The disclosed embodiments generally relate to a method and computerized system for designing, developing, underwriting, selling and managing insurance and related products and services, and more particularly, to aggregating and utilizing data for facilitating certain insurance actions.
Smart house functionality is a maturing space, but the opportunity for insurance companies remains largely untapped. Thus, the terms of insurance policies, such as homeowner insurance policies, may not be reflective of the true nature of the risks being insured.
Another maturing space concerns satellite imagery. As the number of satellites increases, the more satellite imagery is becoming available to the public. As a result, satellite imagery systems or image draped systems, such as, Google Earth, are becoming more popular. Using Google Earth, a user can view satellite imagery, 3D terrain, and Geographic Information Services (GIS) data such as roads and political boundaries which can be stored in a central database. Google Earth can also display information from other public sources.
In this regard, there is utility and functionality to be provided by aggregating smart home functionality with satellite imagery and other insurance related data to facilitate rapid decision making processes.
The purpose and advantages of the below described illustrated embodiments will be set forth in and apparent from the description that follows. Additional advantages of the illustrated embodiments will be realized and attained by the devices, systems and methods particularly pointed out in the written description and claims hereof, as well as from the appended drawings.
To achieve these and other advantages and in accordance with the purpose of the illustrated embodiments, in one aspect, disclosed is an improved and efficient insurance data gathering process contingent upon captured image and informatics sensor data. The captured image data may be used to facilitate rapid insurance-related decisions. In regards to a decision to be rendered regarding a property insurance policy (e.g., insurance policy renewal, obtaining a new insurance policy and receiving a quote for an insurance policy), at least one image is preferably retrieved which is associated with the property. The retrieved at least one image may be utilized for property identification purposes. One or more accounts associated with the insured (e.g., homeowner's insurance policy, automobile insurance policy, life insurance policy and investment account (401K)) are identified and one or more risks characteristics are identified regarding the insured. Preferably, the one or more risks characteristics for the insured are identified via analysis of informatic data received from one or more informatic sensor devices associated with the property. The one or more accounts may be mutually exclusive of the insurance policy to which the decision is to be rendered. An aggregated dataset is provided from the at least one image, one or more accounts and risk characteristics associated with the insured. Predictive analysis is performed on the aggregated dataset to render a risk profile for the insured regarding an insurance policy for the property. A decision is rendered regarding the insured and the insurance policy based upon the rendered risk profile.
In another aspect, retrieving the at least one image includes determining if an image associated with the property is available from a stored location (e.g., a database), and if not, an image associated with the property is obtained in real time from a camera device. Additionally, it is to be appreciated retrieving at least one image may include determining one or more risk characteristics for the property via analysis of the at least one image and may also include rendering a 3D model representative of the property from a retrieved image.
This summary section is provided to introduce a selection of concepts in a simplified form that are further described subsequently in the detailed description section. This summary section is not intended to identify key features or essential features of the claimed subject matter, nor is it intended to be used to limit the scope of the claimed subject matter.
The accompanying appendices and/or drawings illustrate various non-limiting, example, inventive aspects in accordance with the present disclosure:
The illustrated embodiments are now described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings wherein like reference numerals identify similar structural/functional features. The illustrated embodiments are not limited in any way to what is illustrated as the illustrated embodiments described below are merely exemplary, which can be embodied in various forms, as appreciated by one skilled in the art. Therefore, it is to be understood that any structural and functional details disclosed herein are not to be interpreted as limiting, but merely as a basis for the claims and as a representation for teaching one skilled in the art to variously employ the discussed embodiments. Furthermore, the terms and phrases used herein are not intended to be limiting but rather to provide an understandable description of the illustrated embodiments.
Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. Although any methods and materials similar or equivalent to those described herein can also be used in the practice or testing of the illustrated embodiments, exemplary methods and materials are now described. All publications mentioned herein are incorporated herein by reference to disclose and describe the methods and/or materials in connection with which the publications are cited.
It must be noted that as used herein and in the appended claims, the singular forms “a”, “an,” and “the” include plural referents unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. Thus, for example, reference to “a stimulus” includes a plurality of such stimuli and reference to “the signal” includes reference to one or more signals and equivalents thereof known to those skilled in the art, and so forth.
It is to be appreciated the illustrated embodiments discussed below are preferably a software algorithm, program or code residing on computer useable medium having control logic for enabling execution on a machine having a computer processor. The machine typically includes memory storage configured to provide output from execution of the computer algorithm or program.
