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System and method for externalization of rules for assessing damages

  • US 7,571,107 B1
  • Filed: 06/23/2000
  • Issued: 08/04/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/23/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A computer system comprising:

  • a central processing unit (CPU);

    a memory coupled to the CPU;

    a database stored in the memory of the computer system comprising;

    a rules data table comprising a plurality of rows, each of the rows comprising a plurality of business rule data elements and a rules style;

    a template table comprising a plurality of rows, each row of the template table comprising a rules style, wherein the rules style for each row of the template table specifies a syntax for one of a plurality of business rules, wherein each of a plurality of business rules is classified into one of the rule styles, the syntax for a premise and a resulting rule action for a given rule style being common to business rules within the rule style; and

    a text table comprising a plurality of rows, each of the rows comprising a text string specifying a syntax for one of the business rules;

    a translator program implemented on the computer system configured to, for two or more rows in the rules data table;

    use the rules style for the row in the rules data table as a key to find a matching record in the template table;

    read two or more of the business rule data elements and the rules style from the row in the rules data table using information from the template table,read a text string from the text table;

    andcombine at least two of the business rule data elements for the row in the rules data table and the syntax for the rules style specified in the template table and the text string of the text table to form a business rules,anda rules engine configured to assess a value of one or more bodily injury insurance claims as a function of the formed business rules.

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