US 12,106,374 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. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/155,538.
Application 17/155,538 is a continuation of application No. 16/454,215, filed on Jun. 27, 2019, granted, now 10,909,478.
Application 16/454,215 is a continuation of application No. 15/133,723, filed on Apr. 20, 2016, granted, now 10,417,583, issued on Sep. 17, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/214,674, filed on Sep. 4, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2024/0127127 A1, Apr. 18, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G08G 1/14 (2006.01); G06Q 10/02 (2012.01); G06Q 40/08 (2012.01); G07B 15/02 (2011.01); 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)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle comprising:
a vehicle body; and
a processor coupled to the vehicle body, the processor in communication with a memory, the processor programmed to:
determine, based upon one or more weather condition scores for a region that includes the vehicle, that the region will experience inclement weather within a predetermined period of time;
communicate with one or more computing devices that store parking availability at one or more nearby covered parking locations (CPLs) to identify at least one available parking spot at the one or more nearby CPLs;
select one of the one or more nearby CPLs based upon proximity to the vehicle and the at least one available parking spot;
transmit, to the one or more computing devices, a request to reserve one of the at least one available parking spot at the selected nearby CPL;
receive, from the one or more computing devices, an access code; and
cause, by the processor, communication of the access code to an access terminal of the selected nearby CPL to automatically provide access to the vehicle to the selected nearby CPL.