As used herein, the term “software” is meant to be synonymous with any code or program that can be in a processor of a host computer, regardless of whether the implementation is in hardware, firmware or as a software computer product available on a disc, a memory storage device, or for download from a remote machine. The embodiments described herein include such software to implement the equations, relationships and algorithms described above.
One skilled in the art will appreciate further features and advantages of the illustrated embodiments based on the above-described embodiments. Accordingly, the illustrated embodiments are not to be limited by what has been particularly shown and described, except as indicated by the appended claims. All publications and references cited herein are expressly incorporated herein by reference in their entirety. For instance, commonly assigned U.S. Pat. Nos. 8,289,160 and 8,400,299 are related to certain embodiments described here and are each incorporated herein by reference in their entirety. This application additionally relates to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/670,328 filed Nov. 6, 2012, which claims continuation priority to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/404,554 filed Mar. 16, 2009 which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.
As used herein, the term “risk related data” means data or information that may be relevant to an insurance company's decisions about underwriting, pricing, and other terms and conditions on which it is willing to issue insurance policies.
As used herein, the term “insurance policy” refers to a contract between an insurer, also known as an insurance company, and an insured, also known as a policyholder, in which the insurer agrees to indemnify the insured for specified losses, costs, or damage on specified terms and conditions in exchange of a certain premium amount paid by the insured. In a typical situation, when the insured suffers some loss for which he/she may have insurance the insured makes an insurance claim to request payment for the loss. It is to be appreciated for the purpose of the embodiments illustrated herein, the insurance policy is not to be understood to be limited to a residential or homeowners insurance policy, but can be for a commercial, umbrella, and other insurance policies known by those skilled in the art.
As also used herein, “insured” may refer to an applicant for a new insurance policy and/or may refer to an insured under an existing insurance policy.
As used herein, the term “insurance policy” may encompass a warranty or other contract for the repair, service, or maintenance of insured property.
As used herein, “insured property” means a dwelling, other buildings or structures, personal property, or business property, as well as the premises on which these are located, some or all which may be covered by an insurance policy.
Turning now descriptively to the drawings, in which similar reference characters denote similar elements throughout the several views,
It is to be understood a communication network 100 is a geographically distributed collection of nodes interconnected by communication links and segments for transporting data between end nodes, such as personal computers, work stations, smart phone devices, tablets, televisions, sensors and or other devices such as automobiles, etc. Many types of networks are available, with the types ranging from local area networks (LANs) to wide area networks (WANs). LANs typically connect the nodes over dedicated private communications links located in the same general physical location, such as an insured property 300 or campus. WANs, on the other hand, typically connect geographically dispersed nodes over long-distance communications links, such as common carrier telephone lines, optical lightpaths, synchronous optical networks (SONET), synchronous digital hierarchy (SDH) links, or Powerline Communications (PLC), and others.
As will be appreciated by one skilled in the art, aspects of the present invention may be embodied as a system, method or computer program product. Accordingly, aspects of the present invention may take the form of an entirely hardware embodiment, an entirely software embodiment (including firmware, resident software, micro-code, etc.) or an embodiment combining software and hardware aspects that may all generally be referred to herein as a “circuit,” “module” or “system.” Furthermore, aspects of the present invention may take the form of a computer program product embodied in one or more computer readable medium(s) having computer readable program code embodied thereon.
Any combination of one or more computer readable medium(s) may be utilized. The computer readable medium may be a computer readable signal medium or a computer readable storage medium. A computer readable storage medium may be, for example, but not limited to, an electronic, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared, or semiconductor system, apparatus, or device, or any suitable combination of the foregoing. More specific examples (a non-exhaustive list) of the computer readable storage medium would include the following: an electrical connection having one or more wires, a portable computer diskette, a hard disk, a random access memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM or Flash memory), an optical fiber, a portable compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM), an optical storage device, a magnetic storage device, or any suitable combination of the foregoing. In the context of this document, a computer readable storage medium may be any tangible medium that can contain, or store a program for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device.
A computer readable signal medium may include a propagated data signal with computer readable program code embodied therein, for example, in baseband or as part of a carrier wave. Such a propagated signal may take any of a variety of forms, including, but not limited to, electro-magnetic, optical, or any suitable combination thereof. A computer readable signal medium may be any computer readable medium that is not a computer readable storage medium and that can communicate, propagate, or transport a program for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device.
