Management method and system for a user

• US 8,775,214 B2
• Filed: 07/19/2006
• Issued: 07/08/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/19/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Refinitiv US Organization, LLC (Refinitiv US Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Thomson Reuters Incorporated (The Woodbridge Co. Ltd.)
• Inventors: Birbara, Linda H., Bench, John P., Kim, Patrick C., Kleiner, Alexander M., Burkley, Matthew P., Prastos, Nicholas, Schneider, Douglas, Coluni, Barbara
• Primary Examiner(s): RANGREJ, SHEETAL
• Application Number:
  US11/489,213
• Publication Number:
  US 20080033871A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,911 Days
• Field of Search: 705 2- 4
• US Class Current: 705/4
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/10 specially adapted for electronic funds transfer [EFT] systems; specially adapted for home banking systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/02 Banking, e.g. interest calculation or account maintenance credit or loans G06Q40/03
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/06 Asset management; Financial planning or analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/08 Insurance

Abstract

The invention provides a system, method, machine readable program and a graphical user interface for managing multiple accounts associated with a user. The method includes receiving a first set of information associated with identification of a user, in response to the first set of information, identifying a second set of information relating to a financial account associated with the user, the financial account being associated with a financial institution, in response to the first set of information. The method also includes identifying a third set of information relating to a health account associated with the user, the health account being associated with a healthcare institution. A fourth set of information is generated based upon the second set of information and the third set of information. The method also includes sending a signal representative of the fourth set of information. The signal may be sent to the user or a designee of the user.

Claims

1. A method for managing multiple accounts associated with a user, the method comprising:

(a) receiving a machine readable data signal into a computer system, the signal including a first set of information associated with identification of the user;

(b) in response to the first set of information, identifying a second set of information using the computer system, the second set of information relating to a financial investment account associated with the user, the financial investment account being associated with a financial institution;

(c) in response to the first set of information, identifying a third set of information using the computer system, the third set of information relating to a health account associated with the user, the health account being associated with a healthcare institution and unassociated with the financial investment account;

(d) generating a fourth set of information with the computer system based upon the second set of information and the third set of information, wherein the fourth set of information includes at least one item of information not provided in any of the first, second, and third sets of information; and

(e) sending from a server a machine readable signal including the fourth set of information to the user or a designee of the user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first set of information includes information selected from the group consisting of an account number, a telephone number, a website username, a date, an electronic mail address and combinations thereof.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the financial investment account is an account associated with the user'"'"'s finances.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the financial investment account is selected from the group consisting of a bank account, a mortgage account, a tax account, an education account, a credit account, a brokerage account and a retirement account.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the health account is selected from the group consisting of a benefits record, a health insurance account, a disability insurance account, a long term care insurance account, a medical record account and a pharmaceutical record account.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising performing transactions using data relating to the health of the user, wherein the transactions are transacted in accordance with a preselected standard.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the preselected standard is established in accordance with HIPAA.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the fourth set of information is an amalgamation of the second set of information and the third set of information.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein a fifth set of information is identified in response to the first set of information, the fifth set of information relating to a second financial investment account of the user.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the second financial investment account is associated with a second financial institution.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the fourth set of information is generated using the fifth set of information.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein a sixth set of information is identified in response to the first set of information, the sixth set of information relating to a second health account of the user.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the second health account is associated with a second health institution.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the fourth set of information is generated using the sixth set of information.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the second set of information further includes information relating to a financial advisor of the user.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the financial advisor is selected from the group consisting of a stockbroker, a financial planner, an accountant, a credit analyst, a real estate agent, and an attorney.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the second set of information includes information relating to the credentials of the financial advisor.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein the third set of information further includes information relating to a health advisor of the user.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the health advisor is selected from the group consisting of a doctor, a health insurance agent, a physical therapist, a psychologist, a spiritual advisor and a therapist.

20. The method of claim 18, wherein the second set of information includes information relating to the credentials of the health advisor.

21. The method of claim 1 wherein the signal is related to a set of actionable information.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein an operation can be performed on the set of actionable information.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein the operation is performed by using a decision support tool selected by the user.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein the decision support tool permits computation of a financial projection, a health projection or a lifestyle projection.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein the decision support tool is selected from the group consisting of a retirement calculator, a college savings calculator, a drug cost saving calculator, a goal tracker, and combinations thereof.

