ATTACHMENT INTEGRATED CLAIMS SYSTEMS AND OPERATING METHODS THEREFOR

• US 20080155456A1
• Filed: 03/10/2008
• Published: 06/26/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/28/1996
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Integrated Claims Systems LLC
• Original Assignee: Integrated Claims Systems LLC
• Inventors: DiRienzo, Andrew L.
• Granted Patent: US 10,121,201 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/780
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/02 Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/025 Coordination of plural reservations, e.g. plural trip segments, transportation combined with accommodation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/00 Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/08 Insurance
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/12 Accounting
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 30/20 for handling medical images, e.g. DICOM, HL7 or PACS
• 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

Systems and methods for processing textual messages which are integrated with one or more digital attachments is described. These systems and methods are useful in the electronic filing and processing of, for example, image data, and of textual data associated with the image data. One particular application of these systems and methods would be for the electronic filing and processing of dental x-rays with patient claim forms.

Claims

1. A computer network configured through computer software

to present a graphical user interface (GUI) comprising a set of labeled fields;

to generate a file containing an insurance claim, transmittable to an identified one of M possible recipient insurance payers, from data entered into at least some of the labeled fields of the GUI; and

to display messages in the GUI which instruct that the data to be entered into the labeled fields be the data required by the identified recipient;

wherein each message displayed in the GUI is selected by a logic control device in the software, on the basis of which set of criteria, in a preexisting list of sets of criteria, is satisfied by the data entered into at least some of the labeled fields; and

wherein M is an integer equal to or greater than two.