Method of and system for determining insurance claim losses

• US 20090177499A1
• Filed: 12/24/2008
• Published: 07/09/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/26/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Donald James Cahill, Richard William Brady, Steig Gunnar Westerberg
• Original Assignee: Donald James Cahill, Richard William Brady, Steig Gunnar Westerberg
• Inventors: Brady, Richard William, Cahill, Donald James, Westerberg, Steig Gunnar
• Application Number:
  US12/317,502
• Publication Number:
  US 20090177499A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/4
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/08 Insurance

Abstract

A system for and method of determining insurance claim losses. The method is comprised of inputting a claim loss item into a remote computational device. The claim loss item is communicated to a claims server, where a data source is searched for comparable items. The data source can be a local database or online sources such as an Internet URL and can return one or more exemplary items. The search for the exemplary items can incorporate filters. The exemplary items are displayed for an adjustor to select the item. The information associated with the exemplar item is stored for later display and report generation. A report can be generated displaying all of the information about the selected items.

Claims

1. A method of processing insurance claims:

inputting a claim loss item into a remote computational device;

communicating the claim loss item to a claims server;

searching one or more data sources;

displaying one or more related items found in the data sources;

receiving a related item selection indication;

storing information related to the related item selection indication; and

storing the related item selection and associating the related item selection with the claim loss item.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the storing the information related to the related item selection is a snapshot of a web page displaying the related item selection.

3. One or more processor readable storage devices having processor readable code embodied on the processor readable devices for programming one or more processors to perform a method of determining insurance claim losses comprising the steps of:

inputting a claim loss item into a remote computational device;

communicating the claim loss item to a claims server;

searching one or more data sources;

displaying one or more related items found in the data sources;

receiving a related item selection indication;

storing information related to the related item selection indication; and

storing the related item selection and associating the related item selection with the claim loss item.