Surveillance and positioning system

• US 9,582,834 B2
• Filed: 10/04/2016
• Issued: 02/28/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: B3 LLC
• Original Assignee: B3 LLC
• Inventors: Blessman, Paul Bradford, Biedenbach, Robert Colton
• Primary Examiner(s): Khattar, Rajesh
• Application Number:
  US15/285,053
• Publication Number:
  US 20170024826A1
• Time in Patent Office: 147 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/08 Insurance
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/181 for receiving images from a plurality of remote sources
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/183 for receiving images from a single remote source
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

A position determining system includes a surveillance and monitoring special purpose computer, one or more sensors in electrical communication with the surveillance and monitoring special purpose computer, one or more surveillance cameras in electrical communication with the surveillance and monitoring special purpose computer, the surveillance and monitoring special purpose computer receiving from the one or more sensors positional data about an asset and assembling and forwarding instructions to the one or more surveillance cameras in electrical communication with the surveillance and monitoring special purpose computer, the instructions requesting specific surveillance to be undertaken by the one or more surveillance cameras; and a processor in electrical communication with the surveillance and monitoring special purpose computer that determines if additional data is required about the asset and when additional data is required, assembling and forwarding instructions regarding an action.

Claims

1. A surveillance and content determining system comprising:

a surveillance computer that receives pre-incident weather data regarding one or more weather events, the surveillance computer identifying, based on the weather data, one or more geographic damages zones which are forecast to receive an incident with at least quarter-inch sized hail;

one or more sensors in communication over a network with the surveillance computer, the one or more sensors broadcasting to the surveillance computer at a pre-incident point in time positional data of at least one vehicular asset, the at least one vehicle asset comprising a vehicle covered under a policyholder'"'"'s insurance policy;

one or more surveillance cameras installed in a building structure and in communication over the network with the surveillance computer, the surveillance computer receiving from the one or more sensors the positional data of the at least one vehicular asset and automatically sending a trigger, based on the weather data, to the one or more surveillance cameras in communication with the surveillance computer, the trigger causing the one or more surveillance cameras to record specific surveillance of the content of the building structure to generate, at the pre-incident point in time, a visual record of the at least one vehicular asset; and

the surveillance computer further comprising a processor that determines if additional data is required about the at least one vehicular asset, and when additional data is required, sending a notification to a cellular phone of a user.

2. A surveillance and content determining system as set forth in claim 1, wherein said one or more weather events include a tornado.

3. A surveillance and content determining system as set forth in claim 1, wherein said one or more weather events include a hurricane.

4. A surveillance and content determining system as set forth in claim 1, wherein said one or more weather events include sustained winds of greater than 29 mph.

5. A surveillance and content determining system as set forth in claim 1, wherein said one or more weather events include sustained winds of greater than 35 mph.

6. A surveillance and content determining system as set forth in claim 1, wherein said building structure comprises a covered location having a roof.

7. A surveillance and content determining system as set forth in claim 1, wherein said building structure comprises a garage.

8. A surveillance and content determining system as set forth in claim 1, wherein said building structure comprises a house.

9. A surveillance and content determining system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the at least one vehicular asset comprises more than one vehicle asset.

10. A surveillance and content determining system as set forth in claim 1, wherein said at least one vehicular asset comprises a car.

11. A surveillance and content determining system as set forth in claim 1, wherein said visual record comprises a picture taken on an iPhone.

12. A surveillance and content determining system as set forth in claim 1, wherein said visual record comprises a picture taken on a smart phone.

13. A surveillance and content determining system as set forth in claim 1, wherein said visual record comprises a pictorial representation of the at least one vehicular asset.

14. A surveillance and content determining system as set forth in claim 1, wherein said additional data comprises a risk assessment with respect to said at least one vehicular asset.

16. A surveillance and content determining system as set forth in claim 11, wherein the insured asset comprises jewelry.

17. A surveillance and content determining system as set forth in claim 11, wherein said one or more surveillance cameras is provided in a safe, with said one or more surveillance cameras adapted to present a picture of the safe.

15. A surveillance and content determining system comprising:

a surveillance computer that receives pre-incident weather data regarding one or more weather events, the surveillance computer identifying, based on the weather data, one or more geographic damages zones which are forecast to receive an incident with at least one of a quarter-inch sized hail, a tornado and a hurricane;

one or more sensors in communication over a network with the surveillance computer, the one or more sensors broadcasting to the surveillance computer at a pre-incident point in time positional data of an insured asset;

one or more surveillance cameras installed in a building structure and in communication over the network with the surveillance computer, the surveillance computer receiving from the one or more sensors the positional data of the an insured asset and automatically sending a trigger, based on the weather data, to the one or more surveillance cameras in communication with the surveillance computer, the trigger causing the one or more surveillance cameras to record specific surveillance of the content of the building structure to generate, at the pre-incident point in time, a visual record of the insured asset; and

the surveillance computer further comprising a processor that determines if additional data is required about the insured asset, and when additional data is required, sending a notification to a cellular phone of a user.

18. A surveillance and content determining system comprising:

a surveillance computer that receives pre-incident weather data regarding one or more weather events, the surveillance computer identifying, based on the weather data, one or more geographic damages zones which are forecast to receive an incident, said incident selected from the group consisting of a hurricane, ice storm, thunderstorm, high winds, tornado, storm surge, flood, tsunami, earthquake, hail storm, volcanic eruption, fire, dust storm and snowstorm;

one or more sensors in communication over a network with the surveillance computer, the one or more sensors broadcasting to the surveillance computer at a pre-incident point in time positional data of a vehicular asset;

one or more surveillance cameras installed in a building structure and in communication over the network with the surveillance computer, the surveillance computer receiving from the one or more sensors the positional data of the vehicular asset and automatically sending a trigger, based on the weather data, to the one or more surveillance cameras in communication with the surveillance computer, the trigger causing the one or more surveillance cameras to record specific surveillance of the content of the building structure to generate, at the pre-incident point in time, a visual record of the vehicular asset; and

the surveillance computer further comprising a processor that determines if additional data is required about the vehicular asset, and when additional data is required, sending a notification to a cellular phone of a user.

19. A surveillance and content determining system as set forth in claim 18, wherein said building structure comprises a covered location having a roof.

20. A surveillance and content determining system as set forth in claim 18, wherein the vehicular asset comprises a vehicle covered under a policyholder'"'"'s insurance policy.