Dynamic auto insurance policy quote creation based on tracked user data

• US 10,013,719 B1
• Filed: 07/09/2015
• Issued: 07/03/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/10/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (State Farm)
• Original Assignee: State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (State Farm)
• Inventors: Christensen, Scott T., Hayward, Gregory, Gay, Christopher E., Cielocha, Steven, Binion, Todd
• Primary Examiner(s): Milef, Elda G
• Application Number:
  US14/795,369
• Time in Patent Office: 1,090 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60C 1/00 Tyres characterised by the chemical composition or the physical arrangement or mixture of the composition
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 1/00 Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor for lighting vehicle interior B60Q3/00
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/20 Means to switch the anti-theft system on or off
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0635 Risk analysis of enterprise or organisation activities
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0207 Discounts or incentives, e.g. coupons or rebates
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0208 Trade or exchange of goods or services in exchange for incentives or rewards
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/00 Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/08 Insurance
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/00 Registering or indicating the working of vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096838 where the user preferences are taken into account or the user selects one route out of a plurality
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/40 for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]

Abstract

A system and method may create auto insurance quotes using data collected from a device that tracks vehicle usage data and other data. Usage data may be tracked by an On Board Diagnostic (OBD) device or other portable computing device such as a smart phone. Based on a received coverage type, the usage data and other data may be analyzed to determine auto insurance quotes. A potential customer may then purchase an auto insurance policy. Once the purchased policy has been determined to have expired, new usage data will be collected, and new quotes will be created for the customer.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for creating insurance policy quotes for a customer based at least in part on tracked usage data corresponding to property to be insured by an insurance policy, the method comprising:

receiving, by one or more processors, an insurance policy corresponding to a customer vehicle;

receiving, by the one or more processors, a selection to track usage data corresponding to the customer vehicle, wherein the selection to track usage data includes the selection to track a subset of the usage data corresponding to the customer vehicle;

tracking, by a smartphone computing device, the selected subset of usage data of the customer vehicle;

determining, by the one or more processors, that the insurance policy corresponding to the customer vehicle has expired, wherein the insurance policy is determined to have expired when the selected subset of usage data has been tracked for a certain amount of time since receiving the insurance policy;

receiving, from the smartphone computing device by the one or more processors, the tracked subset of usage data once the insurance policy has been determined to have expired;

using, by the one or more processors, at least the tracked subset of usage data to calculate new insurance policy quotes once the insurance policy has been determined to have expired; and

transmitting the new insurance policy quotes to the client smartphone computing device, wherein the new insurance policy quotes are displayed in a user-interface of the smartphone device.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the usage data is used to determine one or more of:

a number of times the customer vehicle is turned on and off, a distance traveled by the customer vehicle, a number of times the customer enters or exits the customer vehicle, a total idle time for the customer vehicle, a total driving time for the customer vehicle, a number of times the customer vehicle enters and exits a particular location, a time of day which the customer vehicle is used, a frequency of driving events, a severity of driving events, an average miles per gallon the customer vehicle achieves, a carbon footprint the customer vehicle achieves, the customer vehicle location, a number or percent of times the vehicle surpasses a speed limit threshold, a travel route of the customer vehicle, a crime statistic along a travel route, a measure of traffic along the travel route, a weather event along the travel route, an accident report along the travel route, an average or percentiles of speed along the travel route, or a top speed along the travel route.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the smartphone computing device tracks the selected subset of usage data in conjunction with a GPS.

4. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the subset of usage data is tracked via the smartphone computing device in conjunction with one or more vehicle sensors.

5. The computer implemented method of claim 1 further comprising:

sending, by the one or more processors, a prompt to the smartphone computing device of the customer, the prompt to take a photo of an odometer of the customer vehicle; and

analyzing, by the one or more processors, the photo at one or more of the smartphone computing device or a backend server to determine a set of numbers from the photo;

wherein the set of numbers indicates a mileage of the vehicle.

6. The computer implemented method of claim 5, wherein

sending, by the one or more processors, the prompt to the smartphone computing device of the customer, the prompt to take the photo of the odometer of the customer vehicle includes:

sending at periodic intervals, by the one or more processors, the prompt to the smartphone computing device of the customer, the prompt to take the photo of the odometer of the customer vehicle.

7. The computer implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the one or more processors, a purchase transaction of one of the calculated insurance policy quotes from the customer.

