Patent ID: 7451148
Filing Date: 2008-11-11
Classification: G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method of modifying an insurance claim processing business rule, comprising: providing a plurality of business rule components, wherein at least one business rule component comprises at least one business rule parameter at, least one temple component and at least one business rule variable, template, or program instruction; generating a graphical display of at least a portion of at least one business rule by combining a plurality of business rule components, wherein the display comprises a plurality of tabs, wherein at least one of the tabs corresponds to a business rule parameter component of the at least one business rule, wherein at least one of the tabs corresponds to a business rule variable, template, or program instruction component of the at least one business rule; receiving input comprising at least one modification to at least one business rule component of the at least one business rule; determining access privileges of a user that input the at least one modification, wherein a user having a first level of access privileges is allowed to modify the at least one business rule variable, template, or program instruction but is inhibited from modifying the at least one business rule parameter, wherein modification of the at least one business rule variable, template, or program instruction is allowable by the first user at a tab corresponding to the business rule variable, template, or program instruction component of the at least one business rule, wherein a second user having a second level of access privileges is allowed to modify the at least one business rule parameter but is inhibited from modifying the at least one business rule variable, template, or program instruction, wherein modification of the at least one business rule parameter is allowable by the second user at the tab corresponding to the business rule parameter component of the at least one business rule, wherein the display comprises a template tab, wherein the template tab corresponds to one or more templates of the at least one business rule, wherein the display for the template tab comprises at least one identifying descriptor for at least one business rule parameter component of the least one business rule, wherein when the tab corresponding to the business rule parameter component of the at least one business rule is selected, a particular value of at least one business rule parameter component is displayed instead of the identifying descriptor associated with the business rule parameter component; wherein the first user is allowed to modify the at least one template component of the at least one business rule when the template tab is selected, but the second user is inhibited from modifying the at least one template component of the at least one business rule when the template tab is selected; wherein the second user is allowed to modify the particular value of the at least one business rule parameter component of the at least one business rule when the tab corresponding to the business rule parameter component of the at least one business rule is selected, but the first user is inhibited from modifying the particular value of the at least one business rule parameter component of the at least one business rule when the tab corresponding to the business rule parameter component of the at least one business rule is selected; modifying the at least one business rule component of the at least one business rule in memory according to the input; and storing at least one log file in a memory, wherein at least one log file comprises a record of the at least one modification to at least one business rule component, the record comprising a description of the at least one modification, the description comprising a user input description of at least one of the modifications.