Patents by Inventor Leif A. Roll

Leif A. Roll 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: 10062117
    Abstract: Providing a property replacement loan offer to a customer that has lost property in a total loss event where the offer is provided automatically in response to an indication of the total loss event. The invention includes computer-based processes that collect customer-specific data for the customer whose property is involved in the total loss event and using this data to prequalify the customer for the property replacement loan. The processing includes accessing a credit bureau to receive data related to the customer's credit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: Leif A. Roll, Jun Wu, John F. Johnson, Kimberly D. Leigh
  • Publication number: 20150310546
    Abstract: Providing a discount for an interest rate on a loan in connection with the purchase of an insurance product. The insurance product may protect property purchased by the loan from loss. The loan applicant may be a new customer of the provider of the insurance product and the interest rate discount is an incentive for the customer to purchase a loan product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: Leif A. Roll, Jun Wu
  • Publication number: 20150019265
    Abstract: Methods and systems for bundling an insurance policy and an account of an investment vehicle include determining if the policy and/or the account is eligible for inclusion in a bundled product, generating an indication of the bundled product, and causing the indication to be transmitted to a user interface and/or computing device. The eligibility determination is based on a state or status of the policy and/or a state or status of the account, and optionally is based on characteristics and/or conditions associated with the policy and/or the account. A bundling benefit may be enacted. The bundling benefit may include, for example, a discount or waiver on a fee, charge or load of the investment account, and/or a discount or waiver of a premium of the insurance policy. The insurance policy may correspond to any type of insurance, and the investment account may correspond to any type of investment vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicant: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: Leif A. Roll, Vernon G. Brogla, Scott Hintz, Zupei Luo, Alan R. Hendren
  • Publication number: 20150019264
    Abstract: Methods and systems for bundling an insurance policy and an account of an investment vehicle include determining if the policy and/or the account is eligible for inclusion in a bundled product, generating an indication of the bundled product, and causing the indication to be transmitted to a user interface and/or computing device. The eligibility determination is based on a state or status of the policy and/or a state or status of the account, and optionally is based on characteristics and/or conditions associated with the policy and/or the account. A bundling benefit may be enacted. The bundling benefit may include, for example, a discount or waiver on a fee, charge or load of the investment account, and/or a discount or waiver of a premium of the insurance policy. The insurance policy may correspond to any type of insurance, and the investment account may correspond to any type of investment vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Leif A. Roll, Vernon G. Brogla, Scott Hintz, Zupei Luo, Alan R. Hendren
  • Patent number: 8788406
    Abstract: A computer-based method for automatically providing a loan offer to a customer may include: receiving an indication of a total loss event for the customer's property, collecting prequalification data for the customer from a data source comprising customer-specific data, collecting credit data associated with the customer's credit, determining whether to prequalify the customer for a property replacement loan based at least on (a) the collected prequalification data for the customer and (b) the collected credit data associated with the customer's credit, and in response to a determination to prequalify the customer for a property replacement loan, communicating to the customer an offer for the property replacement loan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
    Inventors: Leif A. Roll, Jun Wu, John F. Johnson, Kimberly D. Leigh
  • Publication number: 20140074514
    Abstract: Providing a discount for an insurance policy in connection with the purchase of a financial services product. The systems and methods of the present invention automatically apply a discount to an insurance policy held by a customer when the customer purchases and/or maintains a financial services account, such as a deposit account. The insurance policy discount is automatically discontinued when the financial services account is closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: Leif A. Roll, David Vincent Prus, Jun Wu, Gregory Lee Hayward, David Lee Menning
  • Publication number: 20140012607
    Abstract: A computer-based method for automatically providing a loan offer to a customer may include: receiving an indication of a total loss event for the customer's property, collecting prequalification data for the customer from a data source comprising customer-specific data, collecting credit data associated with the customer's credit, determining whether to prequalify the customer for a property replacement loan based at least on (a) the collected prequalification data for the customer and (b) the collected credit data associated with the customer's credit, and in response to a determination to prequalify the customer for a property replacement loan, communicating to the customer an offer for the property replacement loan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Inventors: Leif A. Roll, Jun WU, John F. Johnson, Kimberly D. Leigh
  • Publication number: 20130332334
    Abstract: Providing a property replacement loan offer to a customer that has lost property in a total loss event where the offer is provided automatically in response to an indication of the total loss event. The invention includes computer-based processes that collect customer-specific data for the customer whose property is involved in the total loss event and using this data to prequalify the customer for the property replacement loan. The processing includes accessing a credit bureau to receive data related to the customer's credit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2012
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Inventors: Leif A. Roll, Jun Wu, John F. Johnson, Kimberly D. Leigh