US 12,002,100 B2
Systems and methods for weather-related vehicle damage prevention
Aaron Chan, Bloomington, IL (US); Christina P. Mullen, Bloomington, IL (US); Rosemarie Grant, Bloomington, IL (US); John Nepomuceno, Bloomington, IL (US); and Cynthia L. Garretson, Bloomington, 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 Jan. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/163,108.
Application 17/163,108 is a continuation of application No. 16/419,162, filed on May 22, 2019, granted, now 10,909,633.
Application 16/419,162 is a continuation of application No. 15/133,843, filed on Apr. 20, 2016, granted, now 10,354,334, issued on Jul. 16, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/214,674, filed on Sep. 4, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2024/0144377 A1, May 2, 2024
Int. Cl. G06Q 40/08 (2012.01); G06Q 10/02 (2012.01); G07B 15/02 (2011.01); G08G 1/14 (2006.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01)
CPC G06Q 40/08 (2013.01) [G06Q 10/02 (2013.01); G07B 15/02 (2013.01); G08G 1/143 (2013.01); G08G 1/148 (2013.01); G08G 1/149 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An insurance computing device comprising a processor and a memory, wherein the processor is programmed to:
continuously monitor a weather in a region by receiving weather data of the region that includes at least one of current weather data or predicted weather data;
determine from the weather data that the region will experience inclement weather within a predetermined time;
determine that a vehicle having a vehicle computing device registered with the insurance computing device is located within the region prior to the predetermined time;
identify, using location identifiers associated with a plurality of covered parking locations, one or more of the plurality of covered parking locations located nearby the region and having at least one parking space available for parking the vehicle during the inclement weather, each of the one or more covered parking locations having a covered parking location (CPL) computing device associated therewith;
transmit, to the vehicle computing device, information relating to the one or more identified covered parking locations including a location identifier of each of the one or more identified covered parking locations;
receive, from the vehicle computing device and a respective CPL computing device, a notification message indicating the vehicle accessed one of the one or more covered parking locations for parking within the at least one parking space available; and
update an insurance policy associated with the vehicle based on the notification message.