26. The method of claim 21, wherein the actionable information relates to at least one of a financial or a healthcare decision.

27. The method of claim 21, further comprising receiving a decision associated with the user in response to the set of actionable information.

28. The method of claim 27, further comprising updating the second set of information based upon the decision.

29. The method of claim 27, further comprising updating the third set of information based upon the decision.

30. The method of claim 27, wherein the decision is selected from the group consisting of an affirmative response and a negative response.

31. The method of claim 27, wherein the decision is selected from the group consisting of an affirmative response, a negative response, or a request for a reminder to revisit the actionable information at a later time.

32. The method of claim 21, wherein the set of actionable information includes a financial projection that computes the effect of costs of the health or lifestyle of the user on the user'"'"'s finances.

33. The method of claim 1 wherein the signal is related to an alert sent to the user.

34. The method of claim 33, wherein the alert relates to a health decision or a financial decision.

35. The method of claim 33, wherein the alert is sent to the user by way of electronic mail.

36. The method of claim 1, wherein the user permits an advisor to access desired profile information relating to the user in a database.

37. The method of claim 36, wherein the advisor is a financial advisor and the profile information includes financial information relating to the user.

38. The method of claim 36, wherein the user specifies a subset of the profile information that the advisor can access.

39. The method of claim 36, wherein the advisor is a health advisor and the profile information includes health information relating to the user.

40. The method of claim 1, wherein the user is a consumer.

41. The method of claim 1, wherein the user is a designee of a consumer.

42. The method of claim 41, wherein the designee is selected from the group consisting of an advisor of the user, a guardian of the user, a family member of the user, and a legal designee of the user.

43. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the step of generating a fourth set of information includes generating the fourth set of information wherein the fourth set of information includes an analysis of the second and third sets of information to show interaction between health and finances for the user to use with financial and/or health related decisions.

44. A system for managing multiple accounts associated with a user, the system comprising:

(a) executable machine readable program means physically embodied on a physical medium for receiving a first set of information associated with identification of the user;

(b) executable machine readable program means physically embodied on a physical medium for identifying a second set of information in response to the first set of information, the second set of information relating to a financial investment account associated with the user, the financial investment account being associated with a financial institution;

(c) executable machine readable program means physically embodied on a physical medium for identifying a third set of information in response to the first set of information, the third set of information relating to a health account associated with the user, the health account being associated with a healthcare institution and unassociated with the financial investment account;

(d) executable machine readable program means physically embodied on a physical medium for generating a fourth set of information based upon the second set of information and the third set of information, wherein the fourth set of information includes at least one item of information not provided in any of the first, second, and third sets of information; and

(e) executable machine readable program means physically embodied on a physical medium for sending a signal representative of the fourth set of information to the user or a designee of the user.

45. A machine readable program physically embodied on a computer readable medium containing instructions for controlling a system for managing multiple accounts associated with a user, the program comprising:

(a) a first computer code segment physically embodied and executable on the physical medium for processing a first set of received information associated with identification of the user;

(b) a second computer code segment physically embodied and executable on the physical medium for identifying a second set of information in response to the first set of information, the second set of information relating to a financial investment account associated with the user, the financial investment account being associated with a financial institution;

(c) a third computer code segment physically embodied and executable on the physical medium for identifying a third set of information in response to the first set of information, the third set of information relating to a health account associated with the user, the health account being associated with a healthcare institution and unassociated with the financial investment account;

(d) a fourth computer code segment physically embodied and executable on the physical medium for generating a fourth set of information based upon the second set of information and the third set of information, wherein the fourth set of information includes at least one item of information not provided in any of the first, second, and third sets of information; and

(e) a fifth computer code segment physically embodied and executable on the physical medium for sending a signal representative of the fourth set of information to the user or a designee of the user.

