Patents by Inventor John Howard Mendenhall

John Howard Mendenhall 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).

  • Publication number: 20210256620
    Abstract: Method, apparatus, systems, and non-transitory media are described to simplify a user's interaction with a quoting application. Some data ordinarily requested by the user may be found from one of several private, public, and/or proprietary sources, so some prompts that would ordinarily need to be answered by the user may be eliminated. The described aspects also include retrieving data associated with one or more prompts, making assumptions about the user from the data, and using this data to prepopulate prompts. A control option indicative of a user's desired level of interaction with the application may affect the number of assumptions made and the number of omitted and/or prepopulated prompts presented to the user. By supplementing the user's prompt answers with database data, the number of prompts that need to be answered by the user may be reduced, thereby saving time for the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: John Howard Mendenhall, Andres Sulleiro, Lisa M. Smith, Julie Robertson, Don Paul, Melanie Perschnick, Sunni Barbera, Chris Giesler, Aaron Shimer, Nathon Turner
  • Patent number: 11055788
    Abstract: A system and method may automatically create auto insurance policy quotes using data obtained by processing an image of a vehicle information sticker. An image of a vehicle information sticker may be received and analyzed using optical character recognition or some other method. The data acquired from the image can be used to identify a particular vehicle, and retrieve data corresponding to the particular vehicle. The customer data, vehicle data, and other data can be used to calculate an insurance policy quote. The created quotes can then be presented to a user for purchase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: John Howard Mendenhall, David Bruce Hutchison
  • Publication number: 20210201415
    Abstract: Method, apparatus, systems, and non-transitory media are described to simplify a user's interaction with an insurance quoting application. Some data ordinarily requested by the user may be found from one of several private, public, and/or proprietary sources, so some prompts that would ordinarily need to be answered by the user may be eliminated. The described aspects also include retrieving data associated with one or more prompts, making assumptions about the user from the data, and using this data to prepopulate prompts. A control option indicative of a user's desired level of interaction with the application may affect the number of assumptions made and the number of omitted and/or prepopulated prompts presented to the user. By supplementing the user's prompt answers with database data, the number of prompts that need to be answered by the user may be reduced, thereby saving time for the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: John Howard Mendenhall, Andres Sulleiro, Lisa M. Smith, Julie Robertson, Don Paul, Melanie Perschnick, Sunni Barbera, Chris Giesler, Aaron Shimer, Nathon Turner
  • Patent number: 10559037
    Abstract: A system and method may automatically create auto insurance policy quotes using data obtained by processing an image of a vehicle information sticker. An image of a vehicle information sticker may be received and analyzed using optical character recognition or some other method. The data acquired from the image can be used to identify a particular vehicle, and retrieve data corresponding to the particular vehicle. The customer data, vehicle data, and other data can be used to calculate an insurance policy quote. The created quotes can then be presented to a user for purchase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: John Howard Mendenhall, David Bruce Hutchison