Patent ID: 9123072
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: G06Q,G16H

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for facilitating purchases of healthcare services offered by healthcare service providers, the apparatus comprising: an application server providing a network service that is accessible to a plurality of users through a plurality of client systems communicatively coupled to the application server via a network; and a data storage system storing a service offer database that is maintained by the application server, the service offer database comprising a plurality of service offer information records respectively associated with a plurality of service offers, the plurality of service offers including at least one service offer for a bundled set of healthcare services, each service offer information record comprising an indication of a primary healthcare service of the associated service offer, a purchase price for the associated service offer, an indication of a corresponding healthcare service provider for the primary healthcare service, a payment amount for the primary healthcare service, and compensation information for the primary healthcare service, and wherein, upon being accessed by a user of one of the client systems, the network service is operable to receive an indication from the client system of a selected service offer being selected from the plurality of service offers for purchase by the user, wherein, upon receiving purchase information for the user specifying a funding source to use for purchasing the selected service offer from the client system, the network service is operable to issue a request to the funding source for funds corresponding to the purchase price included in the service offer information record associated with the selected service offer to process a purchase of the selected service offer by the user, and wherein the network service is operable to, upon processing the purchase of the selected service offer by the user: generate a respective purchase information record for the purchase that comprises a unique confirmation number for the purchase, an indication of the corresponding healthcare service provider for the primary healthcare service for the purchased service offer, an indication of a corresponding healthcare service provider for each of any secondary healthcare service of the purchased service offer, and an indication of whether, for each of the primary healthcare service and any secondary healthcare service of the purchased service offer, the purchase has been redeemed with respect to the healthcare service that is initially set to indicate that the purchase has not been redeemed with respect to the healthcare service, store the respective purchase information record for the purchase within a transaction information database that is maintained within the data storage system by the application server, and transmit a set of voucher information to the client system generated based on the respective purchase information record for the processed purchase for rendering a voucher for the user within a user interface implemented at the client system that specifies the unique confirmation number for the purchase, the corresponding healthcare service provider for the primary healthcare service for the purchased service offer, and the corresponding healthcare service provider for each of any secondary healthcare service of the purchased service offer.