US 12,450,266 B2
System and method for identifying locations with lifestyle preferences
Torri Wollenschlager, Bloomington, IL (US); Molly Vaughn, Bloomington, IL (US); John Lucas Bothwell, Bloomington, IL (US); Kristin E. Booth, Bloomington, IL (US); Tyler Haycraft, Rockwall, TX (US); Connor Lirot, Plano, TX (US); Bart Paul Pousson, Wylie, TX (US); Courtney Gerard Smith, McKinney, TX (US); Garrick Douglas Gabbrants, Bloomington, IL (US); James Joseph Mellinger, Allen, TX (US); Charles Allen Stokes, Richardson, TX (US); Tim Vernon, Nevada, TX (US); Anthony Todd Frazier, Wylie, TX (US); and Thomas Clausing, McKinney, TX (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 Nov. 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/385,975.
Application 18/385,975 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/554,391, filed on Dec. 17, 2021, granted, now 11,847,146.
Application 17/554,391 is a continuation of application No. 16/823,109, filed on Mar. 18, 2020, granted, now 11,222,049, issued on Jan. 11, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/822,358, filed on Mar. 22, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0061870 A1, Feb. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 16/29 (2019.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04847 (2022.01); G06F 16/2457 (2019.01); G06F 16/9537 (2019.01); G06Q 50/16 (2024.01); H04W 4/021 (2018.01)
CPC G06F 16/29 (2019.01) [G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 16/24578 (2019.01); G06Q 50/167 (2013.01); H04W 4/021 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method for providing graphical location-based information to a user via an interactive display screen of a computing device, the method comprising:
displaying, on the interactive display screen of the computing device, a map of a geographic region of interest;
displaying, at the interactive display screen of the computing device, a plurality of selectable items each corresponding to an operating mode that is independent of the plurality of selectable items and to one of a corresponding plurality of predefined categories of lifestyle preferences based upon both a first user selection indicating the operating mode and the geographic region of interest of the map, wherein each of the selectable items has a functionality determined based upon the operating mode from a plurality of functionalities of the selectable item associated with a plurality of operating modes;
receiving, at the interactive display screen of the computing device, a plurality of second user selections associated with respective lifestyle preferences from the user, wherein the second user selections indicate respective values associated with lifestyle preferences;
analyzing, by one or more processors, the values associated with the lifestyle preferences selected by the user with data regarding the lifestyle preferences associated with each of a plurality of geographic areas of the map;
determining, by the one or more processors, suitability levels of the plurality of geographic areas of the map based upon such analysis of the values and the data of the plurality of geographic areas of the map, wherein each suitability level comprises an aggregate level of a respective geographic area of the plurality of geographic areas based upon the values associated with the lifestyle preferences indicated by the plurality of second user selections; and
displaying, on the interactive display screen of the computing device, one or more visual indicators associated with at least one of the plurality of geographic areas of the map based upon the respective suitability level determined for the geographic area, wherein the one or more visual indicators provide visual indications of a geographic extent of the geographic area within the map displayed on the interactive display screen.