Personalized insurance systems

• US 10,664,917 B1
• Filed: 06/20/2014
• Issued: 05/26/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Allstate Insurance Company (Allstate Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Allstate Insurance Company (Allstate Corporation)
• Inventors: Wasserman, Robert
• Primary Examiner(s): Kalinowski, Alexander G
• Assistant Examiner(s): Lickteig, Blane A
• Application Number:
  US14/310,566
• Time in Patent Office: 2,167 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3453 Special cost functions, i.e. other than distance or default speed limit of road segments
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3685 the POI's being parking facilities
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3697 Output of additional, non-guidance related information, e.g. low fuel level G01C21/3679 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/08 Insurance
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/143 inside the vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/144 on portable or mobile units, e.g. personal digital assistant [PDA]

Abstract

Personalized insurance systems, including vehicle-based devices and modules, insurance system servers, personal mobile devices, and other computing devices, may operate individually or in combination to determine and implement personalized vehicle insurance policies. Such policies may be driver-specific, time-specific, vehicle-specific, and/or driving-trip specific. Various driver data, vehicle data, and driving trip data may be received and analyzed in order to determine usage-based insurance parameters for vehicle driving and non-driving activities. Personalized vehicle insurance policies may be presented to and accepted by drivers, after which the drivers and one or more associated vehicles may be monitored to detect and store vehicle usage data in accordance with the personalized insurance policy.

Claims

1. A personalized insurance system, comprising:

an on-board vehicle computing device comprising one or more first processors, and at least one first non-transient memory storing first computer-readable instructions configured to;

at each of a plurality of times;

determine, based on detecting a signal from a personal mobile device, that a vehicle operator enters a vehicle;

determine an operation state of the vehicle;

receive data, from a plurality of vehicle sensors, the data including at least driver seat positioning data;

determine, based on the driver seat positioning data, a seat position of the vehicle operator; and

identify the vehicle operator based on the determined seat position; and

transmit, to an insurance system server and via a network, the determined operation state of the vehicle at each of the plurality of times and the identification of the vehicle operator at each of the plurality of times in which the vehicle is being operated; and

the insurance system server comprising one or more second processors, and at least one second non-transient memory storing computer-readable instructions configured to;

receive, from the on-board vehicle computing device and via the network, the determined operation state of the vehicle at each of the plurality of times and the identification of the vehicle operator of the vehicle at each of the plurality of times in which the vehicle is being operated;

generate a database cache in the at least one second non-transient memory, the database cache storing at least the received operation state of the vehicle at each of the plurality of times and the identification of the vehicle operator of the vehicle at each of the plurality of times in which the vehicle is being operated;

identify a driving trip, associated with the vehicle and the vehicle operator, using data from a vehicle-based navigation device or data from a navigation software application on the personal mobile device;

determine driving trip information for the driving trip, wherein the driving trip information comprises;

a destination comprising a first parking location;

an estimated amount of driving time associated with the driving trip; and

an estimated amount of non-driving time corresponding to a period of parking the vehicle during the driving trip;

calculate, based on the driving trip information, an insurance cost for the driving trip by applying a driving insurance rate to the estimated amount of driving time and applying a first parking insurance rate for the first parking location to the determined estimated amount of non-driving time;

identify an alternate parking location for parking the vehicle during the driving trip;

calculate an alternate parking insurance rate for the alternate parking location;

determine, based on the first parking insurance rate and the alternate parking insurance rate, a parking insurance rate savings corresponding to using the alternate parking location during the driving trip instead of the first parking location; and

output and transmit the alternate parking location and the parking insurance rate savings; and

a display on the personal mobile device or a vehicle-based display configured to display the alternate parking location and the parking insurance rate savings.

2. The personalized insurance system of claim 1, wherein the second computer-readable instructions are further configured to:

determine a driving route for the driving trip;

identify at least one alternate driving route for the driving trip;

calculate at least one alternate driving trip insurance cost associated with the at least one alternate driving route;

output and transmit the at least one alternate driving route and the calculated at least one alternate driving trip insurance cost associated with the at least one alternate driving route; and

display, on the personal mobile device or a vehicle-based display system, the calculated at least one alternate driving trip insurance cost associated with the at least one alternate driving route.

3. The personalized insurance system of claim 1, wherein the second computer-readable instructions are further configured to:

retrieve, from a database, information identifying a second vehicle associated with the vehicle operator;

calculate an alternate driving trip insurance cost associated with use of the second vehicle and by the vehicle operator for the driving trip;

output and transmit the alternate driving trip insurance cost associated with the use of the second vehicle by the vehicle operator for the driving trip; and

display, on the personal mobile device or a vehicle-based display system, the alternate driving trip insurance cost associated with the use of the second vehicle.

4. The personalized insurance system of claim 1, wherein the second computer-readable instructions are further configured to:

identify at least one alternate driving time for the driving trip;

calculate at least one alternate driving trip insurance cost associated with the at least one alternate driving time for the driving trip;

output and transmit the at least one alternate driving time for the driving trip and the calculated at least one alternate driving trip insurance cost associated with the at least one alternate driving time for the driving trip; and

display, on the personal mobile device or a vehicle-based display system, the alternate driving trip insurance cost associated with the at least one alternate driving time for the driving trip.

5. The personalized insurance system of claim 1, wherein the second computer-readable instructions are further configured to determine the seating position and further identify the vehicle operator using voice data and sound directional data collected by the plurality of vehicle sensors.

