Near real-time detection of information

• US 10,467,379 B2
• Filed: 08/31/2015
• Issued: 11/05/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: Van Arkel, John H., Wagner, James J., Schweyen, Corrine L., Mahone, Saralyn M., Tada, David D., Curtis, Terrill J., Hagins, Scott
• Primary Examiner(s): Pauls, John A
• Application Number:
  US14/841,092
• Publication Number:
  US 20150370978A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,527 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms

Abstract

A device may identify information associated with other devices, generate a first value for one or more indicators associated with the information, process, based on providing the information to a rules engine corresponding to a library of rules including the rule and receiving, from the rules engine and based on providing the information to the rules engine, information associated with a second value the information using a rule to generate the second value based on combining the first value with one or more third values, and output information regarding the second value to determine how to process the information.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a first device to;

identify first information associated with a second device;

generate a first value for one or more indicators associated with the first information,

the first value being generated by performing one or more mathematical operations on a plurality of values;

process the first information using a rule to generate a combined value,

the first device, when processing the first information, being to;

provide the first information to a rules engine corresponding to a library of rules,

 

the library of rules including the rule, and

receive, from the rules engine and based on providing the first information to the rules engine, second information associated with the combined value,

 

the combined value being based on combining the first value with one or more third values;

output, based on processing the first information, the second information for processing a first claim,

the first claim to be approved, and

the second information including a first alarm;

receive third information regarding a second claim after the first claim is processed;

process the third information using one or more rules of the library of rules;

generate, based on processing the third information, a second alarm associated with the second claim;

correlate the first alarm and the second alarm based on attributes of the first claim and attributes of the second claim; and

generate, based on correlating the first alarm and the second alarm, an alert regarding the first claim,

a payment of the first claim being canceled, after the first claim has been approved, based on the alert.

2. The system of claim 1, where the first device is further to:

select the rule,

the rule being selected based on a profile associated with the first information.

3. The system of claim 2, where the profile is based on at least one of:

meta information associated with the first information, or

historical information associated with the first information.

4. The system of claim 1, where the first device is further to:

generate the first alarm based on the combined value.

5. The system of claim 1, where the first device, when processing the first information, is to:

process the first information using the rule to generate a plurality of alarms;

sort the plurality of alarms into a plurality of groups based on attributes of the first information; and

analyze the plurality of groups to generate the combined value.

6. The system of claim 1, where the first device is further to:

analyze the combined value with respect to a first threshold and a second threshold;

classify the first information as a first type of information when the combined value is less than the first threshold; and

classify the first information as a second type of information when the combined value is greater than the second threshold.

7. The system of claim 1, where the second information is outputted in near real-time.

8. A method, comprising:

identifying, by a first device, first information associated with a second device;

generating, by the first device, a first value for one or more indicators associated with the first information,

the first value being generated by performing one or more mathematical operations on a plurality of values;

processing, by the first device, the first information using a rule to generate a combined value,

the processing the first information including;

providing the first information to a rules engine corresponding to a library of rules,

the library of rules including the rule; and

receiving, from the rules engine and based on providing the first information to the rules engine, second information associated with the combined value,

the combined value being based on combining the first value with one or more third values;

outputting, by the first device and based on processing the first information, the second information for processing a first claim,

the first claim to be approved, and

the second information including a first alarm;

receiving, by the first device, third information regarding a second claim after the first claim is processed;

processing, by the first device, the third information using one or more rules of the library of rules;

generating, by the first device and based on processing the third information, a second alarm associated with the second claim;

correlating, by the first device, the first alarm and the second alarm based on attributes of the first claim and attributes of the second claim; and

generating, by the first device and based on correlating the first alarm and the second alarm, an alert regarding the first claim,

a payment of the first claim being canceled, after the first claim has been approved, based on the alert.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

selecting the rule,

the rule being selected based on a profile associated with the first information.

10. The method of claim 9, where the profile is based on at least one of:

meta information associated with the first information, or

historical information associated with the first information.

11. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

generating the first alarm based on the combined value.

12. The method of claim 8, where processing the first information includes:

processing the first information using the rule to generate a plurality of alarms;

sorting the plurality of alarms into a plurality of groups based on attributes of the first information; and

analyzing the plurality of groups to generate the combined value.

13. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

analyzing the combined value with respect to a first threshold and a second threshold;

classifying the first information as a first type of information when the combined value is less than the first threshold; and

classifying the first information as a second type of information when the combined value is greater than the second threshold.

14. The method of claim 8, where the second information is outputted in near real-time.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, the instructions comprising:

one or more instructions which, when executed by a processor of a device, cause the processor to;

identify first information associated with a second device;

generate a first value for one or more indicators associated with the first information,

the first value being generated by performing one or more mathematical operations on a plurality of values;

process the first information using a rule to generate a combined value,

the one or more instructions, when executed by the processor to process the first information, cause the processor to;

provide the first information to a rules engine corresponding to a library of rules,

 

the library of rules including the rule, and

receive, from the rules engine and based on providing the first information to the rules engine, second information associated with the combined value, and

 

the combined value being based on combining the first value with one or more third values;

output, based on processing the first information, the second information for processing a first claim,

the first claim to be approved, and

the second information including a first alarm;

receive third information regarding a second claim after the first claim is processed;

process the third information using one or more rules of the library of rules;

generate, based on processing the third information, a second alarm associated with the second claim;

correlate the first alarm and the second alarm based on attributes of the first claim and attributes of the second claim; and

generate, based on correlating the first alarm and the second alarm, an alert regarding the first claim,

a payment of the first claim being canceled, after the first claim has been approved based on the alert.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, where the one or more instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the processor to:

select the rule,

the rule being selected based on a profile associated with the first information.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16, where the profile is based on at least one of:

meta information associated with the first information, or

historical information associated with the first information.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, where the one or more instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the processor to:

generate the first alarm based on the combined value.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, where the one or more instructions, that cause the processor to process the first information, cause the processor to:

process the first information using the rule to generate a plurality of alarms;

sort the plurality of alarms into a plurality of groups based on attributes of the first information; and

analyze the plurality of groups to generate the combined value.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, where the one or more instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the processor to:

analyze the combined value with respect to a first threshold and a second threshold;

classify the first information as a first type of information when the combined value is less than the first threshold; and

classify the first information as a second type of information when the combined value is greater than the second threshold.