Automatic insurance adjustments using real world awareness

• US 8,271,308 B2
• Filed: 09/13/2011
• Issued: 09/18/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/17/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Winkler, Steve
• Primary Examiner(s): NIQUETTE, ROBERT R
• Application Number:
  US13/231,365
• Publication Number:
  US 20120004935A1
• Time in Patent Office: 371 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 705/4
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0206 Price or cost determination based on market factors
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/00 Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/06 Asset management; Financial planning or analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/08 Insurance

Abstract

An electronic product code information service (EPCIS) interface is provided that allows accessing applications residing on a variety of systems to receive EPC-related data. In setting up an insurance policy, the EPC-related data may be used to determine objects covered by the insurance policy and to valuate the covered objects. An insurance premium may be generated for the insurance policy based on this valuation. In addition, changes to the covered objects may be detected based on the EPC-related data and may be used to automatically adjust the insured value and/or insurance premium.

Claims

1. A method for providing an initial valuation of an insurance premium based on Electronic Product Code-related (EPC-related) data, comprising:

receiving product data from a sensor during a business process;

filtering the product data according to filtering criteria set by a capturing application;

incorporating the product data into EPC-related data, the EPC-related data representing a business context of the business process;

accessing the EPC-related data through a plurality of program interfaces, the program interfaces forming a multi-layer framework including at least a service layer, a data definition layer, and an abstract data model layer;

initiating setup of an insurance policy;

determining one or more objects covered by the insurance policy based on EPC-related data associated with the one or more objects;

evaluating the one or more objects based on the associated EPC-related data; and

determining an insurance premium for the insurance policy based on the valuation of the one or more objects.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising determining an insured value for the insurance policy based on the valuation of the one or more objects.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

detecting a change event associated with one or more of the objects covered by the insurance policy;

determining an impact of the detected change event on the valuation of the one or more objects; and

automatically adjusting the insurance premium based on the determined impact.

4. The method of claim 3 further comprising automatically adjusting the insured value of the insurance policy based on the determined impact.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

authenticating the one or more accessing applications for accessing the shared EPC-related data; and

transmitting the EPC-related data to the accessing applications in one of an on-demand pulling mode, a standing-request push mode, or a real-time push mode.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the data definition layer includes a semantic definition of the EPC-related data, the semantic definition specifying a plurality of event types and a plurality of event fields.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the abstract data model layer includes event data and master data,

the event data describing a specific observation of an EPC during the business process; and

the master data describing the business context for interpreting the event data; and

the service layer includes a definition of the program interfaces for the accessing applications to access the shared EPC-related data.

8. A system for providing an initial valuation of an insurance premium based on Electronic Product Code-related data, comprising:

a memory storing instructions; and

a processor executing the instructions to;

receive product data from a sensor during a business process;

filter the product data according to filtering criteria set by a capturing application;

incorporate the product data into EPC-related data, the EPC-related data representing a business context of the business process;

access the EPC-related data through a plurality of program interfaces, the program interfaces forming a multi-layer framework including at least a service layer, a data definition layer, and an abstract data model layer;

initiate setup of an insurance policy;

determine one or more objects covered by the insurance policy based on EPC-related data associated with the one or more objects;

evaluate the one or more objects based on the associated EPC-related data; and

determine an insurance premium for the insurance policy based on the valuation of the one or more objects.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the processor executes the instructions to determine an insured value for the insurance policy based on the valuation of the one or more objects.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the processor executes the instructions to:

detect a change event associated with one or more of the objects covered by the insurance policy;

determine an impact of the detected change event on the valuation of the one or more objects; and

automatically adjust the insurance premium based on the determined impact.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the processor executes the instructions to automatically adjust the insured value of the insurance policy based on the determined impact.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the processor executes the instructions to:

authenticate the accessing applications for accessing the shared EPC-related data; and

transmit the EPC-related data to the accessing applications in one of an on-demand pulling mode, a standing-request push mode, or a real-time push mode.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein:

the data definition layer includes a semantic definition of the EPC-related data, the semantic definition specifying a plurality of event types and a plurality of event fields.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein:

the abstract data model layer includes event data and master data,

the event data describing a specific observation of an EPC during the business process; and

the master data describing the business context for interpreting the event data; and

the service layer includes a definition of the program interfaces for the accessing applications to access the shared EPC-related data.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored therein which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method comprising:

receiving product data from a sensor during a business process;

filtering the product data according to filtering criteria set by a capturing application;

incorporating the product data into Electronic Product Code related data (EPC-related data), the EPC-related data representing a business context of the business process;

accessing the EPC-related data through a plurality of program interfaces, the program interfaces forming a multi-layer framework including at least a service layer, a data definition layer, and an abstract data model layer;

initiating setup of an insurance policy;

determining one or more objects covered by the insurance policy based on EPC-related data associated with the one or more objects;

valuating the one or more objects based on the associated EPC-related data; and

determining an insurance premium for the insurance policy based on the valuation of the one or more objects.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, further including instructions stored therein to cause the processor to determine an insured value for the insurance policy based on the valuation of the one or more objects.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, further including instructions stored therein to cause the processor to:

detect a change event associated with one or more of the objects covered by the insurance policy;

determine an impact of the detected change event on the valuation of the one or more objects; and

automatically adjust the insurance premium based on the determined impact.

18. The computer-readable medium of claim 17, further including instructions stored therein to cause the processor to automatically adjust the insured value of the insurance policy based on the determined impact.

19. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, further including instructions stored therein to cause the processor to:

authenticate the one or more accessing applications for accessing the shared EPC-related data; and

transmit the EPC-related data to the accessing applications in one of an on-demand pulling mode, a standing-request push mode, or a real-time push mode.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein:

the data definition layer includes a semantic definition of the EPC-related data, the semantic definition specifying a plurality of event types and a plurality of event fields.

21. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein:

the abstract data model layer includes event data and master data,

the event data describing a specific observation of an EPC during the business process; and

the master data describing the business context for interpreting the event data; and

the service layer includes a definition of the program interfaces for the one or more accessing applications to access the shared EPC-related data.