Granted Patent B2

US 12,469,085 · App. 18/316,732 · Granted Nov 11, 2025

Inventors: William Loo (Arlington Heights, IL); Stephen Hughes (Belfast, GB); James Gillespie (Belfast, GB); Jennifer A. Brandmaier (Chicago, IL); Daniel Koza (Hinsdale, IL)

Assignee: Allstate Insurance Company

G06Q40/08

Abstract

Claims (82)

1 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable program instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor of an inventory analysis server, cause the processor to:

receive, via a network connection and from a first device with a microphone, an audio annotation of a room of a building;

analyze, by executing audio processing of the received audio annotation with the processor of the inventory analysis server, the audio annotation to determine a set of items in the room, the set of items comprising a first item;

determine metadata, based on the executed audio processing of the received audio annotation with the processor of the inventory analysis server, associated with the first item;

store, in a first database of the inventory analysis server and in association with an inventory that indicates a plurality of items associated with the building:

data indicating the determined set of items,

data indicating in which room of the building the set of items are located,

metadata associated with the set of items, and

a user profile associated with the set of items;

transmit, from the inventory analysis server to the first device and in response to receiving the audio annotation and determining the set of items comprising the first item, a first request for an original purchase price data of the first item and purchase date data of the first item;

receive from the first device, in response to the first request to the first device, first information indicating a date the first item was purchased;

receive, via the network connection and from a second device, text data regarding a second item to be added to the inventory, the second device being different from the first device;

transmit a second request from the inventory analysis server to the second device, in response to receiving the text data, for an original purchase price of the second item and a date the second item was purchased;

receive from the second device, in response to the second request, second information indicating the original purchase price of the second item and the date the second item was purchased;

in response to the second request, receive second information indicating the original purchase price of the second item and the date the second item was purchased;

determine that the original purchase price data of the first item is not available;

automatically determine, in response to the determination that the original purchase price of the first item is not available, a third item based at least on a portion of the first information for the first item;

automatically determine, in response to determining the third item, a current price of the third item, wherein the current price of the third item is determined by retrieving the current price of the third item from a second database that is external to the inventory analysis server over a network;

in response to receiving the first information indicating the date the first item was purchased and in response to retrieving the current price of the third item, calculate a first depreciated value of the first item based on the current price of the third item and the date the first item was purchased;

store, in the first database stored in the inventory analysis server and in association with the first item of the inventory, the calculated first depreciated value of the first item;

in response to receiving the second information indicating the original purchase price of the second item and the date the second item was purchased, calculate a second depreciated value of the second item based on the original purchase price of the second item and the date the second item was purchased; and

store, in the first database stored in the inventory analysis server and in association with the second item of the inventory, the calculated second depreciated value of the second item.

2 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the computer-executable program instructions further cause the processor to:

receive depreciation information regarding prior damage of the first item, wherein the prior damage comprises damage that occurred prior to the first item being added to the inventory, and calculate the first depreciated value of the first item further based on the depreciation information.

3 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the computer-executable program instructions further cause the processor to:

receive an audio file regarding a fourth item to be added to the inventory stored in the first database;

analyze, using a speech processing technique, the audio file to generate information regarding the fourth item; and

store the information regarding the fourth item in the first database in association with the inventory.

4 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the portion of the first information for the first item comprises a model number of the first item, and wherein calculating the first depreciated value of the first item based on the current price of the third item comprises adjusting the current price of the third item based on a difference between the third item and the first item and calculating the first depreciated value of the first item based on the adjusted current price of the third item.

5 . A system, comprising:

at least one user device, comprising at least one first processor executing a home inventory application and first memory, configured to transmit an audio annotation of a room of a building; and

an inventory analysis server, wherein the inventory analysis server comprises second memory and a second processor and is configured to:

receive, via a network connection and from a first device with a microphone, the audio annotation of the room of the building;

analyze, by executing audio processing of the received audio annotation with the second processor of the inventory analysis server, the audio annotation to determine a set of items in the room, the set of items comprising a first item;

determine metadata, based on the executed audio processing of the received audio annotation with the second processor of the inventory analysis server, associated with the first item;

store, in a first database of the inventory analysis server and in association with an inventory that indicates a plurality of items associated with the building:

data indicating the determined set of items,

data indicating in which room of the building the set of items are located,

metadata associated with the set of items, and

a user profile associated with the set of items;

transmit, from the inventory analysis server to the first device and in response to receiving the audio annotation and determining the set of items comprising the first item, a first request for an original purchase price data of the first item and purchase date data of the first item;

