Patents by Inventor Christina P. Mullen
Christina P. Mullen 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).
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Publication number: 20240127127Abstract: A vehicle weather damage-prevention system is provided. The system may include a vehicle computing device associated with a vehicle, a covered parking location (CPL) computing device associated with a covered parking location, and an insurance computing device. The vehicle computing device may receive weather data and determine whether the vehicle is affected by inclement weather. The vehicle computing device may receive from the CPL computing device information indicating whether the covered parking location has available parking spots. The vehicle computing device may transmit a request to the CPL computing device to reserve a parking spot. The CPL computing device may selectively permit the vehicle access to the covered parking location. The insurance computing device may monitor the vehicle computing device and/or the CPL computing device and determine if an insurance policy is eligible for insurance-related benefits based upon a usage profile of the vehicle or the covered parking location.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2021Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Aaron Chan, Christina P. Mullen, Rosemarie Grant, John Nepomuceno, Cynthia L. Garretson
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Patent number: 11928742Abstract: A system for collecting vehicle crash data at a vehicle crash site of a vehicle crash is provided. The system may include an emergency response unit that includes an emergency response vehicle and an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that is automatically deployed from the emergency response vehicle at the vehicle crash site. The UAV may be an autonomous or semi-autonomous drone, and include a processor, memory, and sensor, wherein the sensor collects vehicle crash data (such as image, video, or audio) at the crash site. The system may include a remote computing device and an insurance computing device to process the vehicle crash data collected by the UAV and/or initiate a crash insurance claim. The vehicle crash data may be used for one or more insurance-related purposes or activities, such as handling, adjusting, or generating auto or homeowners insurance claims; crash reconstruction; fault determination; damaged vehicle repair; and/or buildup identification.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANYInventors: Rosemarie G. Grant, Christina P. Mullen
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Publication number: 20220414786Abstract: A system for collecting vehicle crash data at a vehicle crash site of a vehicle crash is provided. The system may include an emergency response unit that includes an emergency response vehicle and an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that is automatically deployed from the emergency response vehicle at the vehicle crash site. The UAV may be an autonomous or semi-autonomous drone, and include a processor, memory, and sensor, wherein the sensor collects vehicle crash data (such as image, video, or audio) at the crash site. The system may include a remote computing device and an insurance computing device to process the vehicle crash data collected by the UAV and/or initiate a crash insurance claim. The vehicle crash data may be used for one or more insurance-related purposes or activities, such as handling, adjusting, or generating auto or homeowners insurance claims; crash reconstruction; fault determination; damaged vehicle repair; and/or buildup identification.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2022Publication date: December 29, 2022Inventors: Rosemarie G. Grant, Christina P. Mullen
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Patent number: 11423489Abstract: A system for collecting vehicle crash data at a vehicle crash site of a vehicle crash is provided. The system may include an emergency response unit that includes an emergency response vehicle and an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that is automatically deployed from the emergency response vehicle at the vehicle crash site. The UAV may be an autonomous or semi-autonomous drone, and include a processor, memory, and sensor, wherein the sensor collects vehicle crash data (such as image, video, or audio) at the crash site. The system may include a remote computing device and an insurance computing device to process the vehicle crash data collected by the UAV and/or initiate a crash insurance claim. The vehicle crash data may be used for one or more insurance-related purposes or activities, such as handling, adjusting, or generating auto or homeowners insurance claims; crash reconstruction; fault determination; damaged vehicle repair; and/or buildup identification.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2020Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANYInventors: Rosemarie G. Grant, Christina P. Mullen
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Publication number: 20220230255Abstract: A method for collecting drone data at a crash site using an autonomous or semi-autonomous drone may include determining or receiving a crash GPS location associated with a crash location of a crash scene, and may further include generating a pre-generated flight path for an autonomous or semi-autonomous drone based upon the crash GPS location. The autonomous or semi-autonomous drone may be mounted, or held securely in place, on an emergency response vehicle traveling to the crash location. The method may further include autonomously or semi-autonomously flying the autonomous or semi-autonomous drone in accordance with the pre-generated flight path at the crash GPS location to generate or collect drone data associated with the crash scene. The drone data may be used for one or more insurance-related purposes, such as handling, adjusting, or generating auto or homeowners insurance claims; crash reconstruction; fault determination; damaged vehicle repair; and/or buildup identification.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2022Publication date: July 21, 2022Inventors: Rosemarie G. Grant, Christina P. Mullen
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Publication number: 20210383494Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to generating an automated police report after an accident. For example, a police officer may scan in an insurance card barcode, a VIN barcode, a driver's license number, etc., to populate fields of the automated police report. The automated police report may also include telematics data from an associated vehicle to determine an impact of a collision, a time and location of the collision, etc. A scene of the accident may also be reconstructed using satellite images and/or video taken at the time of the accident. For example, the scene may be reconstructed based on image sensors on the vehicle, weather data at the time of the collision, data communicated vehicle-to-vehicle from another vehicle, telematics data, etc. Images of the reconstructed scene and/or images of the actual scene from the satellite video may be included in the automated police report.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2021Publication date: December 9, 2021Inventors: William J. Leise, Douglas A. Graff, Christina P. Mullen
