US 11,908,021 B2
Smart notepad for improved workflow efficiency for insurance claim associates
John H. Jenkins, Bloomington, IL (US); Andrew J. Feit, Normal, IL (US); Christina M. Boring, Bloomington, IL (US); Chadd Eugene Grove, Bloomington, IL (US); Brent D. Hellewell, Bloomington, IL (US); Beth Craig, Bloomington, IL (US); Kevin Stuepfert, Bloomington, IL (US); Robert S. Loy, Bloomington, IL (US); Scott M. Wirtjes, Tremont, IL (US); Scott E. Lackey, Bloomington, IL (US); Manuela Holt, Heyworth, IL (US); David Kuriyan Schuster, Bloomington, IL (US); and Jeremy M. Miller, Normal, IL (US)
Assigned to STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Bloomington, IL (US)
Filed by STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Bloomington, IL (US)
Filed on Aug. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/900,021.
Application 17/900,021 is a continuation of application No. 17/067,941, filed on Oct. 12, 2020, granted, now 11,468,517.
Application 17/067,941 is a continuation of application No. 14/881,474, filed on Oct. 13, 2015, granted, now 10,832,328.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/129,148, filed on Mar. 6, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/090,520, filed on Dec. 11, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2022/0414787 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 40/08 (2012.01)
CPC G06Q 40/08 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
10. A computing system, comprising:
one or more display screens;
one or more input devices; and
one or more processors configured to execute a workbench application to:
present a first user interface to a user, wherein the first user interface includes one or more notes fields in which free-form text may be entered by the user, and the first user interface is presented on at least one of the one or more display screens;
receive, via and the one or more input devices and the first user interface, free-form text that the user entered in at least one of the one or more notes fields;
analyze the received free-form text to identify one or more relevant keywords;
present a second user interface for a data reporting application to the user, wherein the second user interface is presented on at least one of the one or more display screens, and the workbench application is linked to the data reporting application via an application programming interface (API);
identify one or more data entry fields of the second user interface corresponding to the one or more keywords;
automatically populate, via the API, the one or more data entry fields of the second user interface based upon the one or more keywords; and
cause, via the API, the linked data reporting application to store data for the one or more data entry fields in a data storage record.