Patents by Inventor Brian Mark Fields

Brian Mark Fields has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 12143459
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing an aspirational safe driving incentive to drivers having the propensity or ability to improve high risk driving behaviors are provided. Drivers exhibiting high risk driving behaviors may be identified, and initial vehicle telematics data associated with each of the drivers may be collected and analyzed in order to determine which drivers have propensity or ability to improve their high risk driving behaviors. These candidate drivers may receive a probationary safe driving incentive along with feedback configured to improve the drivers' high risk driving behaviors. Updated vehicle telematics data associated with each candidate driver may be collected in order to evaluate an extent to which each candidate driver has improved his or her high risk driving behaviors. Accordingly, a candidate driver's probationary safe driving incentive may be modified or maintained based on the extent to which the candidate has improved upon high risk driving behaviors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
    Inventors: Brian Mark Fields, Stephen R. Prevatt, Steve Roberson
  • Patent number: 12142139
    Abstract: An alert may be triggered to notify a pedestrian of the current operational mode of a nearby vehicle. For instance, a vehicle may operate in an autonomous or manual mode, and may occasionally switch from one mode to the other. A pedestrian who may be unaware of the current operational mode of a nearby vehicle may notice the alert and proceed accordingly. In one embodiment, an indication of the current operational mode of the nearby vehicle may be transmitted to an electronic device associated with the pedestrian. The device may generate a notification to the pedestrian based on the current operational mode. In an additional or alternative embodiment, the alert may be transmitted by the vehicle externally to be visible or audible to the pedestrian. In some embodiments, the alert may be triggered only for particular operational modes (e.g., only for autonomous or only for manual).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: Brian Mark Fields, Steve Roberson
  • Publication number: 20240362013
    Abstract: Methods and systems for monitoring use, determining risk, and pricing insurance policies for a vehicle having one or more autonomous or semi-autonomous operation features are provided. According to certain aspects, the operating status of the features, the identity of a vehicle operator, risk levels for operation of the vehicle by the vehicle operator, or damage to the vehicle may be determined based upon sensor or other data. According to further aspects, decisions regarding transferring control between the features and the vehicle operator may be made based upon sensor data and information regarding the vehicle operator. Additional aspects may recommend or install updates to the autonomous operation features based upon determined risk levels. Some aspects may include monitoring transportation infrastructure and communicating information about the infrastructure to vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Brian Mark Fields, Chien Che Huang, Mohamed A. Wazeer, Shawn C. Bennett, Steven C. Cielocha, Ronny S. Bryant, Stephen Kohaus, Terry Quakenbush, Richard A. Novak, Craig M. Main, Weixin Wu, Torri Wollenschlager, Carol Marie Csanda, Stacey Gorsuch, Todd Binion, Aaron Scott Chan
  • Patent number: 12130622
    Abstract: Vehicles may have the capability to navigate according to various levels of autonomous capabilities, the vehicle having a different set of autonomous competencies at each level. In certain situations, the vehicle may shift from one level of autonomous capability to another. The shift may require more or less driving responsibility from a human operator. Sensors inside the vehicle collect human operator parameters to determine an alertness level of the human operator. An alertness level is determined based on the human operator parameters and other data including historical data or human operator-specific data. Notifications are presented to the user based on the determined alertness level that are more or less intrusive based on the alertness level of the human operator and on the urgency of an impending change to autonomous capabilities. Notifications may be tailored to specific human operators based on human operator preference and historical performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: Brian Mark Fields, Leo Nelson Chan, Kristopher Keith Gaudin, Aaron Williams
  • Patent number: 12128842
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for improving safety of one or more vehicle occupants. An example method for improving safety of one or more vehicle occupants includes accessing interior vehicle configuration data that is generated by, or derived from data generated by an interior data collection component, the data representing an interior space of a vehicle; determining, by processing the interior vehicle configuration data, location and orientation of one or more vehicle occupants; selecting a plurality of vehicle safety components to be active based on the location and orientation of the one or more vehicle occupants, and setting the plurality of vehicle safety components to an active state in which the plurality of vehicle safety components are deployed, when an emergency condition is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: Scott T. Christensen, Brian Mark Fields, Stephen R. Prevatt, Steve Roberson