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Patent number: 11182868Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to generating an automated police report after an accident. For example, a police officer may scan in an insurance card barcode, a VIN barcode, a driver's license number, etc., to populate fields of the automated police report. The automated police report may also include telematics data from an associated vehicle to determine an impact of a collision, a time and location of the collision, etc. A scene of the accident may also be reconstructed using satellite images and/or video taken at the time of the accident. For example, the scene may be reconstructed based on image sensors on the vehicle, weather data at the time of the collision, data communicated vehicle-to-vehicle from another vehicle, telematics data, etc. Images of the reconstructed scene and/or images of the actual scene from the satellite video may be included in the automated police report.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2020Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANYInventors: William J. Leise, Douglas Albert Graff, Christina P. Mullen
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Publication number: 20210295441Abstract: A computer-implemented method of determining an indication of whether a vehicle in a collision is a total loss. The method may include (1) receiving a first set of sensor data and telematics data associated with a first vehicle; (2) receiving a second set of sensor data and telematics data associated with a second vehicle; (3) determining a make, model, and age of the first vehicle; (4) determining a direction and an amount of a crash force exerted upon the first vehicle based upon the first and second sets of sensor data and telematics data; and (5) determining the indication of whether the first vehicle is a total loss based upon the make, model, and age of the first vehicle, and based upon the direction and amount of the crash force. By determining the indication of total loss based upon such data, time may be saved and resources may be conserved.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2017Publication date: September 23, 2021Inventors: Christina P. Mullen, Jeffrey S. Myers, Andrew Karl Pulkstenis, Stephen Russell Prevatt, Robert T. Trefzger
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Publication number: 20210279793Abstract: A computer-implemented method for providing a master financial account (MFA) may include receiving authorization from a user to link one or more accounts to the MFA. The linked accounts may be analyzed to determine one or more changes that may potentially benefit the user. A recommendation may be generated that includes one or more changes to be made to one or more accounts, based on the analysis. The recommendation and/or an indication of the potential benefits may be transmitted to the user. The transmission to the user may include a request to authorize implementation of one or more elements of the recommendation. If the user authorizes the implementation of one or more elements of the recommendation, the authorized changes to the accounts may be implemented.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2016Publication date: September 9, 2021Inventors: William J. Leise, Douglas Albert Graff, Christina P. Mullen
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Patent number: 10916070Abstract: A computer-implemented method for providing covered parking to vehicles is provided. The method may include transmitting a location identifier of a covered parking location and a communication address of a covered parking location (CPL) computing device to a vehicle computing device and/or an insurance computing device. The method may further include transmitting a signal to the vehicle computing device indicating a number of available parking spots of the covered parking location when the vehicle computing device contacts the CPL computing device, receiving a request from the vehicle computing device to reserve a parking spot of the covered parking location, determining whether to accept the request, and transmitting a response to the vehicle computing device. Accepting the request causes the CPL computing device to permit a vehicle associated with the vehicle computing device access to the covered parking location.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2019Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANYInventors: Aaron Chan, Christina P Mullen, Rosemarie Grant, John Nepomuceno, Cynthia L Garretson
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Patent number: 10909478Abstract: A vehicle weather damage-prevention system is provided. The system may include a vehicle computing device associated with a vehicle, a covered parking location (CPL) computing device associated with a covered parking location, and an insurance computing device. The vehicle computing device may receive weather data and determine whether the vehicle is affected by inclement weather. The vehicle computing device may receive from the CPL computing device information indicating whether the covered parking location has available parking spots. The vehicle computing device may transmit a request to the CPL computing device to reserve a parking spot. The CPL computing device may selectively permit the vehicle access to the covered parking location. The insurance computing device may monitor the vehicle computing device and/or the CPL computing device and determine if an insurance policy is eligible for insurance-related benefits based upon a usage profile of the vehicle or the covered parking location.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2019Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANYInventors: Aaron Chan, Christina P Mullen, Rosemarie Grant, John Nepomuceno, Cynthia L Garretson
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Patent number: 10909633Abstract: An insurance computing device is provided. The insurance computing device may include a processor and a memory. The processor may be programmed to receive a registration request from a vehicle computing device associated with a vehicle and/or a covered parking location (CPL) computing device associated with a covered parking location, generate a usage profile associated with at least one of the vehicle and the covered parking location, monitor the vehicle computing device and/or the CPL computing device for any requests to reserve an available parking spot of the covered parking location, update the usage profile, determine if an insurance policy associated with the vehicle and/or the covered parking location is eligible for insurance-related benefits based upon the usage profile.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2019Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANYInventors: Aaron Chan, Christina P Mullen, Rosemarie Grant, John Nepomuceno, Cynthia L Garretson
