System and method for actual and smartphone telematics data based processing

• US 9,672,569 B2
• Filed: 05/18/2015
• Issued: 06/06/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 05/22/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hartford Fire Insurance Company (The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hartford Fire Insurance Company (The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.)
• Inventors: Fernandes, Steven J., Feero, Steven R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Shaawat, Mussa A
• Assistant Examiner(s): Malhotra, Sanjeev
• Application Number:
  US14/715,272
• Publication Number:
  US 20150248731A1
• Time in Patent Office: 750 Days
• Field of Search: 705 40, 705 4
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 40/09 Driving style or behaviour
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/08 Insurance
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/00 Registering or indicating the working of vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 5/0039 Modification of a flight plan

Abstract

A system and method are disclosed herein to receive preliminary telematics data collected by a smartphone and actual telematics data collected by a data collection device. The system includes a computer memory and a processor in communication with the computer memory. The computer memory stores the data indicative of preliminary telematics data collected by the smartphone, including at least one of geo-position information of the vehicle and vehicle kinematics data. The processor is configured to calculate an initial benefit based upon the preliminary telematics data, and apply the initial benefit in exchange for receiving the data indicative of actual telematics data via the data collection device within the vehicle. When the received data indicative of the actual telematics data meets a pre-determined condition, the processor may compute a final benefit based on the actual telematics data.

Claims

1. A computer system comprising:

a data storage device for storing data indicative of preliminary telematics data collected by a smartphone associated with a vehicle;

a computer processor in communication with the data storage device; and

a memory, coupled to the computer processor, storing program instructions for execution by the computer processor to;

receive, before an insurance policy for the vehicle has been issued to the driver, the preliminary telematics data collected by the smartphone associated with the vehicle;

determine, based on the preliminary telematics data received from the smartphone, an initial insurance policy benefit to be applied upon issuance of the insurance policy;

responsive to receipt of data indicative of an agreement to participate in a telematics program from a driver, issue the insurance policy to the driver in accordance with the initial insurance policy benefit;

receive, after the insurance policy for the vehicle has been issued to the driver, data corresponding to actual telematics data collected after the issuance of the insurance policy by a data collection device within the vehicle, the actual telematics data comprising geo-position information of the vehicle and vehicle kinematics data for the vehicle received from a data collection device in the vehicle other than the smartphone;

determine whether the data corresponding to the actual telematics data meets a pre-determined condition;

responsive to a determination that the data corresponding to the actual telematics data meets the pre-determined condition;

determine, based on the data corresponding to the actual telematics data, a final insurance policy benefit, wherein the final insurance policy benefit may be greater or less than the initial insurance policy benefit depending on driving habits reflected by the actual telematics data; and

output an indication of the final insurance policy benefit for the insurance policy.

2. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the memory storing program instructions for execution by the computer processor to receive data corresponding to the actual telematics data comprises the memory storing program instructions for execution by the computer processor to receive the actual telematics data from the data collection device.

3. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the memory storing program instructions for execution by the computer processor to receive data corresponding to the actual telematics data comprises the memory storing program instructions for execution by the computer processor to receive a summary corresponding to the actual telematics data from a third party computer system.

4. The computer system of claim 3, wherein the memory storing program instructions for execution by the computer processor to determine the final insurance policy benefit based on the data corresponding to the actual telematics data comprises the memory storing program instructions for execution by the computer processor to:

receive one of a score and a discount from the third party computer system; and

determine the final insurance policy benefit based on the one of the score and the discount from the third party computer system.

5. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the memory storing program instructions for execution by the computer processor to determine the final insurance policy benefit based on the data corresponding to the actual telematics data comprises the memory storing program instructions for execution by the computer processor to:

receive one of a score and a discount from an independent underwriter computer system; and

determine the final insurance policy benefit based on the one of the score and the discount from the independent underwriter computer system.

6. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the data collection device being within the vehicle comprises the data collection device being one of:

inside the vehicle, attached to an outside of the vehicle, or integrated into the vehicle.

7. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the data collection device encrypts the actual telematics data and removes one or both of location information and speed information from the actual telematics data.

8. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the data collection device is configured to vary a rate of collection of actual telematics data based on vehicle behavior.