Insurance claim association method and apparatus
AssigneeGuidewire Software, Inc.
InventorsSandia Ren, Allen Morano, Jeremy Henrickson, James Burton
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Abstract
A computer-based insurance claim processing system (500) provides for the formation and segregated storage of associations (510) that link various active insurance claims (506) to one another. In addition, if desired, the associations can comprise additional information regarding, for example, the nature or type of association and/or other information as a user may wish to include to inform, control, or otherwise characterize the association and/or the associated claims.
Claims32
A method for use with a computer-based insurance claim processing system having a plurality of discrete active insurance claims stored therein and having a user interface providing discrete access to selected ones of the plurality of discrete active insurance claims, the method comprising:
- providing an association that links at least a first one of the plurality of discrete active insurance claims to at least a second one of the plurality of discrete active insurance claims with respect to at least one selected association criteria;
- storing the association separate from storage of information as corresponds to the discrete active insurance claims;
- using the association when presenting the selected ones of the plurality of discrete active insurance claims to a user via the user interface.
An apparatus comprising a computer-based insurance claim processing system comprising:
- a memory having discretely stored therein:
- a plurality of discrete active insurance claims;
- at least one association that links at least a first one of the plurality of discrete active insurance claims to at least a second one of the plurality of discrete active insurance claims with respect to at least one selected association criteria;
- a user interface;
- a processor operably coupled to the memory and to the user interface and being configured and arranged to use the at least one association when presenting selected ones of the plurality of discrete active insurance claims to a user via the user interface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.