  • Publication number: 20240351591
    Abstract: Systems and methods for determining the performance of a driver of a vehicle based on changes, over time, in the context and environment in which the vehicle operates, and any resultant driver behavior are disclosed. A set of driver response data is created from based on an analysis of time-series data indicative of the driver's operation of the vehicle in conjunction with time-series data indicative of changes in the vehicle's context/environment. The driver response data indicates the types and magnitudes of the driver's responses to various changes in the vehicle's operating context/environment and the driver's time-to-respond for each of the responses. That is, the driver response data indicates how a driver compensated his or her behavior (if at all) in response to different changes in the vehicle's context and/or environment. The driver response data may be compared to one or more thresholds to determine the driver's performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventor: Brian Mark Fields
  • Publication number: 20240338021
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for operating an autonomous vehicle based on real-time operating data. The operating data may be data about vehicles, drivers, passengers, as well as relevant environmental conditions and contextual data. In some cases, historical data for the preceding data types may be used. The systems and methods may obtain a set of real-time operating data indicative of one or more behaviors of an autonomous vehicle. One or more operations may be performed on the set of real-time operating data. An instruction to modify a particular vehicle operation may be generated based on output from the operations and the one or more behaviors of the autonomous vehicle, and the instruction to modify the particular vehicle operation may be provided to a particular processor that is on-board the vehicle and that controls the particular vehicle operation, to thereby automatically modify the particular vehicle operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2024
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Inventor: Brian Mark Fields
  • Publication number: 20240311922
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems and methods are provided for checking code for errors. The apparatuses, systems and methods may send a target code and a prompt for code checking to a machine learning (ML) chatbot to cause the ML chatbot to check the target code for errors. The apparatuses, systems and methods may determine whether there is an error in the target code based at least partially on a response from the ML chatbot. The apparatuses, systems and methods may, responsive to determining that there is an error in the target code, determine, via an interaction with the ML chatbot, whether there is a solution to fix the error. The apparatuses, systems and methods may, responsive to determining that there is a solution to fix the error, cause the ML chatbot to (i) fix the error, and/or (ii) present the error and/or the solution to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: Brian Mark Fields, Nathan L. Tofte, Joseph Robert Brannan, Vicki King, Justin Davis
  • Publication number: 20240311271
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems and methods are provided for checking code for errors. The apparatuses, systems and methods may send a target code and a prompt for code checking to a machine learning (ML) chatbot to cause the ML chatbot to check the target code for errors. The apparatuses, systems and methods may determine whether there is an error in the target code based at least partially on a response from the ML chatbot. The apparatuses, systems and methods may, responsive to determining that there is an error in the target code, determine, via an interaction with the ML chatbot, a solution to fix the error. The apparatuses, systems and methods may analyze the solution to determine a number of at least one of (i) a set of steps or (ii) a set of interactions required by the solution. The apparatuses, systems and methods may, responsive to determining that the number exceeds a predetermined threshold, fix the error by implementing the solution with respect to the target code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: Brian Mark Fields, Nathan L. Tofte, Joseph Robert Brannan, Vicki King, Justin Davis
  • Publication number: 20240311921
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems and methods are provided for generating customized code. The apparatuses, systems and methods may cause a chatbot to generate customized code. The apparatuses, systems and methods may integrate the customized code in an insurance application. The customized code, when executed by one or more processors, may cause the one or more processors to collect user information from a user device, determine whether a change of insurance policy for the user is required, and responsive to determining that a change of insurance policy is required, automatically update the insurance policy in the insurance application based upon the required change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: Brian Mark Fields, Nathan L. Tofte, Joseph Robert Brannan, Vicki King, Justin Davis
