US 12,469,085 B2
Optimized inventory analysis for insurance purposes
William Loo, Arlington Heights, IL (US); Stephen Hughes, Belfast (GB); James Gillespie, Belfast (GB); Jennifer A. Brandmaier, Chicago, IL (US); and Daniel Koza, Hinsdale, IL (US)
Assigned to Allstate Insurance Company, Northbrook, IL (US)
Filed by Allstate Insurance Company, Northbrook, IL (US)
Filed on May 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/316,732.
Application 14/032,709 is a division of application No. 13/608,765, filed on Sep. 10, 2012, abandoned.
Application 18/316,732 is a continuation of application No. 16/251,420, filed on Jan. 18, 2019, granted, now 11,798,088.
Application 16/251,420 is a continuation of application No. 14/032,709, filed on Sep. 20, 2013, granted, now 10,223,750.
Prior Publication US 2024/0126399 A1, Apr. 18, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 40/08 (2012.01)
CPC G06Q 40/08 (2013.01) 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable program instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor of an inventory analysis server, cause the processor to:
receive, via a network connection and from a first device with a microphone, an audio annotation of a room of a building;
analyze, by executing audio processing of the received audio annotation with the processor of the inventory analysis server, the audio annotation to determine a set of items in the room, the set of items comprising a first item;
determine metadata, based on the executed audio processing of the received audio annotation with the processor of the inventory analysis server, associated with the first item;
store, in a first database of the inventory analysis server and in association with an inventory that indicates a plurality of items associated with the building:
data indicating the determined set of items,
data indicating in which room of the building the set of items are located,
metadata associated with the set of items, and
a user profile associated with the set of items;
transmit, from the inventory analysis server to the first device and in response to receiving the audio annotation and determining the set of items comprising the first item, a first request for an original purchase price data of the first item and purchase date data of the first item;
receive from the first device, in response to the first request to the first device, first information indicating a date the first item was purchased;
receive, via the network connection and from a second device, text data regarding a second item to be added to the inventory, the second device being different from the first device;
transmit a second request from the inventory analysis server to the second device, in response to receiving the text data, for an original purchase price of the second item and a date the second item was purchased;
receive from the second device, in response to the second request, second information indicating the original purchase price of the second item and the date the second item was purchased;
in response to the second request, receive second information indicating the original purchase price of the second item and the date the second item was purchased;
determine that the original purchase price data of the first item is not available;
automatically determine, in response to the determination that the original purchase price of the first item is not available, a third item based at least on a portion of the first information for the first item;
automatically determine, in response to determining the third item, a current price of the third item, wherein the current price of the third item is determined by retrieving the current price of the third item from a second database that is external to the inventory analysis server over a network;
in response to receiving the first information indicating the date the first item was purchased and in response to retrieving the current price of the third item, calculate a first depreciated value of the first item based on the current price of the third item and the date the first item was purchased;
store, in the first database stored in the inventory analysis server and in association with the first item of the inventory, the calculated first depreciated value of the first item;
in response to receiving the second information indicating the original purchase price of the second item and the date the second item was purchased, calculate a second depreciated value of the second item based on the original purchase price of the second item and the date the second item was purchased; and
store, in the first database stored in the inventory analysis server and in association with the second item of the inventory, the calculated second depreciated value of the second item.