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Patent number: 10853882Abstract: A method and system may analyze the liability of drivers involved in a vehicle crash based on video image data of the vehicle crash. When a vehicle crash occurs, several image capturing devices may transmit sets of video images captured within a predetermined threshold distance and time of the scene of the vehicle crash. The sets of video images may be combined, aggregated, and/or assembled chronologically and spatially to form a compilation which may depict the sequence of events leading up to, during, and immediately after the vehicle crash. Based on the compilation, percentages of fault may be allocated to each of the drivers involved in the vehicle crash and the amount of liability may be assessed for each of the drivers.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2016Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANYInventors: William J. Leise, Douglas Albert Graff, Christina P. Mullen
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Patent number: 10832341Abstract: A system and method to facilitate providing vehicle insurance services includes providing a specialty vehicle data identifier template for facilitating translation of a vehicle data identifier used to identify a vehicle, the specialty vehicle data identifier template including a plurality of segments, each segment of the plurality of segments representative of a vehicle attribute; receiving a request of a database for vehicle attribute data based on a search term, identifying each vehicle data identifier stored in the database including vehicle attribute data that substantially matches at least a portion the search term, compiling an output including any identified vehicle data identifier, and providing the output in an accessible format in response to the request for information.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2018Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANYInventors: Christina P. Mullen, William J. Leise, Douglas A. Graff
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Patent number: 10832330Abstract: A system for collecting vehicle crash data at a vehicle crash site of a vehicle crash is provided. The system may include an emergency response unit that includes an emergency response vehicle and an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that is automatically deployed from the emergency response vehicle at the vehicle crash site. The UAV may be an autonomous or semi-autonomous drone, and include a processor, memory, and sensor, wherein the sensor collects vehicle crash data (such as image, video, or audio) at the crash site. The system may include a remote computing device and an insurance computing device to process the vehicle crash data collected by the UAV and/or initiate a crash insurance claim. The vehicle crash data may be used for one or more insurance-related purposes or activities, such as handling, adjusting, or generating auto or homeowners insurance claims; crash reconstruction; fault determination; damaged vehicle repair; and/or buildup identification.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2016Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANYInventors: Rosemarie G. Grant, Christina P. Mullen
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Patent number: 10832340Abstract: A system and method to facilitate providing vehicle insurance services includes correlating vehicle information with a specialty vehicle data identifier, storing the correlated vehicle information in a memory, and associating the correlated vehicle information with one or more discrete vehicle data identifiers, wherein in response to a search request of the memory, discrete vehicle data identifiers including vehicle information that substantially matches at least a portion of a search term are identified and compiled into an output provided in an accessible format.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2017Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANYInventors: Christina P. Mullen, William J. Leise, Douglas Albert Graff
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Patent number: 10817951Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium to facilitate treatment of a damaged vehicle by gathering crash information, estimating an extent of vehicle damage, and requesting transport of the damaged vehicle from the crash site to a treatment facility.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2017Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANYInventors: Christina P. Mullen, William J. Leise, Douglas Albert Graff
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Patent number: 10733648Abstract: A vehicle safety information system is presented that may include a user computing device configured to determine whether identifying information associated with a first vehicle is to be transmitted to at least one additional device. The user computing device may also be configured to transmit the identifying information based on this determination. The user computing device may further be configured to receive, in response to a determination via the at least one additional device that safety information associated with the first vehicle is to be provided, the safety information. The determination that the safety information is to be provided may be based on information available at the at least one additional device. The at least one additional device may access and transmit the safety information to the user computing device so that the safety information is made available to a user.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2016Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANYInventors: Christina P. Mullen, Earl F. Hyser
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Patent number: 10733814Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium to facilitate treatment of a damaged vehicle by gathering crash information, estimating an extent of vehicle damage, and transmitting information associated with treating the damaged vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2016Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANYInventors: Christina P. Mullen, William J. Leise, Douglas Albert Graff
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Patent number: 10685414Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to generating an automated police report after an accident. For example, a police officer may scan in an insurance card barcode, a VIN barcode, a driver's license number, etc., to populate fields of the automated police report. The automated police report may also include telematics data from an associated vehicle to determine an impact of a collision, a time and location of the collision, etc. A scene of the accident may also be reconstructed using satellite images and/or video taken at the time of the accident. For example, the scene may be reconstructed based on image sensors on the vehicle, weather data at the time of the collision, data communicated vehicle-to-vehicle from another vehicle, telematics data, etc. Images of the reconstructed scene and/or images of the actual scene from the satellite video may be included in the automated police report.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2016Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANYInventors: William J. Leise, Douglas Albert Graff, Christina P. Mullen