8. A dynamic insurance policy system configured to create insurance policy quotes for a customer based at least in part on tracked usage data corresponding to one or more vehicles to be insured by an insurance policy, the system comprising:

smartphone computing device,

a data system server including one or more processors and one or more memories, the memories including instructions executed on the one or more processors to;

receive an insurance policy corresponding to the customer vehicle;

provide for display, a selectable option to track usage data corresponding to a customer vehicle;

receive a selection to track usage data corresponding to the customer vehicle, wherein the selection to track usage data includes the selection to track a subset of the usage data corresponding to the customer vehicle;

track, via the smartphone computing device within the customer vehicle, the subset of usage data of the customer vehicle in response to the selection to track the subset of usage data, wherein the subset of usage data is tracked until the insurance policy has been determined to have expired, and wherein the policy is determined to have expired when the subset of usage data has been tracked for a certain amount of time since receiving the insurance policy;

receive the tracked usage data corresponding to the customer vehicle and other data corresponding to the customer;

use the received tracked subset of usage data and the received other data to calculate new insurance policy quotes once the insurance policy has expired; and

transmit the new insurance policy quotes to the smartphone computing device, wherein the new insurance policy quotes are displayed in a user-interface of the smartphone device.

9. The computer system of claim 8, wherein the usage data is used to determine one or more of:

a number of times the customer vehicle is turned on and off, a distance traveled by the customer vehicle, a number of times the customer enters or exits the customer vehicle, a total idle time for the customer vehicle, a total driving time for the customer vehicle, a number of times the customer vehicle enters and exits a particular location, a time of day which the customer vehicle is used, a frequency of driving events, a severity of driving events, an average miles per gallon the customer vehicle achieves, a carbon footprint the customer vehicle achieves, the customer vehicle location, a number or percent of times the vehicle surpasses a speed limit threshold, a travel route of the customer vehicle, a crime statistic along a travel route, a measure of traffic along the travel route, a weather event along the travel route, an accident report along the travel route, an average or percentiles of speed along the travel route, or a top speed along the travel route.

10. The computer system of claim 8, wherein the tracked subset of usage data and the other data is further received through one or more databases of customer information.

11. The computer system of claim 8, wherein the smartphone computing device tracks the subset of usage data in conjunction with a GPS.

12. The computer system of claim 8, wherein the subset of usage data is tracked via the smartphone computing device in conjunction with one or more vehicle sensors.

13. A tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium including non-transitory computer readable instructions stored thereon for creating insurance policy quotes for a customer based at least in part on tracked usage data corresponding to one or more vehicles to be insured by an insurance policy, the instructions to:

receive an insurance policy corresponding to a customer vehicle;

provide for display, a selectable option to track usage data corresponding to the customer vehicle;

receive a selection to track usage data corresponding to the customer vehicle, wherein the selection to track usage data includes the selection to track a subset of the usage data corresponding to the customer vehicle;

track, via a smartphone computing device, the subset of usage data of the customer vehicle in response to the selection to track the subset of usage data, wherein the subset of usage data is tracked until the insurance policy has been determined to have expired, and wherein the policy is determined to have expired when the subset of usage data has been tracked for a certain amount of time since receiving the insurance policy;

receive the tracked subset of usage data corresponding to the customer vehicle and other data corresponding to the customer;

use the received tracked subset of usage data and the received other data to calculate new insurance policy quotes once the insurance policy has expired; and

transmit the new insurance policy quotes to the smartphone computing device, wherein the new insurance policy quotes are displayed in a user-interface of the smartphone computing device.

14. The tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the usage data is used to determine one or more of:

a number of times the customer vehicle is turned on and off, a distance traveled by the customer vehicle, a number of times the customer enters or exits the customer vehicle, a total idle time for the customer vehicle, a total driving time for the customer vehicle, a number of times the customer vehicle enters and exits a particular location, a time of day which the customer vehicle is used, a frequency of driving events, a severity of driving events, an average miles per gallon the customer vehicle achieves, an carbon footprint the customer vehicle achieves, the customer vehicle location, a number or percent of times the vehicle surpasses a speed limit threshold, a travel route of the customer vehicle, a crime statistic along a travel route, a measure of traffic along the travel route, a weather event along the travel route, an accident report along the travel route, an average or percentiles of speed along the travel route, or a top speed along the travel route.

15. The tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the instruction to receive tracked usage and other data comprises further instructions to receive the tracked subset of usage and the other data through one or more databases of customer information.

16. The tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the smartphone computing device tracks the usage data in conjunction with a GPS.

17. The tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, further comprising:

an instruction to send a prompt to the smartphone computing device of the customer to take a photo of an odometer of the customer vehicle; and

an instruction to analyze the photo at one or more of the smartphone computing device that took the photo or a backend server to determine a set of numbers from the photo;

wherein the set of numbers indicates a mileage of the vehicle.

18. The tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the instruction to send the prompt to the smartphone computing device of the customer, the prompt to take the photo of the odometer of the customer vehicle includes:

an instruction to send, at periodic intervals, the prompt to the smartphone computing device of the customer, the prompt to take the photo of the odometer of the customer vehicle.