E-scan Data Systems, Inc.

Nortel Networks Corporation

Peter Douglas Beery

Bruce C Macartney-Filgate

John Wester

Michael L Considine

A system and method for determining eligibility for reimbursement for medical claims for patients may be implemented with computer software which compares a service provider's patient information against a benefit provider's database of covered persons to determine if the patient is eligible for benefits. The service provider records may be compressed by grouping all of the medical claims relating to a particular patient into one cluster represented by a composite medical claim, which may be used to query the benefit provider databases to determine if the patient is recognized. If the patient is recognized, every record within the cluster may be checked against the benefit provider's database to determine whether one or more patient medical claims are eligible for reimbursement.

Lossless account compression for health care patient benefits eligibility research system and methods

An apparatus for providing an optical effect includes a processor for controlling the operation of the apparatus, and an interface for receiving image information including multiple image elements. The apparatus further includes a printing head (such as an ink jet printing head) including a first dispensing mechanism for dispensing a colored ink, and a second dispensing mechanism for dispensing a clear ink. The processor includes printing logic for instructing the printing head to print at least one image element on a base medium using the first dispensing mechanism, and to print at least one lens-like lenticule on the medium, at a prescribed position relative to the image element, using the second dispensing mechanism. The lenticule modifies a viewer's perception of the image element to thereby achieve the optical effect. According to one embodiment, the clear ink forms a substantially spherical projection. Also disclosed is a method for creating a medium having at least one lenticule printed thereon, as well as the medium itself.

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Peter Douglas Beery