18817143. SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WEATHER-RELATED VEHICLE DAMAGE PREVENTION (State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company)
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SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WEATHER-RELATED VEHICLE DAMAGE PREVENTION
Organization Name
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
Inventor(s)
Aaron Chan of Bloomington IL (US)
Christina P. Mullen of Bloomington IL (US)
Rosemarie Grant of Bloomington IL (US)
John Nepomuceno of Bloomington IL (US)
Cynthia L. Garretson of Bloomington IL (US)
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WEATHER-RELATED VEHICLE DAMAGE PREVENTION
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18817143 titled 'SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WEATHER-RELATED VEHICLE DAMAGE PREVENTION
Original Abstract Submitted
A vehicle weather damage-prevention system is provided. The system may include a vehicle computing device associated with a vehicle, a covered parking location (CPL) computing device associated with a covered parking location, and an insurance computing device. The vehicle computing device may receive weather data and determine whether the vehicle is affected by inclement weather. The vehicle computing device may receive from the CPL computing device information indicating whether the covered parking location has available parking spots. The vehicle computing device may transmit a request to the CPL computing device to reserve a parking spot. The CPL computing device may selectively permit the vehicle access to the covered parking location. The insurance computing device may monitor the vehicle computing device and/or the CPL computing device and determine if an insurance policy is eligible for insurance-related benefits based upon a usage profile of the vehicle or the covered parking location.
