System and Method for Providing a User Interface for Vehicle Monitoring System Users and Insurers
First Claim
1. A method for updating data in a street mapping database, comprising:
- providing a user interface for communicating data between a user and a street mapping database;
receiving user inputs regarding current street mapping data in the street mapping database;
evaluating the user inputs for inclusion in the street mapping database; and
updating the street mapping database with the user inputs.
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Abstract
System and method for providing a website, portal and/or user interface adding, reviewing and editing street mapping data and speed-by-street information. The website, portal and/or user interface allows users to add, review and editing all or selected matters of safety data and street information in a street mapping database. The website, portal and/or user interface also allows the user to select any geographical area and/or any group of vehicles and adjust the system response for any reason, such as weather, traffic, road conditions, etc. The present invention also provides a website, portal and/or user interface that allows a user to register their vehicle and/or vehicle monitoring system hardware so that driver profile information and performance data may be stored on the site and viewed by insurance companies. The insurance companies may bid on drivers they wanted to insure.
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39 Claims
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1. A method for updating data in a street mapping database, comprising:
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providing a user interface for communicating data between a user and a street mapping database; receiving user inputs regarding current street mapping data in the street mapping database; evaluating the user inputs for inclusion in the street mapping database; and updating the street mapping database with the user inputs. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for evaluating drivers for insurance coverage, comprising:
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providing a user interface for communicating data between a user and one or more insurers; creating a driver account using driver profile information received from the user via the user interface; associating driver performance data with a driver account; providing driver account data to the one or more insurers via the user interface; and providing one or more insurance offers to the user via the user interface. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system for Internet on-line communicating between an insurer and insured, of detected operating characteristics of a unit of risk for a selected period, and a cost of insuring the unit for the selected period, as decided by the insurer in consideration of the detected operating characteristics, the system comprising:
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a Web site system for selectively communicating the operating characteristics and the cost between the insurer and the insured; a vehicle monitoring system for monitoring the operating characteristics and for providing mentoring feedback to a driver; a storage system for storing the operating characteristics, the storage system being accessible to the Web site system; and a processing system for deciding the cost of insuring the unit for the period based upon the monitored operating characteristics, the processing system being accessible to the Web site system. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method for updating data in a street map database, comprising:
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receiving street information data from a vehicle monitoring system; activating a user interface on the vehicle monitoring system; and sending vehicle location information to identify a location in which the street information data may be incorrect. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A method of evaluating vehicle speed, comprising:
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determining a speed limit for a location from a speed-by-street database; and comparing a vehicle'"'"'s speed at the location to a speed limit for the location. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39)
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