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US 10,817,891 · App. 15/791,850 · Granted Oct 27, 2020

Vehicle risk aversion and reward system

Inventors: Daryoush Hakimi-Boushehri (Bloomington, IL); Wayne Walk (Lexington, IL); Melinda Teresa Magerkurth (Utica, IL); Andrew Joseph Zeglin (Normal, IL); EllaKate LeFebre (Bloomington, IL); Jessica Lynn Shull (Bloomington, IL)
Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
G06Q30/0224G07C5/008G07C5/0841
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Patent No.
US 10,817,891
App. No.
15/791,850
Granted
Oct 27, 2020
Kind
B1
Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for identifying vehicle care that may reduce risk in fields not directly associated with a vehicle itself. One or more electronic sources may provide an indication of care (e.g., service, maintenance, or part configuration) of a vehicle by a user, and the vehicle care may be determined to be associated with a lowered risk for an entity (e.g., a home or business) operated by the same user in another field not associated with operation of the vehicle itself. In response, a user-specific reward may be generated and transmitted to the user, to further incentivize vehicle care and other risk averse behavior in the other field.

Claims (40)

1. A computer-implemented method for utilizing data associated with a user of a vehicle, comprising:

receiving, via one or more processors or one or more transceivers, from at least one electronic source, an indication of vehicle care that has been performed upon a vehicle, the vehicle care including at least one of (i) maintenance of the vehicle, (ii) service of the vehicle, or (iii) a part installed within the vehicle;

determining, via the one or more processors, whether the performed vehicle care is associated with a lowered risk for an entity operated by the user in another field not associated with operation of the vehicle; and

in response to determining that the performed vehicle care is associated with the lowered risk for the entity operated by the user in the other field,

generating, via the one or more processors, a user-specific reward relevant to a documented interest of the user that is proportional to the performed vehicle care, wherein use of the reward further lowers the risk for the entity upon using the reward,

transmitting, via the one or more processors or the one or more transceivers, a virtual representation of, or electronic message detailing, the reward to a mobile device of the user for display, or otherwise causing the reward to be displayed to the user, and

via the one or more processors, periodically monitoring the performed vehicle care to determine whether to subsequently modify the generated reward to maintain proportionality of the generated reward to the performed vehicle care.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the user-specific reward comprises:

assigning, via the one or more processors, a weight to the vehicle care; and

generating, via the one or more processors, the user-specific reward based upon the assigned weight.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user-specific reward is identified from a list of candidate rewards selected by the user.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user-specific reward is redeemable within a field associated with operation of the vehicle or the other field.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the electronic source is a mobile device of the user.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the electronic source is a computing device of a vehicle maintenance or vehicle service entity.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the electronic source is a computing device of an insurance entity.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, via the one or more processors or the one or more transceivers, data indicative of vehicle care of another vehicle associated with another user, wherein the vehicle care of the other vehicle includes at least one of (i) maintenance of the other vehicle, (ii) service of the other vehicle, or (iii) a part installed within the other vehicle; and

displaying the data via the one or more processors.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining that the vehicle care is associated with the lowered risk for the entity operated by the user in the other field comprises determining that the vehicle care is repeatedly demonstrated over a predetermined period of time.

10. A computer system configured to utilize data associated with a user of a vehicle, the computer system comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or more computer memories comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the computer system to:

receive, via the one or more processors or via one or more transceivers, from at least one electronic source, an indication of vehicle care that has been performed upon the vehicle, the vehicle care including at least one of (i) maintenance of a vehicle, (ii) service of the vehicle, or (iii) a part installed within the vehicle;

determine, via the one or more processors, whether the performed vehicle care is associated with a lowered risk for an entity operated by the user in another field not associated with operation of the vehicle; and

in response to determining that the performed vehicle care is associated with the lowered risk for the entity operated by the user in the other field,

generate, via the one or more processors, a user-specific reward relevant to a documented interest of the user that is proportional to the performed vehicle care, wherein use of the reward further lowers the risk for the entity upon using the reward,

transmit, via the one or more processors or the one or more transceivers, a virtual representation of, or electronic message detailing, the reward to a mobile device of the user for display, or otherwise causing the reward to be displayed to the user, and

via the one or more processors, periodically monitor the performed vehicle care to determine whether to subsequently modify the generated reward to maintain proportionality of the generated reward to the performed vehicle care.

11. The computer system of claim 10 , wherein generating the user-specific reward comprises:

assigning, via the one or more processors, a weight to the vehicle care; and

generating, via the one or more processors, the user-specific reward based upon the assigned weight.

12. The computer system of claim 10 , wherein the user-specific reward is identified from a list of candidate rewards selected by the user.

13. The computer system of claim 10 , wherein the user-specific reward is redeemable within a field associated with operation of the vehicle or the other field.

14. The computer system of claim 10 , wherein the electronic source is a mobile device of the user.

15. The computer system of claim 10 , wherein the electronic source is a computing device of a vehicle maintenance or vehicle service entity.

16. The computer system of claim 10 , wherein the electronic source is a computing device of an insurance entity.

17. The computer system of claim 10 , wherein the computer-executable instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the computer system to:

receive, via the one or more processors or the one or more transceivers, data indicative of vehicle care of another vehicle associated with another user, wherein the vehicle care of the other vehicle includes at least one of (i) maintenance of the other vehicle, (ii) service of the other vehicle, or (iii) a part installed within the other vehicle; and

display the data via the one or more processors.

18. The computer system of claim 10 , wherein determining that the vehicle care is associated with the lowered risk for the entity operated by the user in the other field comprises determining that the vehicle care is repeatedly demonstrated over a predetermined period of time.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 5, 2017
From: HAKIMI-BOUSHEHRI, DARYOUSH; LEFEBRE, ELLAKATE; ZEGLIN, ANDREW JOSEPH; MAGERKURTH, MELINDA TERESA; WALK, WAYNE; SHULL, JESSICA LYNN
To: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
Reel/Frame 044297/0080 →
Continuity (4)
Provisional Application 62488419 · Apr 21, 2017
Provisional Application 62452661 · Jan 31, 2017
Provisional Application 62443431 · Jan 6, 2017
Provisional Application 62440164 · Dec 29, 2016
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