46. A server for generating a graphical user interface for controlling a system for managing multiple accounts associated with a user, comprising:

(a) means for generating a machine readable data signal segment configured to instruct a computer to generate a first field for receiving a first set of information associated with identification of the user;

(b) means for generating a machine readable data signal segment configured to instruct a computer to generate a second field for specifying a second set of information relating to a financial account associated with the user, the financial account being associated with a financial institution;

(c) means for generating a machine readable data signal segment configured to instruct a computer to generate a third field for specifying a third set of information relating to a health account associated with the user, the health account being associated with a healthcare institution and unassociated with the financial account;

(d) means for generating a machine readable data signal segment configured to instruct a computer to generate a fourth field for requesting generation of a fourth set of information based upon the second set of information and the third set of information; and

(e) means for generating a machine readable data signal segment configured to instruct a computer to generate a fifth field for displaying a signal representative of the fourth set of information to the user or a designee of the user, wherein the fourth set of information includes at least one item of information not provided in any of the first, second, and third sets of information.

47. A method for managing multiple accounts associated with a user, the method comprising:

(a) receiving a machine readable data signal into a computer system, the signal including a first set of information associated with identification of the user;

(b) in response to the first set of information, identifying a second set of information using the computer system, the second set of information relating to a financial account associated with the user, the financial account being associated with a financial institution;

(c) in response to the first set of information, identifying a third set of information using the computer system, the third set of information relating to a health account associated with the user, the health account being associated with a healthcare institution and unassociated with the financial account;

(d) generating a fourth set of information with the computer system based upon the second set of information and the third set of information, and wherein the fourth set of information includes at least one piece of information selected from the group consisting of an alert, a prompt, an explanation of drug-to-drug interactions, a projection, an advertisement, and a news release; and

(e) sending from a server a machine readable signal including the fourth set of information to the user or a designee of the user.

48. A method as recited in claim 47, wherein the second set of information relates to a financial investment account associated with the user.

49. A system for managing multiple accounts associated with a user, the system comprising:

(a) executable machine readable program means for receiving a first set of information associated with identification of the user;

(b) executable machine readable program means for identifying a second set of information in response to the first set of information, the second set of information relating to a financial account associated with the user, the financial account being associated with a financial institution;

(c) executable machine readable program means for identifying a third set of information in response to the first set of information, the third set of information relating to a health account associated with the user, the health account being associated with a healthcare institution and unassociated with the financial account;

(d) executable machine readable program means for generating a fourth set of information based upon the second set of information and the third set of information, and wherein the fourth set of information includes at least one piece of information selected from the group consisting of an alert, a prompt, an explanation of drug-to-drug interactions, a projection, an advertisement, and a news release; and

(e) executable machine readable program means for sending a signal representative of the fourth set of information to the user or a designee of the user.

50. A system as recited in claim 49, wherein the second set of information relates to a financial investment account associated with the user.

51. A machine readable program embodied on a computer readable medium containing instructions for controlling a system for managing multiple accounts associated with a user, the program comprising:

(a) a first computer code segment physically embodied and executable on the physical medium for processing a first set of received information associated with identification of the user;

(b) a second computer code segment physically embodied and executable on the physical medium for identifying a second set of information in response to the first set of information, the second set of information relating to a financial account associated with the user, the financial account being associated with a financial institution;

(c) a third computer code segment physically embodied and executable on the physical medium for identifying a third set of information in response to the first set of information, the third set of information relating to a health account associated with the user, the health account being associated with a healthcare institution and unassociated with the financial account;

(d) a fourth computer code segment physically embodied and executable on the physical medium for generating a fourth set of information based upon the second set of information and the third set of information, and wherein the fourth set of information includes at least one piece of information selected from the group consisting of an alert, a prompt, an explanation of drug-to-drug interactions, a projection, an advertisement, and a news release; and

(e) a fifth computer code segment physically embodied and executable on the physical medium for sending a signal representative of the fourth set of information to the user or a designee of the user.

52. A machine readable program embodied on a computer readable medium as recited in claim 51, wherein the second set of information relates to a financial investment account associated with the user.

53. A method for managing multiple accounts associated with a user, the method comprising:

(a) receiving a machine readable data signal into a computer system, the signal including a first set of information associated with identification of the user;

(b) in response to the first set of information, identifying a second set of information using the computer system, the second set of information relating to at least one non-checking financial investment account associated with the user, the financial investment account being associated with a financial institution;

(c) in response to the first set of information, identifying a third set of information using the computer system, the third set of information relating to a health account associated with the user, the health account being associated with a healthcare institution and unassociated with the financial investment account;

(d) generating a fourth set of information with the computer system based upon the second set of information and the third set of information; and

(e) sending from a server a machine readable signal including the fourth set of information to the user or a designee of the user.