receive from the first device, in response to the first request to the first device, first information indicating a date the first item was purchased;

receive via the network connection and from a second device, text data regarding a second item to be added to the inventory, the second device being different from the first device;

transmit a second request from the inventory analysis server to the second device, in response to receiving the text data, for an original purchase price of the second item and a date the second item was purchased;

receive from the second device, in response to the second request, second information indicating the original purchase price of the second item and the date the second item was purchased;

in response to the second request, receive second information indicating the original purchase price of the second item and the date the second item was purchased;

determine that the original purchase price data of the first item is not available;

automatically determine, in response to the determination that the original purchase price of the first item is not available, a third item based at least on a portion of the first information for the first item;

automatically determine, in response to determining the third item, a current price of the third item, wherein the current price of the third item is determined by retrieving the current price of the third item from a second database that is external to the inventory analysis server over a network;

in response to receiving the first information indicating the date the first item was purchased and in response to retrieving the current price of the third item, calculate a first depreciated value of the first item based on the current price of the third item and the date the first item was purchased;

store, in the first database stored in the inventory analysis server and in association with the first item of the inventory, the calculated first depreciated value of the first item;

in response to receiving the second information indicating the original purchase price of the second item and the date the second item was purchased, calculate a second depreciated value of the second item based on the original purchase price of the second item and the date the second item was purchased; and

store, in the first database stored in the inventory analysis server and in association with the second item of the inventory, the calculated second depreciated value of the second item.

6 . The system of claim 5 , wherein the inventory analysis server is further configured to interface with one or more databases of one or more entities different from a manager of the inventory analysis server, and wherein the first request for the original purchase price data of the first item and the purchase date data of the first item is transmitted to a particular database associated with a particular entity that sells the first item, wherein the particular entity is one of the one or more entities different from the manager of the inventory analysis server.

7 . The system of claim 5 , wherein the inventory analysis server is further configured to:

receive, from a remote computer of a business, information that a fourth item was purchased from the business by a user associated with the building; and

store, in the first database, identification data to associate the fourth item with the inventory, the identification data identifying the fourth item.

8 . A method, comprising:

receiving, by a computing device and via a network connection and from a first device with a microphone, an audio annotation of a room of a building;

analyzing, by executing audio processing of the received audio annotation with a processor of an inventory analysis server, the audio annotation to determine a set of items in the room, the set of items comprising a first item;

determining metadata, based on the executed audio processing of the received audio annotation associated with the first item;

storing, in a first database of the inventory analysis server and in association with an inventory that indicates a plurality of items associated with the building:

data indicating the determined set of items in the room,

data indicating in which room of the building the set of items are located,

metadata associated with the set of items, and

a user profile associated with the set of items;

transmitting, from the inventory analysis server to the first device and in response to receiving the audio annotation and determining the set of items comprising the first item, a first request for an original purchase price of the first item and purchase date data of the first item;

receiving from the first device, in response to the first request to the first device, first information indicating a date the first item was purchased;

receiving, via the network connection and from a second device, text data regarding a second item to be added to the inventory, the second device being different from the first device;

transmitting a second request from the inventory analysis server to the second device, in response to receiving the text data, for an original purchase price of the second item and a date the second item was purchased;

receiving from the second device, in response to the second request, second information indicating the original purchase price of the second item and the date the second item was purchased;

in response to the second request, receiving second information indicating the original purchase price of the second item and the date the second item was purchased;

determining that the original purchase price of the first item is not available;

automatically determining, in response to the determination that the original purchase price of the first item is not available, a third item based at least on a portion of the first information for the first item;

automatically determining, in response to determining the third item, a current price of the third item, wherein the current price of the third item is determined by retrieving the current price of the third item from a second database that is external to the inventory analysis server over a network;

in response to receiving the first information indicating the date the first item was purchased and in response to retrieving the current price of the third item, calculating a first depreciated value of the first item based on the current price of the third item and the date the first item was purchased;

storing, in the first database stored in the inventory analysis server and in association with the first item of the inventory, the calculated first depreciated value of the first item;

in response to receiving the second information indicating the original purchase price of the second item and the date the second item was purchased, calculate a second depreciated value of the second item based on the original purchase price of the second item and the date the second item was purchased; and

storing, in the first database stored in the inventory analysis server and in association with the second item of the inventory, the calculated second depreciated value of the second item.

9 . The method of claim 8 , the method further comprising:

receiving, from a remote computer of a business, information that a fourth item was purchased from the business by a user associated with the building; and

storing, in the first database, identification data to associate the fourth item with the inventory, the identification data identifying the fourth item.

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