6. The personalized insurance system of claim 1, wherein the second computer-readable instructions are further configured to initiate identifying the driving trip associated with the vehicle and the vehicle operator based on receiving, from the on-board vehicle computing device, an indication that the vehicle operator has entered the vehicle.

7. The personalized insurance system of claim 1, wherein the second computer-readable instructions are further configured to further determine the driving trip information based on identifying, in the database cache, previously-stored driving pattern data from the received operation state for of the vehicle at each of the plurality of times and the identification of the vehicle operator of the vehicle at each of the plurality of times in which the vehicle is being operated.

8. The personalized insurance system of claim 1, wherein the second computer-readable instructions are further configured to further determine the driving trip information for the driving trip based on receiving one or more user inputs including at least the destination, the estimated amount of driving time, and the estimated amount of non- driving time.

9. A personalized insurance system server comprising one or more processors, and at least one non-transient memory storing computer-readable instructions configured to:

receive, from an on-board vehicle computing device and via a network, a determined operation state of a vehicle at each of a plurality of times and an identification of a vehicle operator of the vehicle at each of the plurality of times in which the vehicle is being operated, wherein the identification of the vehicle operator is determined based on driver seat positioning data;

generate a database cache in the at least one non-transient memory, the database cache storing at least the received operation state for the vehicle at each of the plurality of times and the identification of the vehicle operator of the vehicle at each of the plurality of times in which the vehicle is being operated;

identify a driving trip, associated with the vehicle and the vehicle operator, using data from a vehicle-based navigation device or data from a navigation software application on a personal mobile device;

determine driving trip information for the driving trip, wherein the driving trip information comprises;

a destination comprising a first parking location;

an estimated amount of driving time associated with the driving trip; and

an estimated amount of non-driving time corresponding to a period of packing the vehicle during the driving trip;

calculate, based on the driving trip information, an insurance cost for the driving trip by applying a driving insurance rate to the estimated amount of driving time and applying a first parking insurance rate for the first parking location to the determined estimated amount of non-driving time;

identify an alternate parking location for parking the vehicle during the driving trip;

calculate an alternate parking insurance rate for the alternate parking location;

determine, based on the first parking insurance rate and the alternate parking insurance rate, a parking insurance rate savings corresponding to using the alternate parking location during the driving trip instead of the first parking location; and

output and transmit the alternate parking location and the parking insurance rate savings.

10. The personalized insurance system server of claim 9, wherein the computer-readable instructions are further configured to:

calculate a first usage-based parameter corresponding to the driving insurance rate for the vehicle; and

calculate a second usage-based parameter corresponding to a second driving insurance rate for a second vehicle, wherein the first usage-based parameter and the second usage-based parameter are associated with an insurance policy covering the vehicle operator when driving the vehicle or the second vehicle.

11. The personalized insurance system server of claim 10, wherein the first usage-based parameter and the second usage-based parameter are based on at least one of:

a number of miles driven by the vehicle operator, an amount of driving time by the vehicle operator, and a number of driving trips by the vehicle operator.

12. The personalized insurance system server of claim 9, wherein the computer-readable instructions are further configured to:

calculate a set of insurance policy parameters including at least one usage-based parameter for the vehicle, the set of insurance policy parameters corresponding to a first insurance policy covering the vehicle operator when driving the vehicle; and

determine a driving route for the driving trip wherein the first insurance policy corresponds to an insurance policy covering the driving trip by the vehicle operator in the vehicle when travelling via the driving route.

13. An on-board vehicle computing device comprising one or more processors, and at least one non-transient memory storing computer-readable instructions configured to:

determine, based on detecting a signal from a personal mobile device, that a vehicle operator enters a vehicle;

determine, at each of a plurality of times, an operation state of the vehicle;

receive data from a plurality of vehicle sensors, the data including at least driver seat positioning data;

determine, based on the driver seat positioning data, a seat position of the vehicle operator;

identify the vehicle operator based on the determined seat position;

identify a driving trip, associated with the vehicle and the vehicle operator, using data from a vehicle based navigation device or data from a navigation software application on the personal mobile device;

determine driving trip information for the driving trip, wherein the driving trip information comprises;

a destination comprising a first parking location;

an estimated amount of driving time associated with the driving trip; and

an estimated amount of non-driving time corresponding to a period of parking the vehicle during the driving trip;

transmit, via a network, to one or more insurance system servers corresponding to a plurality of insurance providers, the determined operation state of the vehicle, the identification of the vehicle operator, and the determined driving trip information;

receive, via the network, from the one or more insurance system servers, one or more insurance offers based on the identification of the vehicle operator and the driving trip information, wherein each of the one or more insurance offers includes an alternate parking location and an amount of insurance rate savings for parking in the alternate parking location instead of the first parking location; and

display, on the personal mobile device or the on-board vehicle computing device, a first insurance offer, from among the received one or more insurance offers including at least the alternate parking location and the an amount of insurance rate savings for parking in the alternate parking location.

14. The on-board vehicle computing device of claim 13, wherein the computer-readable instructions are further configured to receive a response to the first insurance offer from the vehicle operator via an input at the on-board vehicle computing device.

15. The on-board vehicle computing device of claim 13, wherein the on-board vehicle computing device is the personal mobile device, and wherein determining the operation state of the vehicle comprises:

detecting a vehicle-based computing system in proximity of the on-board vehicle computing device; and

receiving the operation state of the vehicle from the vehicle-based computing system.

16. The on-board vehicle computing device of claim 13, wherein the computer-readable instructions are further configured to identify the vehicle operator based on a data received from the plurality of vehicle sensorsincluding a seat position sensor.