Program code embodied on a computer readable medium may be transmitted using any appropriate medium, including but not limited to wireless, wireline, optical fiber cable, RF, etc., or any suitable combination of the foregoing.
Computer program code for carrying out operations for aspects of the present invention may be written in any combination of one or more programming languages, including an object oriented programming language such as Java, Smalltalk, C++ or the like and conventional procedural programming languages, such as the “C” programming language or similar programming languages. The program code may execute entirely on the user's computer, partly on the user's computer, as a stand-alone software package, partly on the user's computer and partly on a remote computer or entirely on the remote computer or server. In the latter scenario, the remote computer may be connected to the user's computer through any type of network, including a local area network (LAN) or a wide area network (WAN), or the connection may be made to an external computer (for example, through the Internet using an Internet Service Provider).
Aspects of the present invention are described below with reference to flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams of methods, apparatus (systems) and computer program products according to embodiments of the invention. It will be understood that each block of the flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams, and combinations of blocks in the flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams, can be implemented by computer program instructions.
These computer program instructions may be provided to a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, or other programmable data processing apparatus to produce a machine, such that the instructions, which execute via the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing apparatus, create means for implementing the functions/acts specified in the flowchart and/or block diagram block or blocks.
These computer program instructions may also be stored in a computer readable medium that can direct a computer, other programmable data processing apparatus, or other devices to function in a particular manner, such that the instructions stored in the computer readable medium produce an article of manufacture including instructions which implement the function/act specified in the flowchart and/or block diagram block or blocks.
The computer program instructions may also be loaded onto a computer, other programmable data processing apparatus, or other devices to cause a series of operational steps to be performed on the computer, other programmable apparatus or other devices to produce a computer implemented process such that the instructions which execute on the computer or other programmable apparatus provide processes for implementing the functions/acts specified in the flowchart and/or block diagram block or blocks.
Device 200 is only one example of a suitable system and is not intended to suggest any limitation as to the scope of use or functionality of embodiments of the invention described herein. Regardless, computing device 200 is capable of being implemented and/or performing any of the functionality set forth herein.
Computing device 200 is operational with numerous other general purpose or special purpose computing system environments or configurations. Examples of well-known computing systems, environments, and/or configurations that may be suitable for use with computing device 200 include, but are not limited to, personal computer systems, server computer systems, thin clients, thick clients, hand-held or laptop devices, multiprocessor systems, microprocessor-based systems, set top boxes, programmable consumer electronics, network PCs, minicomputer systems, mainframe computer systems, and distributed data processing environments that include any of the above systems or devices, and the like.
Computing device 200 may be described in the general context of computer system-executable instructions, such as program modules, being executed by a computer system.
Generally, program modules may include routines, programs, objects, components, logic, data structures, and so on that perform particular tasks or implement particular abstract data types. Computing device 200 may be practiced in distributed data processing environments where tasks are performed by remote processing devices that are linked through a communications network. In a distributed data processing environment, program modules may be located in both local and remote computer system storage media including memory storage devices.
Device 200 is shown in
Bus 218 represents one or more of any of several types of bus structures, including a memory bus or memory controller, a peripheral bus, an accelerated graphics port, and a processor or local bus using any of a variety of bus architectures. By way of example, and not limitation, such architectures include Industry Standard Architecture (ISA) bus, Micro Channel Architecture (MCA) bus, Enhanced ISA (EISA) bus, Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) local bus, and Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) bus.
Computing device 200 typically includes a variety of computer system readable media.
Such media may be any available media that is accessible by device 200, and it includes both volatile and non-volatile media, removable and non-removable media.
System memory 228 can include computer system readable media in the form of volatile memory, such as random access memory (RAM) 230 and/or cache memory 232. Computing device 200 may further include other removable/non-removable, volatile/non-volatile computer system storage media. By way of example only, storage system 234 can be provided for reading from and writing to a non-removable, non-volatile magnetic media (not shown and typically called a “hard drive”). Although not shown, a magnetic disk drive for reading from and writing to a removable, non-volatile magnetic disk (e.g., a “floppy disk”), and an optical disk drive for reading from or writing to a removable, non-volatile optical disk such as a CD-ROM, DVD-ROM or other optical media can be provided. In such instances, each can be connected to bus 218 by one or more data media interfaces. As will be further depicted and described below, memory 228 may include at least one program product having a set (e.g., at least one) of program modules that are configured to carry out the functions of embodiments of the invention.
