Patents by Inventor John Dillard
John Dillard 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: 20230281722Abstract: A method for providing smart auto rental estimatics to a user includes training a machine learning model to predict repair information, receiving a report, analyzing the report to identify a coverage, determining a vendor, receiving a chosen vendor, determining a branch, receiving a chosen branch, analyzing the report and a volume data using the trained machine learning model to determine loss information, calculating out-of-pockets, and transmitting the out-of-pockets to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2023Publication date: September 7, 2023Inventors: John Westhues, Leann Dionesotes, David Ruby, John Dillard
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Patent number: 11710185Abstract: A method for providing smart auto rental estimatics to a user includes training a machine learning model to predict repair information, receiving a report, analyzing the report to identify a coverage, determining a vendor, receiving a chosen vendor, determining a branch, receiving a chosen branch, analyzing the report and a volume data using the trained machine learning model to determine loss information, calculating out-of-pockets, and transmitting the out-of-pockets to the user.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2019Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANYInventors: John Westhues, Leann Dionesotes, David Ruby, John Dillard
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Publication number: 20220366510Abstract: A method of determining an injury segment includes receiving a loss report, analyzing the loss report using a trained model to determine a severity of an injury, determining, based on the severity of the injury, an injury segment, and storing, via a processor, an indication of the injury segment. A computer system includes a processor configured to receive a loss report, analyze the loss report using a trained model to determine the severity of an injury, determine an injury segment, and store an indication of the injury segment. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing program instructions that when executed cause a computer to receive a loss report, analyze the loss report using a trained model to determine the severity of an injury, determine an injury segment, and store an indication of the injury segment.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2022Publication date: November 17, 2022Inventors: John Westhues, Leann Dionesotes, David Ruby, John Dillard
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Patent number: 11403712Abstract: A method of determining an injury segment includes training a machine learning model, receiving a loss report, analyzing the loss report using the trained model to determine a severity of an injury, determining, based on the severity of the injury, an injury segment, and storing, via a processor, an indication of the injury segment. A computer system includes a processor configured to train a machine learning model, receive a loss report, analyze the loss report using the trained model to determine the severity of an injury, determine an injury segment, and store an indication of the injury segment. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing program instructions that when executed cause a computer to train a machine learning model, receive a loss report, analyze the loss report using the trained model to determine the severity of an injury, determine an injury segment, and store an indication of the injury segment.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2020Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANYInventors: John Westhues, Leann Dionesotes, David Ruby, John Dillard
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Patent number: 11361384Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed with respect to providing seamless customer experience transactions, in particular, linking disparate systems to facilitate a lower friction customer experience. An exemplary embodiment includes receiving recorded data from one or more connected devices at a geographic location; analyzing the recorded data, wherein analyzing the recorded data includes determining that an collision has occurred involving one or more vehicles; generating a transaction including the data indicative of the collision based upon the analysis; and transmitting the transaction to at least one other participant in the distributed ledger network.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2019Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANYInventors: John Westhues, Leann Dionesotes, David Ruby, John Dillard
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Publication number: 20210366048Abstract: A method for classifying total loss based on claim characteristics may include training a machine learning model using labeled data to classify a loss report, receiving a loss report associated with a policy, analyzing the loss report using the trained model to classify the loss report into a category, and storing an indication of total loss in association with the loss report when the category is a total loss category. A method for automating loss report taking may include receiving loss report data and telephony data from a user, correlating the user to a policy and a profile, determining a preferred language of the user and displaying a prepopulated loss report and a loss report word track in the preferred language of the user to a customer support user, wherein the prepopulated loss report and loss report word track are interpolated into predetermined locations in a loss report template.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2019Publication date: November 25, 2021Inventors: John Westhues, Leann Dionesotes, David Ruby, John Dillard
