Patents by Inventor Stephen Tinglestad

Stephen Tinglestad 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).

  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING REPAIRS TO A VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20250278704
    Abstract: A system for instructing a user on repairing a vehicle configured to (i) receive, from the user computing device, a request to repair a vehicle, the vehicle including a damaged portion, (ii) prompt the user by displaying a prompt on a user interface of the user computing device to transmit one or more images of the damaged portion of the vehicle; (iii) execute a machine learning model by inputting the one or more images of the damaged portion of the vehicle, the machine learning model configured to determine damage to the vehicle based on at least the one or more images of the vehicle and to determine one or more repair facilities capable of performing repairs to the damage to the vehicle; and (iv) cause the one or more repair facilities to be displayed on the user computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2025
    Publication date: September 4, 2025
    Inventors: Amber Wyatt, Chris Ray, Ashish Sawhney, Tim Husarik, Jose Gonzalez, Tracey M. Herring, Holly Lambert, Stephen Tinglestad, Jason Beckman, Andrea Foster, John Freymann, Shane Tomlinson, Akilah Hugine, Daniel Green, Eric Brown
  • Systems and methods for performing repairs to a vehicle
    Patent number: 12321901
    Abstract: A system for instructing a user on repairing a vehicle configured to (i) receive, from the user, a request to repair a vehicle, including information about the vehicle; (ii) present, to the user via a user computer device, a user interface to allow the user to search for a repair facility to repair the vehicle; (iii) receive, from the user via the user interface, a selection of a repair facility; (iv) determine whether the selected repair facility is a select service location, where a select service location is a pre-authorized repair facility; and (v) if the selected repair facility is a select service location, transfer the information about the vehicle to a computer device associated with the selected repair facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
    Inventors: Amber Wyatt, Chris Ray, Ashish Sawhney, Tim Husarik, Jose Gonzalez, Tracey M. Herring, Holly Lambert, Stephen Tinglestad, Jason Beckman, Andrea Foster, John Freymann, Shane Tomlinson, Akilah Hugine, Daniel Green, Eric Brown
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING REPAIRS TO A VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20230123916
    Abstract: A system for instructing a user on repairing a vehicle configured to (i) receive, from the user, a request to repair a vehicle, including information about the vehicle; (ii) present, to the user via a user computer device, a user interface to allow the user to search for a repair facility to repair the vehicle; (iii) receive, from the user via the user interface, a selection of a repair facility; (iv) determine whether the selected repair facility is a select service location, where a select service location is a pre-authorized repair facility; and (v) if the selected repair facility is a select service location, transfer the information about the vehicle to a computer device associated with the selected repair facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Amber Wyatt, Chris Ray, Ashish Sawhney, Tim Husarik, Jose Gonzalez, Tracey M. Herring, Holly Lambert, Stephen Tinglestad, Jason Beckman, Andrea Foster, John Freymann, Shane Tomlinson, Akilah Hugine, Daniel Green, Eric Brown
  • Systems and methods for performing repairs to a vehicle
    Patent number: 11587046
    Abstract: A system for instructing a user on repairing a vehicle configured to (i) receive, from the user, a request to repair a vehicle, including information about the vehicle; (ii) present, to the user via a user computer device, a user interface to allow the user to search for a repair facility to repair the vehicle; (iii) receive, from the user via the user interface, a selection of a repair facility; (iv) determine whether the selected repair facility is a select service location, where a select service location is a pre-authorized repair facility; and (v) if the selected repair facility is a select service location, transfer the information about the vehicle to a computer device associated with the selected repair facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: Amber Wyatt, Chris Ray, Ashish Sawhney, Tim Husarik, Jose Gonzalez, Tracey Herring, Holly Lambert, Stephen Tinglestad, Jason Beckman, Andrea Foster, John Freymann, Shane Tomlinson, Akilah Hugine, Daniel Green, Eric Brown