State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Assigned Patent for Methods for Analyzing Sensor Data

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 24 -- State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance, Bloomington, Illinois, has been assigned a patent (No. 10,388,135, initially filed Oct. 2, 2015) developed by 15 co-inventors for "systems and methods for analyzing sensor data to detect property intrusion events." The co-inventors are Jackie O. Jordan II, Bloomington, Illinois, John Donovan, Bloomington, Illinois, David Turrentine, Bloomington, Illinois, Torri Wollenschlager, Bloomington, Illinois, Bryan R. Nussbaum, Bloomington, Illinois, Deanna Stockweather, Normal, Illinois, Jeffrey W. Stoiber, Bloomington, Illinois, Kerstin Markwardt, Phoenix, Arizona, Gail L. Carlson, Bloomington, Illinois, Kyle C. Schiebel, Bloomington, Illinois, Troy Winslow, Bloomington, Illinois, Joseph P. Harr, Bloomington, Illinois, Ellakate Wagner, Bloomington, Illinois, Michael Harris Jr., Normal, Illinois, and Jennylind Sun, Bloomington, Illinois.

The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=10,388,135.PN.&OS=PN/10,388,135&RS=PN/10,388,135

The abstract states: "The present embodiments relate to identifying property intrusion events based upon sensor data received from smart devices populated about a home. A smart home controller may compare the sensor data to baseline sensor data to dynamically identify an intrusion event that may be occurring. The controller may generate a notification and determine an action to perform to facilitate damage or risk mitigation. Accordingly, an individual associated with the home may be notified of the event, and then select to perform the action, such as via their mobile device. In some implementations, the controller may automatically perform the action. As a result, in response to computer identification of an intrusion event, corrective action may be taken or prompted, or otherwise any damage caused by the intrusion event may be mitigated, reducing insurance claims or claim amounts associated with intrusion events. Insurance discounts may be provided based upon the risk mitigation functionality."

Written by Ranjan Behera; edited by Sudarshan Harpal.