Patents by Inventor William Polisson

William Polisson 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: 20230278564
    Abstract: A method, medium, and apparatus for educating and reducing risk to inexperienced drivers using vehicles with autonomous navigation systems. Data regarding a driver's past experience with vehicles and operating environments may be used to proactively warn the driver about a potential danger detected or predicted by the vehicle. An autonomous vehicle may prevent the driver from operating the vehicle under unfamiliar circumstances or from causing a collision. Data regarding a driver's past experience with vehicles and the safety features thereof may be used to mitigate risk of injury or property damage by selectively activating safety features in a new vehicle which the driver has not previously driven. Data regarding a driver's past experience with vehicles and safety features thereof may be used to determine a decreased or increased rental rate for a particular vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: William Polisson, Regina Madigan, Timothy W. Gibson, Surender Kumar, Mark Slusar
  • Publication number: 20230186388
    Abstract: Methods, computer-readable media, systems and apparatuses for determining and implementing dynamic usage-based insurance policies are presented. A cost per day and a cost per mile associated with the dynamic usage-based insurance policy may be determined. The cost per mile may be computed independently for each of a plurality of road segments comprising a trip based on a time of day that the vehicle traveled each road segment, a road type associated with each road segment. The cost per mile of each road segment of the driving trip may further include whether or not hard braking or hard cornering events were encountered during a specified cumulative driving distance that may include, at least a portion, of a plurality of driving trips. The cost per mile for each of the plurality of driving trips may be adjusted once a threshold distance has been traveled by the vehicle based on the number of hard braking events and hard cornering events occurred during that distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Christine L. Bischoff, Dana Ferguson, Eric D. Huls, Grady Irey, William Polisson, Caryl M. Styrsky, Ralph Adam Benjamin Tyner, Meg G. Walters
  • Patent number: 11597389
    Abstract: A method, medium, and apparatus for educating and reducing risk to inexperienced drivers using vehicles with autonomous navigation systems. Data regarding a driver's past experience with vehicles and operating environments may be used to proactively warn the driver about a potential danger detected or predicted by the vehicle. An autonomous vehicle may prevent the driver from operating the vehicle under unfamiliar circumstances or from causing a collision. Data regarding a driver's past experience with vehicles and the safety features thereof may be used to mitigate risk of injury or property damage by selectively activating safety features in a new vehicle which the driver has not previously driven. Data regarding a driver's past experience with vehicles and safety features thereof may be used to determine a decreased or increased rental rate for a particular vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: William Polisson, Regina Madigan, Timothy W. Gibson, Surender Kumar, Mark Slusar
  • Patent number: 11521268
    Abstract: Methods, computer-readable media, systems and apparatuses for determining and implementing dynamic usage-based insurance policies are presented. A cost per day and a cost per mile associated with the dynamic usage-based insurance policy may be determined. The cost per mile may be computed independently for each of a plurality of road segments comprising a trip based on a time of day that the vehicle traveled each road segment, a road type associated with each road segment. The cost per mile of each road segment of the driving trip may further include whether or not hard braking or hard cornering events were encountered during a specified cumulative driving distance that may include, at least a portion, of a plurality of driving trips. The cost per mile for each of the plurality of driving trips may be adjusted once a threshold distance has been traveled by the vehicle based on the number of hard braking events and hard cornering events occurred during that distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Allstate Insurance Company
    Inventors: Christine L. Bischoff, Dana Ferguson, Eric Huls, Grady Irey, William Polisson, Caryl M. Styrsky, Ralph Adam Benjamin Tyner, Meg G. Walters
  • Publication number: 20210245750
    Abstract: A method, medium, and apparatus for educating and reducing risk to inexperienced drivers using vehicles with autonomous navigation systems. Data regarding a driver's past experience with vehicles and operating environments may be used to proactively warn the driver about a potential danger detected or predicted by the vehicle. An autonomous vehicle may prevent the driver from operating the vehicle under unfamiliar circumstances or from causing a collision. Data regarding a driver's past experience with vehicles and the safety features thereof may be used to mitigate risk of injury or property damage by selectively activating safety features in a new vehicle which the driver has not previously driven. Data regarding a driver's past experience with vehicles and safety features thereof may be used to determine a decreased or increased rental rate for a particular vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: William Polisson, Regina Madigan, Timothy W. Gibson, Surender Kumar, Mark Slusar
  • Patent number: 11068985
