Online method and system for fulfilling needs resulting from property and other similar losses

US7624031B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY · US

Inventors

• Douglas Simpson · Billerica, US
• Alan Aleia · Glastonbury, US
• Donald Pierce · Enfield, US
• Donald Cadden · Bristol, US
• Joseph R. Carvalko, Jr. · Milford, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 25, 2001
• Grant date: Nov 24, 2009
• Expiry date: Jun 26, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q40/08
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method of fulfilling needs acquired as a result of property and other similar losses, the method involving the steps of directing a person or entity with a need resulting from a loss to a site on a global computer network, interviewing the person or entity at the site to obtain information about the person or entity and the need they have, and analyzing and processing the information to provide the person or entity automatic access at the site to at least one service that will go toward fulfilling the need of the person or entity. In addition to the method, a system for fulfilling needs acquired as a result of property and other similar losses, the system including a site on a global computer network for fulfilling needs of persons or entities acquired from property and other similar losses, the site having an interviewing component for obtaining information about the person or entity and the need they have, and a data analyzing and processing component for analyzing the information provided by the person or entity and providing the person or entity automatic access at the site to at least one service that will go toward fulfilling the need of the person or entity.