Adjusting insurance policies based on common driving routes and other risk factors

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11068989-B2
Application number	US-201414203143-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 10, 2014
Priority date	Mar 10, 2013
Publication date	Jul 20, 2021
Grant date	Jul 20, 2021

Abstract

A computer implemented method for providing insurance comprises receiving a plurality of vehicle data including a start point, an end point and a frequency value. The method further comprises analyzing the plurality of vehicle data to determine a driving route associated with the vehicle. The method also comprises determining, based on the frequency value, that the driving route is a common driving route and a risk level of the common driving route. The method further comprises processing one or more insurance options, including pricing and underwriting, based at least in part on the risk level of the common driving route.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle sensor based vehicular routing system for generating multi-point, user-specific risk-based vehicular routes based on vehicular sensor data received during operation of a vehicle, the vehicle sensor based vehicular routing system comprising:
a server including one or more processors communicatively and remotely coupled, via a communications network, to one or more vehicle sensors onboard a vehicle, the one or more vehicle sensors configured to generate vehicle sensor data during operation of the vehicle as the vehicle navigates a plurality of driving routes;
a computer memory communicatively coupled to the server, the computer memory configured to receive the vehicle sensor data during the operation of the vehicle, the vehicle sensor data comprising: (1) a set of points for each of the plurality of driving routes, wherein each point in the set of points defines a geographic location of the vehicle; and (2) a first set of risk factors defining one or more vehicle risks determined from the one or more sensors onboard the vehicle; and
a vehicle account of a user, the vehicle account implemented on the computer memory,
wherein the server is configured to:
(a) associate, within the computer memory, the vehicle sensor data with the vehicle account of the user,
(b) analyze the vehicle sensor data within the computer memory, the one or more processors configured to analyze each of the set of points of each of the plurality of driving routes, as driven by the user,
(c) determine, based on the vehicle sensor data, a common driving route of the user having a more frequent set of points of the set of points compared with of each of the plurality of driving routes,
(d) associate, within the computer memory, one or more points of the common set of points with the first set of risk factors, wherein at least one risk factor of the first set of risk factors corresponds to at least one point of the common set of points,
(e) access a risk database to retrieve a second set of risk factors that correspond to the common set of points of the common driving route, wherein at least one risk factor of the second set of risk factors defines a parking risk factor of a parking location,
(f) associate, within the computer memory, one or more points of the common set of points with the second set of risk factors, wherein at least the parking risk factor of the second set of risk factors corresponds to at least one point in the common set of points,
(g) access a risk database to retrieve a third set of risk factors that correspond to the common set of points of the common driving route, wherein at least one risk factor of the third set of risk factors defines a dangerous factor for the driving experience of the user experience driving in an urban environment,
(h) associate, within the computer memory, one or more points of the common set of points with the third set of risk factors, wherein at least the dangerous factor of the third set of risk factors corresponds to at least one point in the common set of points, and
(i) determine, via the one or more processors, a common route risk score based on each of the first set of risk factors, the second set of risk factors, and the third set of risk factors of the common driving route,
(j) determine, via the one or more processors, the common route risk score of the common driving route based on each of the first set of risk factors, the second set of risk factors, and the third set of risk factors of the common driving route, wherein the common route risk score is a score for the common route and comprises a risk level specific to the common route,
(k) associate the vehicle account of the user with the common driving route,
(l) generate a plurality of insurance options specific to the risk level of the common route including the driving experience of the user and the common route of the user, and
(m) transmit the plurality of insurance options for display and selection on a viewport of a client device of the user,
wherein the viewport is configured to receive viewport-based contrast adjustments for adjusting one or more of the plurality of insurance options based on the common driving routes and driving experience of the user and the risk factors of the common route of the user.

2. The vehicle sensor based vehicular routing system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more vehicle risks includes an activated vehicle indicator onboard the vehicle.

3. The vehicle sensor based vehicular routing system of claim 2 , wherein the activated vehicle indicator is a check engine light.

4. The vehicle sensor based vehicular routing system of claim 1 , wherein an additional risk factor of the second set of risk factors is selected from the group consisting of:
a traversed intersection;
a road type; a road hilliness;
a road curviness; a road shoulder access;
a number of stoplights; a number of stop signs; and
a roadside hazard.

5. The vehicle sensor based vehicular routing system of claim 1 , wherein the common route risk score comprises scores for the length of the common route and frequency of use of the common route.

6. The vehicle sensor based vehicular routing system of claim 1 , wherein the server is further configured to determine a price quote based on the common route risk score.

Assignees

• State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co

Inventors

• Binion Todd
• Cielocha Steven
• Christensen Scott Thomas
• Hayward Gregory
• Gay Christopher E

Classifications

• G06Q10/0635

  Risk analysis of enterprise or organisation activities · CPC title

• G08G1/096838

  where the user preferences are taken into account or the user selects one route out of a plurality · CPC title

• G07C5/00

  Registering or indicating the working of vehicles · CPC title

• H04W4/40

  for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P] · CPC title

• G07C5/008

  communicating information to a remotely located station (transmission systems for measured values G08C) · CPC title