Assistance program enrollment method and computer readable code
AssigneeArizona Public Service Company
InventorsJerardo Mendoza, Susan M. Cibrario
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Abstract
A method of making an assistance program offered by a provider available to a client includes receiving, at a computing system, client information pertaining to a social benefit program for which the client qualifies from an organization that administers the social benefit program. The client information is compared with eligibility requirements for the assistance program. When the client information meets the eligibility requirements, the organization is notified of an eligibility of the client to enroll in the assistance program. Computer readable code communicates the notification of client eligibility to an administering organization can enroll the client in the assistance program.
Claims20
In a computing environment, a method of making an assistance program offered by a provider available to a client comprising:
- receiving, at said computing environment, client information pertaining to a social benefit program for which said client qualifies from an organization that administers said social benefit program;
- comparing said client information with eligibility requirements for said assistance program;
- when said client information meets said eligibility requirements, notifying said organization of an eligibility of said client to enroll in said assistance program;
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- facilitating enrollment of said client in said assistance program in response to said notifying operation.
A computer-readable storage medium containing executable code for instructing a processor to make a low-income discount program offered by a provider available to a client, said executable code instructing said processor to perform operations comprising:
- receiving client information pertaining to a social benefit program for which said client qualifies from an organization that administers said social benefit program, said client information including verified income information for said client that is commonly required by both said social benefit program and said low-income discount program;
- comparing said client information with eligibility requirements for said low-income discount program;
- when said client information meets said eligibility requirements, notifying said organization of an eligibility of said client to enroll in said low-income discount program;
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- facilitating enrollment of said client in said low-income discount program in response to said notifying operation.
A computing environment comprising:
- a first computing system including a processor;
- a second computing system operable by an organization that administers a social benefit program, said second computing system being in selective communication with said first computing system for communicating client information pertaining to said social benefit program for which said client qualifies, said client information including verified income information;
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- a computer-readable storage medium containing executable code for instructing said processor at said first computing system to make a low-income discount program for a product offered by a provider available to said client, said executable code instructing said processor to perform operations comprising:
- receiving said client information from said second computing system;
- comparing said verified income information for said client with eligibility requirements for said low-income discount program;
- when said verified income information meets said eligibility requirements, notifying said organization of an eligibility of said client to enroll in said low-income discount program;
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- facilitating enrollment of said client in said low-income discount program in response to said notifying operation by providing to said organization an eligibility statement via a display of said second computing system, said eligibility statement indicating said eligibility of said client to enroll in said low-income discount program.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.