IP Library Granted Patent US 12,541,801
Granted Patent B1
US 12,541,801 · App. 18/770,045 · Granted Feb 3, 2026

Systems and methods for unmanned vehicle management

Inventors: Anthony Scott Farnsworth (San Antonio, TX); Justin Dax Haslam (San Antonio, TX); Kathleen L. Swain (San Antonio, TX); Teddy Joseph Edmond Voutour (Helotes, TX); Jess W. Gingrich (San Antonio, TX); Michael J. Allen (San Antonio, TX); Anthony G. Castiglione (San Antonio, TX); Jordan A Newmark (Fair Oaks Ranch, TX)
Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
G06Q40/08G08G5/32G08G5/55G08G5/57G09C5/00H04L9/08H04L9/0825H04L9/3226G06Q10/0633H04L2209/84
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Patent No.
US 12,541,801
App. No.
18/770,045
Granted
Feb 3, 2026
Kind
B1
Abstract

Data collected about a potentially damaged property by a deployed vehicle can be tiered to triage its analysis or transmission, reducing compute or network demand in a potentially limited environment. A method includes deploying a vehicle to a site of a suspected loss, gathering data regarding the site using sensors on the vehicle to collect, organizing at least a portion of the data into at least first and second tiers, analyzing the data organized into the first tier and transmitting a result of the analysis to a recipient.

Claims (36)

1 . A method comprising:

deploying a vehicle to a site of a suspected loss;

gathering data regarding the site using sensors on the vehicle to collect;

organizing at least a portion of the data into at least first and second tiers;

analyzing the data organized into the first tier; and

transmitting a result of the analysis to a recipient.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the recipient is an insurance company insuring a property associated with the suspected loss or an insured party having an insurance policy covering the property associated with the suspected loss.

3 . The method of claim 1 , comprising:

based on the analysis, organizing the data of the first tier into at least third and fourth tiers.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the data associated with the first tier is based on a priority of a type of the data in relation to other types of data.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the data associated with the first tier is based on a source or sensor used to obtain the data.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the data associated with the first tier is based on the data being associated with an entity within the site.

7 . The method of claim 1 , comprising:

analyzing the data organized into the second tier.

8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein analyzing the data organized into the second tier occurs after analyzing data organized into the first tier.

9 . The method of claim 8 , comprising:

transmitting a new result of the analysis to the recipient based on analyzing the data organized into the second tier.

10 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the results of the analysis are based on analysis of the data organized into the first tier and data organized into the second tier.

11 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause operations comprising:

deploying a vehicle to a site of a suspected loss;

gathering data regarding the site using sensors on the vehicle to collect;

organizing at least a portion of the data into at least first and second tiers;

analyzing the data organized into the first tier; and

transmitting a result of the analysis to a recipient.

12 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the recipient is an insurance company insuring a property associated with the suspected loss or an insured party having an insurance policy covering the property associated with the suspected loss.

13 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , the operations comprising:

based on the analysis, organizing the data of the first tier into at least third and fourth tiers.

14 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the data associated with the first tier is based on a priority of a type of the data in relation to other types of data.

15 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the data associated with the first tier is based on a source or sensor used to obtain the data.

16 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the data associated with the first tier is based on the data being associated with an entity within the site.

17 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , the operations comprising:

analyzing the data organized into the second tier.

18 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein analyzing the data organized into the second tier occurs after analyzing data organized into the first tier.

19 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18 , comprising:

transmitting a new result of the analysis to the recipient based on analyzing the data organized into the second tier.

20 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18 , wherein the results of the analysis are based on analysis of the data organized into the first tier and data organized into the second tier.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 16, 2024
From: FARNSWORTH, ANTHONY SCOTT; GINGRICH, JESS W.; CASTIGLIONE, ANTHONY G.; HASLAM, JUSTIN DAX; VOUTOUR, TEDDY JOSEPH EDMOND; ALLEN, MICHAEL J.; NEWMARK, JORDAN A.
To: UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION (USAA)
Reel/Frame 068316/0799 →
Continuity (8)
Continuation 18315324 · May 10, 2023
Continuation 17075600 · Oct 20, 2020
Continuation 16123329 · Sep 6, 2018
Continuation 14873810 · Oct 2, 2015
Provisional Application 62058990 · Oct 2, 2014
Provisional Application 62140107 · Mar 30, 2015
Provisional Application 62148823 · Apr 17, 2015
Provisional Application 62108137 · Jan 27, 2015
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