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Publication number: 20210027387Abstract: A method of determining an injury segment includes training a machine learning model, receiving a loss report, analyzing the loss report using the trained model to determine a severity of an injury, determining, based on the severity of the injury, an injury segment, and storing, via a processor, an indication of the injury segment. A computer system includes a processor configured to train a machine learning model, receive a loss report, analyze the loss report using the trained model to determine the severity of an injury, determine an injury segment, and store an indication of the injury segment. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing program instructions that when executed cause a computer to train a machine learning model, receive a loss report, analyze the loss report using the trained model to determine the severity of an injury, determine an injury segment, and store an indication of the injury segment.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2020Publication date: January 28, 2021Inventors: John Westhues, Leann Dionesotes, David Ruby, John Dillard
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Patent number: 10832347Abstract: A method of assigning and/or routing an auto claim to an appropriate claim handling tier to mitigate delay may include training a machine learning model using historical claim data to determine a severity corresponding to an injury claim, receiving a loss report corresponding to an auto accident, analyzing the loss report using the trained machine learning model to determine the severity of at least one injury corresponding to the loss report, determining an injury segment, and storing the indication of the injury segment in association with the loss report.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2019Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANYInventors: John Westhues, Leann Dionesotes, David Ruby, John Dillard
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Patent number: 10332658Abstract: The present invention relates to a surface modified overhead conductor with a coating that allows the conductor to operate at lower temperatures. The coating contains about 5% to about 30% of an inorganic adhesive, about 45% to about 92% of a filler, about 2% to about 20% of one or more emissivity agents, and about 1% to about 5% of a stabilizer.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2016Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignees: General Cable Technologies Corporation, Emisshield, Inc.Inventors: Vijay Mhetar, Cody R. Davis, Sathish Kumar Ranganathan, John Olver, John Dillard
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Patent number: 10116673Abstract: A computer implemented method may allow for the upload and verification of a document. In one aspect, the method may receive a file at a data server associated with an insurance company event and determine if the file contains a computer security threat. The method may also determine if the file is supported and convert the file wherein the converted file is supported. The method may further flag the converted file for association with an insurance company event and transmit the converted file to a permanent storage server.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2017Date of Patent: October 30, 2018Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANYInventors: Jeffrey Mousty, John Dillard, Surendra Karnatapu, Robert Fatima
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Patent number: 9894087Abstract: A computer implemented method may allow for the upload and verification of a document. In one aspect, the method may receive a file at a data server associated with an insurance company event and determine if the file contains a computer security threat. The method may also determine if the file is supported and convert the file wherein the converted file is supported. The method may further flag the converted file for association with an insurance company event and transmit the converted file to a permanent storage server.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2016Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANYInventors: Jeffrey Mousty, John Dillard, Surendra Karnatapu, Robert Fatima
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Publication number: 20160343476Abstract: The present invention relates to a surface modified overhead conductor with a coating that allows the conductor to operate at lower temperatures. The coating contains about 5% to about 30% of an inorganic adhesive, about 45% to about 92% of a filler, about 2% to about 20% of one or more emissivity agents, and about 1% to about 5% of a stabilizer.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2016Publication date: November 24, 2016Inventors: Vijay MHETAR, Cody R. DAVIS, Sathish Kumar RANGANATHAN, John OLVER, John DILLARD
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Patent number: 9497214Abstract: A computer implemented method may allow for the upload and verification of a document. In one aspect, the method may receive a file associated with an insurance company event, determine if the file contains a computer security threat and transmit the file to a temporary data server. The method may also determine if the file is supported and convert the file wherein the converted file is supported. The method may further flag the converted file for association with an insurance company event and transmit the converted file to a permanent storage server.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2015Date of Patent: November 15, 2016Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANYInventors: Jeffrey Mousty, John Dillard, Surendra Karnatapu, Robert Fatima
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Patent number: 9210186Abstract: A computer implemented method may allow for the upload and verification of a document. In one aspect, the method may receive a file associated with an insurance company event, determine if the file contains a computer security threat and transmit the file to a temporary data server. The method may also determine if the file is supported, convert the file and transmit the converted file to the client device for a verification that the converted file can be uploaded. The method may further receive the verification from the client device that the converted file can be uploaded, flag the converted file for association with an insurance company event and transmit the converted file to a permanent storage server.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2015Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANYInventors: Jeffrey Mousty, John Dillard, Surendra Karnatapu, Robert Fatima