    Abstract: Methods, computer-readable media, systems and apparatuses for determining and implementing dynamic usage-based insurance policies are presented. A cost per day and a cost per mile associated with the dynamic usage-based insurance policy may be determined. The cost per mile may be computed independently for each of a plurality of road segments comprising a trip based on a time of day that the vehicle traveled each road segment, a road type associated with each road segment. The cost per mile of each road segment of the driving trip may further include whether or not hard braking or hard cornering events were encountered during a specified cumulative driving distance that may include, at least a portion, of a plurality of driving trips. The cost per mile for each of the plurality of driving trips may be adjusted once a threshold distance has been traveled by the vehicle based on the number of hard braking events and hard cornering events occurred during that distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Allstate Insurance Company
    Inventors: Christine L. Bischoff, Dana Ferguson, Eric Huls, Grady Irey, William Polisson, Caryl M. Styrsky, Ralph Adam Benjamin Tyner, Meg G. Walters
  • Patent number: 10909629
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for determining the efficacy of an autonomous vehicle driving system in exhibiting safe driving behavior during test track scenarios. Testing parameters eliciting autonomous vehicle driving system behavior may be chosen for the test track scenario. The autonomous vehicle driving system may be tested in the test track and autonomous vehicle driving system behavior may be observed in response to the presentations of testing parameters. A safe driving score may be calculated for the autonomous vehicle driving system based on measured autonomous vehicle performance and operational data generated responsive to the presentation of testing parameters in the test track. A benchmark insurance premium may be calculated for an autonomous vehicle driving system based on the calculated safe driving score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Allstate Insurance Company
    Inventors: Regina Madigan, William Polisson, Mark V. Slusar
  • Publication number: 20200216081
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to using vehicle telematics data to assess parameters associated with vehicle operation. In some instances, a driving assessment system may include a first computing device associated with a user in a vehicle and a second computing located remotely from the first computing device. The first computing device may collect, by way of one or more of an accelerometer and global positioning system (GPS), vehicle operational data and vehicle locational information associated with the vehicle and corresponding to a trip of the vehicle and may transmit such information to the second computing device. The second computing device may identify actionable and second order actionable trip data from the vehicle operational data and vehicle locational information and may calculate a behavior score for the trip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Dana Ferguson, Jared S. Snyder, Anna Yum-Wai-Shan Chou, Craig Chang, Aaron D. Daly, William Polisson
  • Patent number: 10640117
    Abstract: A method, medium, and apparatus for educating and reducing risk to inexperienced drivers using vehicles with autonomous navigation systems. Data regarding a driver's past experience with vehicles and operating environments may be used to proactively warn the driver about a potential danger detected or predicted by the vehicle. An autonomous vehicle may prevent the driver from operating the vehicle under unfamiliar circumstances or from causing a collision. Data regarding a driver's past experience with vehicles and the safety features thereof may be used to mitigate risk of injury or property damage by selectively activating safety features in a new vehicle which the driver has not previously driven. Data regarding a driver's past experience with vehicles and safety features thereof may be used to determine a decreased or increased rental rate for a particular vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Allstate Insurance Company
    Inventors: William Polisson, Regina Madigan, Timothy W. Gibson, Surender Kumar, Mark Slusar
  • Patent number: 10430883
    Abstract: Methods, computer-readable media, systems and apparatuses for determining and implementing dynamic usage-based insurance policies are presented. A cost per day and a cost per mile associated with the dynamic usage-based insurance policy may be determined. The cost per mile may be computed independently for each of a plurality of road segments comprising a trip based on a time of day that the vehicle traveled each road segment, a road type associated with each road segment. The cost per mile of each road segment of the driving trip may further include whether or not hard braking or hard cornering events were encountered during a specified cumulative driving distance that may include, at least a portion, of a plurality of driving trips. The cost per mile for each of the plurality of driving trips may be adjusted once a threshold distance has been traveled by the vehicle based on the number of hard braking events and hard cornering events occurred during that distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Allstate Insurance Company
    Inventors: Christine L. Bischoff, Dana Ferguson, Eric D. Huls, Grady Irey, William Polisson, Caryl M. Styrsky, Ralph Adam Benjamin Tyner, Meg G. Walters
  • Publication number: 20180050698
    Abstract: A method, medium, and apparatus for educating and reducing risk to inexperienced drivers using vehicles with autonomous navigation systems. Data regarding a driver's past experience with vehicles and operating environments may be used to proactively warn the driver about a potential danger detected or predicted by the vehicle. An autonomous vehicle may prevent the driver from operating the vehicle under unfamiliar circumstances or from causing a collision. Data regarding a driver's past experience with vehicles and the safety features thereof may be used to mitigate risk of injury or property damage by selectively activating safety features in a new vehicle which the driver has not previously driven. Data regarding a driver's past experience with vehicles and safety features thereof may be used to determine a decreased or increased rental rate for a particular vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Inventors: William Polisson, Regina Madigan, Timothy W. Gibson, Surender Kumar, Mark Slusar