Program/utility 240, having a set (at least one) of program modules 215, such as policy manager module 306 described below, may be stored in memory 228 by way of example, and not limitation, as well as an operating system, one or more application programs, other program modules, and program data. Each of the operating system, one or more application programs, other program modules, and program data or some combination thereof, may include an implementation of a networking environment. Program modules 215 generally carry out the functions and/or methodologies of embodiments of the invention as described herein.
Device 200 may also communicate with one or more external devices 214 such as a keyboard, a pointing device, a display 224, etc.; one or more devices that enable a user to interact with computing device 200; and/or any devices (e.g., network card, modem, etc.) that enable computing device 200 to communicate with one or more other computing devices. Such communication can occur via Input/Output (I/O) interfaces 222. Still yet, device 200 can communicate with one or more networks such as a local area network (LAN), a general wide area network (WAN), and/or a public network (e.g., the Internet) via network adapter 220. As depicted, network adapter 220 communicates with the other components of computing device 200 via bus 218. It should be understood that although not shown, other hardware and/or software components could be used in conjunction with device 200. Examples, include, but are not limited to: microcode, device drivers, redundant processing units, external disk drive arrays, RAID systems, tape drives, and data archival storage systems, etc.
With the exemplary communication network 100 (
Computing device 103 is preferably configured and operational to receive (capture) data from various data sources, including various sensors 102, regarding certain aspects (including functional and operational) of insured property 300 (described further below) and transmit that captured data to a remote server 106, via network 100. It is noted device 103 may perform analytics regarding the captured sensor data regarding insured property 300 and/or the remote server 106, preferably controlled by an insurance company/carrier, may perform such analytics, as also further described below. It is also to be understood in other embodiments, data from sensors 102 may be transmitted directly to remote server 106, via network 100, thus either obviating the need for computing device 103 or mitigating its functionality to capture all data from sensors 102.
In the illustrated embodiment of
Temperature sensor—configured and operational to preferably detect the temperature present at the insured property 300. For example, the temperature may rise and fall with the change of seasons and/or the time of day. Moreover, in the event of a fire, the temperature present at the insured property 300 may rise quickly—possibly to a level of extreme high heat. The temperature sensor may make use of probes placed at various locations in and around the insured property 300, in order to collect a representative profile of the temperature present at the insured property 300. These probes may be connected to device 103 by wire, or by a wireless technology. For example, if device 103 is positioned in the attic of the insured property 300, the temperature may be higher than the general temperature present in the insured property. Thus, probes placed at various locations (e.g., in the basement, on the various levels of a multi-level insured property 300, in different rooms that receive different amounts of sun, etc.), in order to obtain an accurate picture of the temperature present at the insured property. Moreover, device 103 may record both the indoor and outdoor temperature present at the insured property 300. For example, data about the indoor temperature, the outdoor temperature, and/or the differential between indoor and outdoor temperatures, may be used as part of some analysis model, and thus all of the different values could be stored. Device 103 may store an abstract representation of temperature (e.g., the average indoor temperature, as collected at all of the probes), or may store each temperature reading individually so that the individual readings may be provided as input to an analysis model.
Humidity sensor—configured and operational to preferably detect the humidity present at the insured property 300. Humidity sensor may comprise the humidity-detection hardware, or may employ one or more remote probes, which may be located inside and/or outside the insured property 300. Humidity readings from one or more locations inside and/or outside the insured property could thus be recorded by device 103.
Water Sensor(s)/Water pressure sensor(s)—configured and operational to preferably monitor water related conditions, including (but not limited to): the detection of water and water pressure detection, for instance in the plumbing system in the insured property 300. With regards to a water pressure sensor, it may have one or more probes attached to various locations of the insured property's 300 plumbing, and thus device 103 may record the pressure present in the plumbing, and/or any changes in that pressure. For example, plumbing systems may be designed to withstand a certain amount of pressure, and if the pressure rises above that amount, the plumbing system may be at risk for leaking, bursting, or other failure. Thus, device 103 may record the water pressure (and water flow) that is present in the plumbing system at various points in time.
Water flow sensor—configured and operational to preferably monitor water flow rate in the plumbing system in the insured property 300. Water flow sensor may have one or more probes attached to various locations of the insured property's 300 plumbing, such as faucets, showerheads and appliances, and thus water flow sensor 103 may measure and/or record the amount of water flowing through the insured property's 300 water supply system. Thus, device 103 may record the water flow that is present in the plumbing system at various points in time.
