Patent ID: 7974920
Filing Date: 2011-07-05
Classification: G06Q,G16H

Abstract:
1. A tangible computer readable medium including instructions for causing a device to perform a method, the method comprising: providing terms for a number of benefit plans available to a potential participant; receiving an estimate of benefits to be used by the potential participant; displaying together an estimate of expenses to be incurred by the potential participant under each of the benefit plans based on the terms and the estimate of benefits to be used; determining a recommended level of benefits for the potential participant from the number of benefit plans, based on the estimate of benefits to be used by the potential participant; receiving, while displaying the estimate of expenses, a selection for enrolling the potential participant into a particular benefit plan from among the number of benefit plans; and communicating that the benefit selection fails to meet the recommended level, in response to receiving from the potential participant a benefit selection that fails to meet the recommended level of benefits for the potential participant.