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Providing rewards based on driving behaviors detected by a mobile computing device

  • US 10,445,758 B1
  • Filed: 02/24/2014
  • Issued: 10/15/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of encouraging safe driving behaviors comprising:

  • configuring by a mobile computing device, a trip monitoring application, wherein the configuring comprises downloading the trip monitoring application to the mobile computing device;

    detecting, by the mobile computing device, that the mobile computing device is traveling in a vehicle based on the trip monitoring application detecting that the mobile computing device is traveling at a detected speed above a first minimum speed threshold associated with a first class of vehicle;

    detecting, by the mobile computing device, that the mobile computing device is traveling in the first class of vehicle based on determining that the detected speed is below a maximum speed threshold associated with a second class of vehicle;

    determining, by the mobile computing device and based on the detecting that the mobile computing device is traveling in the first class of vehicle, that a trip in a vehicle corresponding to the first class of vehicle has begun;

    receiving, by the mobile computing device from a telematics device located in the vehicle, vehicle information related to the vehicle during the trip;

    collecting, by the mobile computing device, trip information using the trip monitoring application during the trip;

    deriving, upon termination of the trip, additional trip information based on the trip information;

    determining whether to provide a cash reward comprising one of a first cash reward corresponding to a first threshold and a second cash reward corresponding to a second threshold, wherein the determining whether to provide the cash reward is based, at least in part, on at least one of the vehicle information, the trip information, and the additional trip information; and

    providing a cash reward amount corresponding to the cash reward to an individual associated with the mobile computing device.

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