Casualty insurance service system for computers and related equipments

• US 20060190304A1
• Filed: 08/09/2005
• Published: 08/24/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Adoc International Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Adoc International Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kobayashi, Johji, Kubota, Tetsu
• Application Number:
  US11/199,231
• Publication Number:
  US 20060190304A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/4
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/08 Insurance
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/00 Information and communication technology [ICT] specially adapted for implementation of business processes of specific business sectors, e.g. utilities or tourism healthcare informatics G16H

Abstract

A casualty insurance service system for a specific computer and related equipment is provided, in which a maintenance contract regarding the computer or related equipment is adopted as an insurance contract, and service for the insurance contract is at least broken down to a client insurance service offered on a remote site and an on-site insurance service so that the next premium can be reduced when there is no fault in the period of insurance and a casualty insurance premium can be levied when there is a fault. The premium for each insurance service is determined by assessment determination means. The assessment determination means comprises assessment means for selecting each item to check regarding said specific computer and related equipment and making an assessment of the selected item; gleaning and storage means for gleaning and storing fault information from said specific computer and related equipment; assessment information means comprising verification information storage means for pre-verifying a computer of the same type sold by a maker and storing information obtained by the pre-verification, capturing means for capturing information from the assessment means, gleaning and storage means and verification information storage means, generation and renewal means for processing the information captured to generate and update assessment information, and memory storage means for storing the generated and updated assessment information; and premium calculation means for using information from said assessment information means to calculate a premium for said specific computer and related equipment.

Claims

1. A casualty insurance service system for a specific computer and related equipment, in which a maintenance contract regarding the computer or related equipment is adopted as an insurance contract, and service for said insurance contract is at least broken down to a client insurance service offered on a remote site and an on-site insurance service so that the next premium can be reduced when there is no fault in the period of insurance and a casualty insurance premium can be levied when there is a fault, wherein:

a premium for each insurance service is determined by assessment determination means, and

said assessment determination means comprises assessment means for selecting each item to check regarding said specific computer and related equipment and making an assessment of the selected item;

gleaning and storage means for gleaning and storing fault information from said specific computer and related equipment;

assessment information means comprising verification information storage means for pre-verifying a computer of the same type sold by a maker and storing information obtained by said pre-verification, capturing means for capturing information from said assessment means, gleaning and storage means and verification information storage means, generation and renewal means for processing the information captured to generate and update assessment information, and memory storage means for storing the generated and updated assessment information; and

premium calculation means for using information from said assessment information means to calculate a premium for said specific computer and related equipment.

3. The casualty insurance service system according to claim 1, which further comprises reliability information generation means for obtaining information from said assessment determination means to generate information indicative of the reliability of said specific computer and related equipment such as the type, model and dealer of said specific computer and related equipment;

reliability ranking listing means for making a reliability ranking table from the generated reliability information; and

browser means for allowing only a specific client to brows the prepared reliability ranking table on demand by way of a communications circuit network.

4. The casualty insurance service system according to claim 1, which further comprises means for making an automatic diagnosis table available on a WEB by way of a communications network;

client response means for enabling each client to make a response to the automatic diagnosis table available; and

fault diagnosis and estimation means for making a fault diagnosis of the computer and related equipment of the client responding to said automatic diagnosis table and making an estimation for casualty insurance on the basis of the result of response and information from said assessment information means.

7. The casualty insurance service system according to claim 3, which further comprises means for making an automatic diagnosis table available on a WEB by way of a communications network;

client response means for enabling each client to make a response to the automatic diagnosis table available; and

fault diagnosis and estimation means for making a fault diagnosis of the computer and related equipment of the client responding to said automatic diagnosis table and making an estimation for casualty insurance on the basis of the result of response and information from said assessment information means.

2. A casualty insurance service system for a specific computer and related equipment, in which a maintenance contract regarding the computer or related equipment is adopted as an insurance contract, and service for said insurance contract is at least broken down to a client insurance service offered on a remote site and an on-site insurance service so that the next premium can be reduced when there is no fault in the period of insurance and a casualty insurance premium can be levied when there is a fault, wherein:

a premium for each insurance service is determined by assessment determination means, and

said assessment determination means comprises assessment means for selecting each item to check regarding said specific computer and related equipment and making an assessment of the selected item;

gleaning and storage means for gleaning and storing fault information from said specific computer and related equipment;

assessment information means comprising verification information storage means for pre-verifying a computer of the same type sold by a maker and storing information obtained by said pre-verification, fault event determination means for determining a fault event in the previous contract term, capturing means for capturing information from said assessment means, gleaning and storage means, verification information storage means and fault determination means, generation and renewal means for processing the information captured to generate and update assessment information, and memory storage means for storing the generated and updated assessment information; and

premium calculation means for using information from said assessment information means to calculate a premium for said specific computer and related equipment.

5. The casualty insurance service system according to claim 2, which further comprises reliability information generation means for obtaining information from said assessment determination means to generate information indicative of the reliability of said specific computer and related equipment such as the type, model and dealer of said specific computer and related equipment;

reliability ranking listing means for making a reliability ranking table from the generated reliability information; and

browser means for allowing only a specific client to brows the prepared reliability ranking table on demand by way of a communications circuit network.

6. The casualty insurance service system according to claim 2, which further comprises means for making an automatic diagnosis table available on a WEB by way of a communications network;

client response means for enabling each client to make a response to the automatic diagnosis table available; and

fault diagnosis and estimation means for making a fault diagnosis of the computer and related equipment of the client responding to said automatic diagnosis table and making an estimation for casualty insurance on the basis of the result of response and information from said assessment information means.