IP Library Granted Patent US 11,508,006
Granted Patent B1
US 11,508,006 · App. 16/428,188 · Granted Nov 22, 2022

Digital property collateral protection

Inventors: Peter Gerard Cross (Frisco, TX); Nicholas Joseph Chmielewski (Chicago, IL); Daniel Crouse (Seattle, WA); Brian Hinman (Fishkill, NY); Giles Humphrey ffolliott Harlow (Pembroke, BM); Martyn Frank Chattey (Devonshire, BM)
Assignee: AON RISK SERVICES, INC. OF MARYLAND
G06Q40/025G06Q50/184
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Patent No.
US 11,508,006
App. No.
16/428,188
Granted
Nov 22, 2022
Kind
B1
Abstract

Systems and methods for digital property collateral protection are disclosed. For example, a pre-underwriting analysis may be performed to ascertain the quality of a given borrower and the intellectual property associated with the borrower. If the borrower passes the pre-underwriting analysis, an underwriting analysis including an intellectual property valuation may be performed. If the borrower passes the underwriting analysis and the terms of a loan and insurance policy are otherwise agreed upon, a lender may issue a loan to the borrower with the intellectual property as collateral, and an insurer may issue an insurance policy to the lender to insure against covered events.

Claims (45)

1. A system, comprising:

one or more processors; and

non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

generating, based at least in part on a first quality indicator of a borrower and a second quality indicator of intellectual property associated with the borrower, a command including a recommendation that a loan be insured with the intellectual property as collateral for the loan, wherein the second quality indicator is based at least in part on:

a qualitative analysis of a degree of coverage of the intellectual property, a degree of opportunity to expand the intellectual property, and a degree of exposure associated with the intellectual property; and

a quantitative analysis of a value at liquidation, at a maximum value, and at a minimum value;

sending the command including the recommendation to a computing device associated with a lender or an insurer;

receiving an indication that an insurance policy has been issued by the insurer to the lender for the loan with the intellectual property as the collateral, the command configured to cause a set of input fields associated with the recommendation to be displayed automatically; and

automatically monitoring data across multiple datasets associated with the borrower and the intellectual property over a period of time associated with the loan, the monitoring configured to determine whether one or more trigger events indicating a material change in the value have occurred.

2. The system of claim 1 , the operations further comprising:

receiving one or more reports from the borrower, the one or more reports including updated information associated with one or more aspects of the borrower; and

determining, based at least in part on the one or more reports, that a first value of the collateral during a term of the loan is within a threshold amount of a second value of the collateral at initiation of the loan.

3. The system of claim 1 , the operations further comprising:

receiving one or more reports from the borrower, the one or more reports including updated information associated with one or more aspects of the borrower; and

determining, based at least in part on the one or more reports, that a first value of the collateral during the term of the loan is a threshold amount below a second value of the collateral at the initiation of the loan; and

sending, to at least one of the lender or the insurer, a report indicating that the first value is the threshold amount below the second value.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the recommendation includes:

the value of the intellectual property;

a value discount representing a portion of the value and based at least in part on the second quality;

a maximum loan amount based at least in part on a difference between the value and the value discount;

an initial loan amount representing a portion of the maximum loan amount;

an indicator of a benchmark to achieve to increase a loan amount from the initial loan amount to the maximum loan amount;

an interest amount; and

an initial payout amount representing a difference between the initial loan amount and the interest amount.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the indication comprises a first indication, and the operations further comprise:

receiving a second indication that the borrower has failed to comply with a term associated with the loan;

providing, to the lender, an analysis of the intellectual property at the time of or after receiving the second indication, the analysis recommending a liquidation price for the intellectual property;

receiving a third indication that the lender has made an insurance claim associated with the insurance policy; and

providing, to the insurer and based at least in part on receiving the third indication, the analysis.

6. The system of claim 1 , the operations further comprising:

determining, during a term of the loan, that an impairment event has occurred, the impairment event including at least one of a legal claim involving the borrower, a government action involving the borrower, a third-party action associated with the borrower, a reputational event involving the borrower, or a bankruptcy event associated with a licensee of the borrower; and

sending, to the computing device associated with the lender or the insurer, a report indicating that the impairment event has occurred.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein:

determining the first quality indicator of the borrower comprises determining the first quality indicator of the borrower based at least in part on an ownership structure of the borrower, one or more previous debt arrangements, one or more previous equity arrangements, a type of the intellectual property, a number of assets associated with the intellectual property, a revenue value associated with the intellectual property, a loan amount sought for the loan or the potential loan, and a stated use for funds from the loan or the potential loan; and

determining the second quality indicator comprises determining the second quality indicator based at least in part on a status of the intellectual property, an owner of the intellectual property, a legal claim associated with the intellectual property, a degree of commercialization of the intellectual property, and one or more licensing agreements associated with the intellectual property.

8. The system of claim 1 , the operations further comprising determining one or more terms for the loan, the one or more terms including an intellectual-property transfer provision for transferring the intellectual property to the lender upon occurrence of an IP-transfer event defined in the loan.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the value is determined based at least in part on at least one of a status of the intellectual property, an owner of the intellectual property, a legal claim associated with the intellectual property, a degree of commercialization of the intellectual property, or one or more licensing agreements associated with the intellectual property.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein:

the first quality indicator is determined by at least one of a first system or a first individual;

the value is determined by at least one of a second system or a second individual; and

a communication barrier is established between the at least one of the first system or the first individual and the at least one of the second system or the second individual, wherein the communication barrier corresponds to at least one of a policy or a technology mechanism to reduce communication between the at least one of the first system or the first individual and the at least one of the second system or the second individual.

11. The system of claim 1 , the operations further comprising:

generating loan-origination data indicating a business sector associated with the borrower, a business size associated with the borrower, and intellectual-property content including one or more types of the intellectual property;

generating, based at least in part on the loan-origination data, insurance-input data indicating a criticality of the intellectual property to the business sector, a market-share value, and a prevalence of each of the one or more types of the intellectual property; and

wherein at least one of the first quality indicator or the second quality indicator is based at least in part on the insurance-input data.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE INCORRECT APPLICATION NUMBER 18600587 TO 18600577 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 68257 FRAME 644. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded May 29, 2025
From: AON RISK SERVICES, INC. OF MARYLAND
To: MOAT METRICS, INC. DBA MOAT
Reel/Frame 071480/0571 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 9, 2024
From: AON RISK SERVICES, INC. OF MARYLAND
To: MOAT METRICS, INC. DBA MOAT
Reel/Frame 068257/0644 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 1, 2022
From: CROSS, PETER GERARD; CHMIELEWSKI, NICHOLAS JOSEPH; CROUSE, DANIEL; HINMAN, BRIAN; HARLOW, GILES HUMPHREY FFOLLIOTT; CHATTEY, MARTYN FRANK
To: AON RISK SERVICES, INC. OF MARYLAND
Reel/Frame 060965/0166 →
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