System and method having a hierarchical model with override capability for generating a flexible insurance plan
US8374893B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 30, 2007 |
| Grant date | Feb 12, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 13, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q40/08
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method for implementing an insurance plan to coordinate an adjudication of a submitted claim corresponding to the plan. The plan includes a people model and a benefit model, such as hierarchical trees combined by a plurality of policies. The system and method comprise assigning a first predefined inheritance of global attributes to coupled elements of the people tree and assigning a second predefined inheritance of global attributes to coupled elements of the benefits tree. The system and method also assigning a local administration rule for at least one local attribute of the trees, the assignment between a selected people element of the people tree and a selected benefit element of the benefits tree. The local administration rule overrides the corresponding global attributes of the selected elements, such that resolution of the global attributes with the local attributes for the selected elements provides a rule set for adjudication of the submitted claim.
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