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Patent number: 9083742Abstract: A computer implemented method may allow for the upload and verification of a document. In one aspect, the method may receive a file associated with an insurance company event, determine if the file contains malicious code and transmit the file to a temporary data server. The method may also determine if the file is in a supported file format and if the file meets a supported file size, convert the file and transmit the converted file to the client device for a verification that the converted file can be uploaded. The method may further receive the verification from the client device that the converted file can be uploaded, flag the converted file for association with a customer account associated with the client device and transmit the converted file to a permanent storage server.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2015Date of Patent: July 14, 2015Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANYInventors: Jeffrey Mousty, John Dillard, Surendra Karnatapu, Robert Fatima
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Publication number: 20150128275Abstract: A computer implemented method may allow for the upload and verification of a document. In one aspect, the method may receive a file associated with an insurance company event, determine if the file contains malicious code and transmit the file to a temporary data server. The method may also determine if the file is in a supported file format and if the file meets a supported file size, convert the file and transmit the converted file to the client device for a verification that the converted file can be uploaded. The method may further receive the verification from the client device that the converted file can be uploaded, flag the converted file for association with a customer account associated with the client device and transmit the converted file to a permanent storage server.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2015Publication date: May 7, 2015Applicant: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANYInventors: Jeffrey Mousty, John Dillard, Surendra Karnatapu, Robert Fatima
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Publication number: 20150104641Abstract: The present invention relates to a surface modified overhead conductor with a coating that allows the conductor to operate at lower temperatures. The coating contains about 5% to about 30% of an inorganic adhesive, about 45% to about 92% of a filler, about 2% to about 20% of one or more emissivity agents, and about 1% to about 5% of a stabilizer.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2013Publication date: April 16, 2015Applicants: EMISSHIELD, INC., GENERAL CABLETECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Vijay MHETAR, Cody R. DAVIS, Sathish Kumar RANGANATHAN, John OLVER, John DILLARD
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Patent number: 8955137Abstract: An upload and verification system allows a user to upload files which the user would like to attached to the electronic record of a certain event associated with the company, for example, an insurance claim. A quarantine server may receive the uploaded file and scan the file for malicious code. The quarantine server may transmit the file to temporary storage server. The temporary storage server may receive the file, may convert the file to a file format supported by the company system and may compress the file. The temporary storage server may also transmit a preview of the file back to the client device, where the user can verify that the correct document has been uploaded and no mistakes have been made.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2013Date of Patent: February 10, 2015Assignee: State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance CompanyInventors: Jeffrey Mousty, John Dillard, Surendra Karnatapu, Robert Fatima
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Publication number: 20140181969Abstract: An upload and verification system allows a user to upload files which the user would like to attached to the electronic record of a certain event associated with the company, for example, an insurance claim. A quarantine server may receive the uploaded file and scan the file for malicious code. The quarantine server may transmit the file to temporary storage server. The temporary storage server may receive the file, may convert the file to a file format supported by the company system and may compress the file. The temporary storage server may also transmit a preview of the file back to the client device, where the user can verify that the correct document has been uploaded and no mistakes have been made.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2013Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicant: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANYInventors: Jeffrey Mousty, John Dillard, Surendra Karnatapu, Robert Fatima
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Publication number: 20060156958Abstract: A coating, method of coating and substrates coated thereby, wherein the coating contains an inorganic adhesive such as an alkali/alkaline earth metal silicate such as sodium silicate, potassium silicate, calcium silicate, and magnesium silicate; a filler such as a metal oxide for example silicon dioxide, aluminum oxide, titanium dioxide, magnesium oxide, calcium oxide and boron oxide; and one or more emissivity agents such as silicon hexaboride, carbon tetraboride, silicon tetraboride, silicon carbide, molybdenum disilicide, tungsten disilicide, zirconium diboride, cupric chromite, or metallic oxides such as iron oxides, magnesium oxides, manganese oxides, chromium oxides and copper chromium oxides, and derivatives thereof. In a coating solution, an admixture of the coating contains water. A stabilizer such as bentonite, kaolin, magnesium alumina silicon clay, tabular alumina and stabilized zirconium oxide may be added.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2003Publication date: July 20, 2006Inventors: Jason Simmons, Timothy Evans, Rex Churchward, John Dillard, John Olver