Target insurance

• US 20040010426A1
• Filed: 04/03/2003
• Published: 01/15/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 04/04/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Felipe Berdou
• Original Assignee: Felipe Berdou
• Inventors: Berdou, Felipe
• Application Number:
  US10/407,518
• Publication Number:
  US 20040010426A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/4
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/02 Banking, e.g. interest calculation or account maintenance credit or loans G06Q40/03
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/08 Insurance

Abstract

The invention is a computer system and method to create complementary or alternative choice to known insurance art risk coverage. Enables consumers to buy an obligation from selected suppliers legally bound to timely supply the agreed output upon claim by a beneficiary. A saving inherent to a cash or loaned prepaid obligation to self compensate a measurable event loss, in order to complement or substitute current and future expenditure of insurance premiums covering similar risks. Said obligation traded and swapped at will by consumers and suppliers in a suitable trading floor.

Claims

1. A data processing system and method, preferably computer related, comprising a consumer, single or grouped, paying for an obligation to a selected supplier, single or grouped, in order to cover partial or full compensation for any insurable risks'"'"' eventual loss, in such a way that if the event does not happen the obligation is kept by the consumer/beneficiary as a saving.

2. A system and method as set forth in claim 1 including the steps to provide consumers risk coverage linked to market driven stimuli eliminating the so called “

market failures”

congenital to prior art insurance system and method.

3. A system and method as set forth in claim 1 including the steps to provide suppliers with interest free financing through the sale of obligations comprising inherent deferred output deliverable upon claim by a beneficiary.

4. A system and method as set forth in claims 1, 2 and 3 comprising steps to allow risk population consumers (e.g. preexistent health problems, hazardous jobs, etc.) to get individual and/or group coverage obligations on the same conditions of price and quality as non risk consumers.

5. A method as set forth in claims 1, 2, 3 and 4 including the steps of providing both supplier and consumer/beneficiary access to a site on a computer network.

6. A method as set forth in claim 5 wherein the computer network is the Internet.

7. A method as set forth in claims 5 and 6 comprising the steps to enable:

a supplier—

single or grouped—

to;

sell obligations

a consumer/beneficiary—

single or grouped—

to;

buy obligations

trade obligations

swap obligations.

8. A method as set forth in claims 6 and 7 comprising the computing functions steps to provide participants a virtual trading floor performing data processing and technical effects necessary to:

evaluate potential transactions

select potential transactions

conclude selected transactions

9. A method as set forth in claim 8 comprising the data processing and technical effects steps to organize obligations order-matching and/or principal market making.

10. A method as set forth in claim 8 comprising the data processing and technical effects steps to:

inform consumers about existing suppliers'"'"' offer

inform suppliers about requested consumers'"'"' demand.

11. A method as set forth in claim 8 comprising the data processing and technical effects steps to enable consumers to evaluate suppliers.

12. A method as set forth in claim 8 comprising the data processing and technical effects steps to assist consumer'"'"'s searching shareholders to buy obligations in shareholding groups.

13. A method as set forth in claim 8 comprising the data processing and technical effects steps to deliver actuarial data according to the needs of both consumers and suppliers.

14. A method as set forth in claim 8 comprising the data processing and technical effects steps to:

formalize contracts to buy/sell obligations

formalize contracts to resell obligations

formalize contracts to swap obligations

15. A method as set forth in claim 8 comprising the data processing and technical effects steps to:

create and organize consumers'"'"' national networks

create and organize consumers'"'"' regional networks

create and organize consumers'"'"' international networks.

16. A method as set forth in claim 8 comprising the data processing and technical effects steps to:

create and organize suppliers'"'"' national networks

create and organize suppliers'"'"' regional networks

create and organize suppliers'"'"' international networks.

17. A method as set forth in claim 8 comprising the data processing and technical effects steps to securitize obligations.

18. A method as set forth in claim 8 comprising the data processing and technical effects steps to entitle groups'"'"' beneficiary or beneficiaries in case of event occurrence.

19. A method as set forth in claim 8 comprising the data processing and technical effects steps to fulfill payment clearance among networked suppliers.

20. A method as set forth in claim 8 comprising the data processing and technical effects steps to:

monitor output fulfillment

eventually arbitrage dispute settlement upon consenting parties request