Patent ID: 7856361
Filing Date: 2010-12-21
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-network system used to inform concerned entities that a person has died comprising: a patient care facility notification center which transmits a death notice, via a computer network, to a funeral home informing the funeral home of the death of the patient; a funeral home to receive the death notice from the patient care facility notification center, said funeral home being linked by a computer network to concerned entities; said concerned entities being linked to said computer network of the funeral home to receive the death notice; said concerned entities including an insurance company having a policy on the patient who has died and the Social Security Administration; said insurance company generating a compensation by processing the policy, on the patient who has died, based on the received death notice; and a beneficiary deposit account wherein the compensation is deposited into the, beneficiary deposit account after the processing of the policy at the insurance company.