  • Publication number: 20240303698
    Abstract: Disclosed systems and methods incorporate machine learning to assess damage to vehicles. An example method includes: accessing image data representing one or more digital images of damage to a vehicle; selecting, using one or more processors, an applicable machine learning algorithm from a plurality of different trained machine learning algorithms, wherein the plurality of different machine learning algorithms are trained for respective different combinations of one or more of vehicle make, vehicle model, vehicle year, or area of damage; processing the image data, with the applicable machine learning algorithm using one or more processors, to determine assessed damage for the vehicle; accessing actual damage information for the vehicle; determining, using one or more processors, differences between the actual damage and the assessed damage; and iterating, using one or more processors, the applicable machine learning algorithm based on the differences to improve its damage assessment accuracy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2024
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Inventors: Brian Mark Fields, Lee Marvin John Assam
  • Patent number: 12086583
    Abstract: Methods and systems for monitoring use, determining risk, and pricing insurance policies for a vehicle having autonomous or semi-autonomous operation features are provided. According to certain aspects, a computer-implemented method for generating or updating usage-based insurance policies for autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicles may be provided. A request to generate an insurance quote may be received via wireless communication, and with the customer's permission, risk levels associated with intended usage by the customer of an autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle may be determined. An insurance policy may be adjusted based upon the risk levels and the intended vehicle usage. The insurance policy may then be presented on the customer's mobile device for review and approval. In some aspects, the vehicle may be rented, and the intended vehicle usage is measured in distance or duration of vehicle operation. Insurance discounts may be provided to risk averse vehicle owners based upon low risk levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
    Inventors: Brian Mark Fields, Chien Che Huang, Mohamed A. Wazeer, Shawn C. Bennett, Steven C. Cielocha, Ronny S. Bryant, Stephen A. Kohaus, Terry Quakenbush, Richard A. Novak, Aaron Scott Chan, Craig M. Main, Weixin Wu, Torri Wollenschlager, Carol Marie Csanda, Stacey Gorsuch, Todd Binion
  • Publication number: 20240291785
    Abstract: The following relates generally to using artificial intelligence (AI) and/or machine learning (ML) to identify patentable ideas from company emails. In some embodiments, one or more processors: access one or more email messages; identify, via a machine learning (ML) chatbot trained to analyze text and generate text, one or more patentable concepts in the one or more email messages; compare the one or more patentable concepts to a patent database including published patent applications with respective publication dates on or before the date of database access, wherein comparing includes generating a comparison document indicating at least one difference and/or at least one similarity between the one or more patentable concepts and the patent applications of the patent database, wherein the comparing includes using the ML chatbot; and generate, based upon the comparison, one or more novelty scores for each of the one or more patentable concepts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Brian Mark Fields, Nathan L. Tofte, Joseph Robert Brannan, Vicki King, Justin Davis
  • Publication number: 20240291778
    Abstract: Systems and methods for an artificial intelligence (AI)/machine learning (ML) chatbot for intelligent negotiation of terms is disclosed herein. An exemplary computing system includes one or more processors; and a memory storing executable instructions thereon. When executed by the one or more processors, these instructions may cause the one or more processors to: receive, from a first contracting party during a negotiating period, a plurality of prospective terms for a contractual agreement; and determine, via an AI chatbot, whether the plurality of prospective terms are acceptable terms based on a plurality of parameters indicated by a second contracting party. Responsive to determining that the plurality of prospective terms are unacceptable terms, the instructions may further cause the processors to generate, via the AI chatbot, a plurality of counter terms based on the plurality of parameters; and transmit the plurality of counter terms to the first contracting party.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Brian Mark Fields, Nathan L. Tofte, Joseph Robert Brannan, Vicki King, Justin Davis
  • Publication number: 20240289872
