US 11,940,356 B1
Detecting and repairing damage to building materials
Charles Lee Oakes, III, Boerne, TX (US); Bradly Jay Billman, Celina, TX (US); Gianna Weingarden, Richardson, TX (US); Nicole Ferretti, Richardson, TX (US); and Cory A. Matheson, Celina, TX (US)
Assigned to United Services Automobile Association (USAA), San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed by United Services Automobile Association (USAA), San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed on Aug. 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/410,582.
Application 17/410,582 is a division of application No. 15/386,600, filed on Dec. 21, 2016, granted, now 11,131,597.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/327,569, filed on Apr. 26, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/270,364, filed on Dec. 21, 2015.
Int. Cl. G01M 5/00 (2006.01); E04G 23/02 (2006.01); G06Q 10/20 (2023.01); G06Q 50/16 (2012.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06T 17/00 (2006.01); G08B 5/22 (2006.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01)
CPC G01M 5/0033 (2013.01) [E04G 23/02 (2013.01); E04G 23/0281 (2013.01); G01M 5/0083 (2013.01); G06Q 10/20 (2013.01); G06Q 50/163 (2013.01); G06T 7/0004 (2013.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06T 17/00 (2013.01); G08B 5/22 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10032 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30108 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method executed by at least one processor, the method comprising:
detecting, by the at least one processor, an indication of a power loss at a building monitoring system associated with a building, the building monitoring system including a sensor network that is responsive to damage to the building;
in response to receiving the indication, automatically causing, by the at least one processor, a wireless signal to be sent to the sensor network by a device that is external to the building monitoring system;
receiving, from the device, a response to the signal from a sensor in the sensor network, the response indicating whether the building is damaged; and
selectively coordinating, by at least one processor, a repair for the building based on the response.