark, Jeff Lee Dennie, Michelle Nicole Samuel
  • Patent number: 11468080
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a display, a memory, and a hardware processor. The processor accesses a database that includes initial assumptions, current assumptions, values of a life insurance policy over time, transactions, and payments. The processor displays on a first region of the display a baseline curve, a historical performance curve, and an in-force curve. The processor further displays on various other regions of the display a series of points representing the transactions, a current policy value, a first link to download a first file, a second link to display the current assumptions, a third link to download a second file, a fourth link to display the initial assumptions, a fifth link to open an in-force illustrator used to generate an illustration, a sixth link to create or update a new baseline, a seventh link to display the payments, and an eighth link to display the transactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Christopher Brian Potter, Brian James Perra, Caroline Frances Stephani, Lisa Marie Wark, Jeff Lee Dennie, Michelle Nicole Samuel
  • Patent number: 8010589
    Abstract: Embodiments herein select performance indicators from raw data and measure the indicators over at least one time period to extract a time series of data for each of the indicators. The method determines a time order among the correlated indicators and determines a causal direction among the correlated indicators based on which of the correlated indicators occurs first in time so as to identify relative leading indicators among the correlated indicators. The processes of determining the time order and determining the causal direction can comprise applying Dynamic Time Warping and/or Granger Causality techniques to the time series of data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Wei Peng, Philip C. Rose, Tong Sun
  • Publication number: 20090240752
    Abstract: A method for calculating coordinate points corresponding to a segment of a circle for arch construction includes entering a desired width dimension of a desired arch, entering a desired height dimension of a desired arch, and calculating coordinate pairs corresponding to a previously defined coordinate system, wherein the resultant coordinate pairs correspond to points defining an arc, wherein the arc is the arc corresponding to the width and height dimensions of the desired arch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2009
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Inventor: Tim Jenson
  • Patent number: 7376579
    Abstract: A strategic management tool that derives relevant business processes. The tool provides a set of business processes based on information from at least one of a market force and an industry trend and applies a method to identify a subset of the business processes. The method is selected from at least one of transformational strategy method, a business goals and objectives method and a program solutions method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Stefan Hack, Shaun Elliott
  • Patent number: 6397195
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for managing accounting information of entities having different fiscal calendars. A memory stores accounting data for at least two entities, each of the entities maintaining the accounting data according to a different fiscal calendar. A user interface enables a user to request consolidated accounting information for the entities. Accounting data and/or calendar information of the entities is mapped to a base calendar maintained in the computer system. A processor is provided for accessing the accounting data according to the base calendar instead of the entity calendars to recover, for a specified time period, accounting information responsive to a user request entered via the user interface. The processor consolidates the accounting information for the different entities according to said base calendar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Assignee: Hyperion Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffery S. Pinard, Katheryn Kemper
  • Patent number: 6012037
    Abstract: A schedule management apparatus includes a term data input section for inputting a term data by designating a start day and an end day, a schedule input section for inputting a schedule corresponding to the term data inputted by the term data input section, a memory for storing the term data and the schedule in correspondence, a day designation section for designating a specific day, a retrieval section for retrieving, from the memory, a term data which includes the specific day designated by the day designation section, a schedule display section for displaying at least the start day and the end day of the term data retrieved by the retrieval section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2000
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kaeko Yoshikawa