    Abstract: Techniques for intelligent coordination between parties for short-term rental or lending of items are disclosed herein. An exemplary computer-implemented method includes aggregating party data from the plurality of parties, and determining, by executing a machine learning (ML) chatbot, one or more items associated with each party of the plurality of parties. The ML chatbot is trained using a plurality of training party data from a plurality of training parties as input to output a plurality of training items associated with the plurality of training parties. The computer-implemented method may further include generating, by executing the ML chatbot, a set of associated parties that includes at least a pair of parties from the plurality of parties for each item of the one or more items; and for each set of parties, initiating contact between parties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Brian Mark Fields, Nathan L. Tofte, Joseph Robert Brannan, Vicki King, Justin Davis
  • Publication number: 20240278834
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing real-time feedback to a driver of a vehicle based on real-time datasets is disclosed. The systems and methods include obtaining one or more sets of real-time data associated with a vehicle. Performing one or more operations on the set of real-time data, wherein the one or more operations are based on the set of real-time data. Generating, a feedback alert based on results of the one or more operations and one or more detected real-time behaviors of the vehicle. Providing the feedback alert for presentation at a user interface on-board the vehicle. The real-time data may include contextual data, environmental data, operating data, data for a plurality of drivers, or combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventor: Brian Mark Fields
  • Publication number: 20240281889
    Abstract: The following relates generally to aiding underwriting and insurance agents. In some embodiments, one or more processors: (1) receive, with an AI chatbot (or voice bot) of the one or more processors, an input statement; (2) determine, with the AI chatbot, from the received input statement, a type of insurance policy; (3) determine, with the AI chatbot, from the input statement, a question corresponding to the type of insurance policy; (4) determine, with the AI chatbot, an answer to the question by retrieving insurance information based upon (i) the type of insurance policy, and/or (ii) the question; and/or (5) present, via the AI chatbot, the answer to the question.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Brian Mark Fields, Nathan L. Tofte, Joseph Robert Brannan, Vicki King, Justin Davis
  • Publication number: 20240281888
    Abstract: The following relates generally to using AI and/or ML to build and/or present an insurance contract. In some embodiments, one or more processors: (1) receive, with an AI chatbot of the one or more processors, an input statement; (2) determine, with the AI chatbot, from the received input statement, a type of insurance policy, wherein the type of insurance policy comprises a homeowners insurance policy, a renters insurance policy, an auto insurance policy, a life insurance policy, a disability insurance policy, and/or an umbrella insurance policy; (3) build, with the AI chatbot, an insurance contract based upon the type of insurance policy; and/or (4) present, via the AI chatbot, the insurance contract to the potential insurance customer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Brian Mark Fields, Nathan L. Tofte, Joseph Robert Brannan, Vicki King, Justin Davis
  • Publication number: 20240281890
    Abstract: The following relates generally to building a ground truth insurance database. In some embodiments, one or more processors: (1) receive potential insurance database information comprising (i) insurance company application (app) information, (ii) anonymized insurance claim information, (iii) police report information, and/or (iv) auxiliary information; (2) retrieve, from an insurance ground truth insurance database, existing ground truth insurance information by querying the ground truth database based upon the potential insurance database information; (3) determine if the potential insurance database information should be added to the insurance ground truth database by comparing the potential insurance database information to the existing ground truth insurance information; and/or (4) if the potential insurance database information should be added to the insurance ground truth database, add the potential insurance database information to the insurance ground truth database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Brian Mark Fields, Nathan L. Tofte, Joseph Robert Brannan, Vicki King, Justin Davis
  • Publication number: 20240281891
    Abstract: The following relates generally to using artificial intelligence (AI) and/or machine learning (ML) to recommend a change in insurance coverage. In some embodiments, one or more processors: receive customer information of an insurance customer; determine that an insurance change recommendation trigger has occurred by routing the customer information into an insurance recommendation machine learning and/or artificial intelligence algorithm; and in response to determining the insurance change recommendation trigger, send a recommendation for an insurance policy change for the insurance customer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Brian Mark Fields, Nathan L. Tofte, Joseph Robert Brannan, Vicki King, Justin Davis