Patents by Inventor Daniel Koza

Daniel Koza 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: 9824397
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide for an automated system for analyzing damage to insured property. A server may receive images of a scene (e.g., a room, house, apartment, etc.) from a user at a mobile device. The server may analyze the images to create a holistic view of the scene. The server and/or mobile device may be able to generate dimensions of the scene and compare those dimensions to the dimensions of a damaged property at the scene to determine the extent of damage to the property. The server may also be able to detect gaps between images as it creates the holistic view of the scene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Allstate Insurance Company
    Inventors: Jay A. Patel, Jennifer A. Brandmaier, Mark E. Faga, James Gillespie, Roger Horn, Stephen Hughes, Alinawaz Ismaili, Daniel Koza, William Loo, Francis Lowry
  • Patent number: 9280252
    Abstract: An insurance application operating at a mobile computing device may request a set of recommended insurance tasks for a recommendation engine. The request may identify a user associated with the insurance application, and the recommendation engine may associate the user with a user group based on user profile attributes associated with the user. The recommendation engine may determine which tasks available for selection at the insurance application to include in the set of recommended insurance tasks based on selection trend data associated with the user group. The recommendation engine may provide the set of recommended insurance tasks to the insurance application, and the insurance application may configure an insurance task list that includes insurance tasks of the set of recommended insurance tasks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Allstate Insurance Company
    Inventors: Jennifer A. Brandmaier, James Gillespie, Stephen Hughes, Daniel Koza, William Loo, Francis Lowry
  • Patent number: 9103687
    Abstract: Systems and methods may provide for generating and using information about fuel options along a predetermined route. An optimized fuel location server may use information related to the fuel efficiency in a given vehicle and information related to the amount of fuel currently present in a fuel tank associated with the vehicle to determine where along the predetermined route fuel will be required. The optimized fuel location server may also determine where the vehicle should stop for fuel to navigate the route in the lowest cost way possible. The optimized fuel location server may further consider user preferences, such as preferred fuel providers, in determining which fuel option should be used. Finally, the optimized fuel location server may be configured to send notifications (e.g., real-time, etc.) to a user device when the user device is within the vicinity of one or more fuel options.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Allstate Insurance Company
    Inventors: William Loo, Stephen Hughes, James Gillespie, Jennifer A. Brandmaier, Daniel Koza
  • Patent number: 9019092
    Abstract: Sensors installed at a vehicle may automatically detect that a disturbance event, such as a collision, has occurred at the vehicle. A disturbance response module installed at the vehicle may automatically determine whether the vehicle was running and whether the vehicle was moving when the disturbance event occurred. The disturbance response module may determine that the vehicle was parked in response to a determination that the vehicle was not running and not moving when the disturbance event occurred. A communication module installed at the vehicle may automatically transmit a notification message that indicates a disturbance event has occurred at the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Allstate Insurance Company
    Inventors: Jennifer A. Brandmaier, James Gillespie, Stephen Hughes, Daniel Koza, William Loo, Francis Lowry
  • Patent number: 8799034
    Abstract: A communication module may receive communications from a vehicle. A collision detection module may determine that a collision has occurred at a vehicle based on one or more of the communications received from a vehicle. A participant identification module may identify one or more participants involved in the collision based on one or more communications received from the vehicle. A fault determination module may identify one of the participants as the at-fault participant based on a comparison of a fault determination ruleset to vehicle telematics data included in one or more of the communications received from the vehicle. A claims processing module may determine whether to file an insurance claim associated with one of the participants based on the estimated repair cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Allstate University Company
    Inventors: Jennifer A. Brandmaier, James Gillespie, Stephen Hughes, Daniel Koza, William Loo, Francis Lowry
  • Patent number: 8510196
    Abstract: Systems and methods provide for an automated system for analyzing damage and processing claims associated with an insured item, such as a vehicle. An enhanced claims processing server may analyze damage associated with the insured item using photos/video transmitted to the server from a user device (e.g., a mobile device). The mobile device may receive feedback from the server regarding the acceptability of submitted photos/video, and if the server determines that any of the submitted photos/video is unacceptable, the mobile device may capture additional photos/video until all of the data are deemed acceptable. To aid in damage analysis, the server may also interface with various internal and external databases storing reference images of undamaged items and cost estimate information for repairing previously analyzed damages to similar items. Further still, the server may generate a payment for compensating a claimant for repair of the insured item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Allstate Insurance Company
    Inventors: Jennifer A. Brandmaier, Mark E. Faga, Robert H. Johnson, Daniel Koza, William Loo, Clint J. Marlow, Kurt M. Stricker
  • Patent number: 5719139
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is hydrogen, optionally substituted; acylamino, C.sub.1-6 alkyl, C.sub.2-6 alkenyl, C.sub.2-6 alkynyl, C.sub.1-6 alkoxy, C.sub.1-6 alkanoyloxy, C.sub.1-6 alkylamino, di-(C.sub.1-6 alkyl)amino, C.sub.1-6 alkoxycarbonyl, aminocarbonyl, C.sub.1-6 alkylaminocarbonyl or di-(C.sub.1-6 alkyl)aminocarbonyl;R.sup.2 is hydrogen or C.sub.1-6 alkoxy; orR.sup.1 and R.sup.2 together form optionally substituted C.sub.1-6 alkylene;R.sup.3 and R.sup.5 are independently hydrogen or C.sub.1-6 alkyl; andone of R.sup.4 and R.sup.6 is hydrogen or C.sub.1-4 alkyl and the other is selected from a number of groups or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or in vivo hydrolysable ester thereof.Processes of their preparation, intermediates in their preparation, their use as therapeutic agents and pharmaceutical compositions containing them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1998
    Assignees: Zeneca Limited, Zeneca Pharma SA
    Inventors: Jean-Jacques Marcel Lohmann, Patrice Jacky Daniel Koza