US 12,423,760 B2
Systems and methods for automatically mitigating risk of water damage
Ronny S. Bryant, Bloomington, IL (US); Shawn M. Call, Bloomington, IL (US); Daryoush Hakimi-Boushehri, Bloomington, IL (US); John H. Weekes, Bloomington, IL (US); Jennifer Criswell, Bloomington, IL (US); Todd Binion, Bloomington, IL (US); Jackie O. Jordan, II, Bloomington, IL (US); Elisabeth McDermeit, Bloomington, IL (US); and John Donovan, 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 May 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/737,091.
Application 17/737,091 is a continuation of application No. 14/693,057, filed on Apr. 22, 2015, granted, now 11,354,748.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/073,695, filed on Oct. 31, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/060,847, filed on Oct. 7, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/061,009, filed on Oct. 7, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/061,003, filed on Oct. 7, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/061,018, filed on Oct. 7, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/060,777, filed on Oct. 7, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/061,007, filed on Oct. 7, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/061,000, filed on Oct. 7, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/061,012, filed on Oct. 7, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/060,808, filed on Oct. 7, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/061,016, filed on Oct. 7, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/012,008, filed on Jun. 13, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/984,541, filed on Apr. 25, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2022/0261921 A1, Aug. 18, 2022
Int. Cl. G05B 15/02 (2006.01); E03B 7/07 (2006.01); G06Q 10/10 (2023.01); G06Q 30/02 (2023.01); G06Q 40/08 (2012.01); G06Q 50/16 (2012.01); G06Q 50/163 (2024.01); G08B 21/20 (2006.01); G16Y 10/50 (2020.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); G08B 21/04 (2006.01); G16Y 40/10 (2020.01)
CPC G06Q 40/08 (2013.01) [E03B 7/071 (2013.01); G05B 15/02 (2013.01); G06Q 10/10 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0278 (2013.01); G06Q 50/16 (2013.01); G06Q 50/163 (2013.01); G08B 21/20 (2013.01); G16Y 10/50 (2020.01); H04L 12/2823 (2013.01); H04L 12/2827 (2013.01); G05B 2219/163 (2013.01); G05B 2219/2642 (2013.01); G08B 21/043 (2013.01); G16Y 40/10 (2020.01); H04L 12/2803 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method for limiting water damage to a property, comprising:
receiving, via a communication module, an indication that a water-related event may impact the property, comprising an indication of a weather event forecast to result in a volume of water being deposited on the property;
determining, by one or more processors, whether de-watering equipment disposed on the property is capable of handling a predicted increased water flow due to the water-related event by operation during the water-related event based upon a maximum volume of water the de-watering equipment is capable of handling during a time interval, wherein the maximum volume of water the de-watering equipment is capable of handling is estimated based upon prior operation of the de-watering equipment on the property;
determining, by the one or more processors, an action to prevent or mitigate the water-related event, the action including an activation of the de-watering equipment disposed on the property prior to occurrence of the weather event;
automatically and in response to the indication that the water-related event may impact the property, transmitting, via the communication module, an instruction that, when executed, activates the de-watering equipment to perform the action prior to occurrence of the weather event; and
communicating, to a mobile device or other computing device of an individual associated with the property via the communication module, an indication of the water-related event.