Wind speed sensor—configured and operational to record the wind speed present at the insured property 300. For example, one or more wind sensors may be placed outside the insured property 300, at the wind speed and/or direction may be recorded at various points in time. Device 103 may record these wind speed and/or wind direction readings. The wind speed may be used by an analysis model for various purposes.
Motion sensor—configured and operational to sense motion in the insured property 300 to which device 300 is attached. Typically, insured property's 300 do not move significantly, except in the event of a catastrophe. Motion sensor may indicate that the insured property 300 is sliding down a hill (e.g., in the event of an extreme flood or mudslide), or is experiencing a measurable earthquake. A motion sensor may further include earth sensors for detecting sink holes and earth movement. In addition, a motion sensor may be configured and operational to sense the motion of objects within the insured property.
Optical (e.g., Camera/Imaging) sensor—configured and operational to allow viewing of the interior or exterior of the insured property 300 on which device 300 is attached or located. This sensor may be configured to allow access during certain triggered events. This may also include pre and post images of any event that would trigger systematic change detection that is able to compare, contrast and extrapolate differences in images.
Electrical system sensor/analyzer configured and operational to assess the condition of the insured property's 300 electrical system. For example, potentiometers may be connected to various points in the insured property's 300 electrical system to measure voltage. Readings from the potentiometers could be used to determine if the voltage is persistently too high, or too low, or if the voltage frequently drops and/or spikes. Such conditions may suggest that the insured property 300 is at risk for fire. Other types of electrical measurements could be taken, such as readings of current flowing through the electrical system. Still other types of electrical measurements could be determined include how energy is used and at what times of day it is used, etc. Any type of data about the insured property's 300 electrical system could be captured by device 103. An analysis model could use the information about electrical energy in various ways.
Positional sensor configured and operational to record the position of device 103. For example, the positional sensor may be, or may comprise, a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver, which may allow the position of device 103 to be determined. Or, as another example, positional sensor may use triangulation technology that communicates with fixed points (such as wireless communication towers) to determine its position. While as insured property 300 normally does not move, positional sensor may allow device 103 to be recovered in the event of a catastrophe. For example, if as insured property 300 explodes, or is otherwise catastrophically damaged, device 103 may be propelled to an unknown location. Positional sensor may indicate the geographical area of as insured property 300 which an analysis model could use in various ways. Positional sensor may record the position of device 103, which device 103 could communicate to an external source, thereby allowing device 103 to be found.
Structural sensor—configured and operational to preferably detect various structural conditions relating to insured property 300. A structural sensor may comprise detection hardware, or may employ one or more remote probes, which may be located inside and/or outside the insured property 300. Conditions recorded by structural sensor may include (but are not limited to) the condition of the wall structure, floor structure, ceiling structure and roof structure of insured property 300, which may be achieved via: load bearing detectors; components which measure the slope of a floor/wall/ceiling; carpet conditions (e.g., via nano sensor) or any another components functional to detect such conditions. Structural readings from one or more locations inside and/or outside the insured property 300 could thus be recorded by device 103 and used by an analysis model in various ways.
Environmental Sensor—configured and operational to preferably detect various environmental conditions relating to insured property 300. An environmental sensor may comprise detection hardware, or may employ one or more remote probes, which may be located inside and/or outside the insured property 300. Conditions recorded by an environmental sensor may include (but are not limited to) the air quality present in insured property 300, the presence of mold/bacteria/algae/lead paint or any contaminant adverse to human health (whether airborne or attached to a portion of the structure of insured property 300). Such environmental readings from one or more locations inside and/or outside the insured property 300 could thus be recorded by device 103 and used by an analysis model in various ways.
Appliance Sensor—configured and operational to preferably detect various operating parameters relating to appliances within as insured property 300. Examples of appliances include (but are not limited to) all kitchen appliances (e.g., refrigerator, freezer, stove, cooktop, oven, grill, dishwasher, etc.); HVAC components (air conditioner, heating system, air handlers, humidifiers/de-humidifiers, etc.), water purification system, media entertainment system (e.g., televisions), networking components (routers, switches, extenders, etc) electrical generator system, pool filtration and heating system, sump pump and water well system, septic tank system, etc. An appliance sensor may comprise detection hardware, or may employ one or more remote probes, which may be located inside and/or outside the insured property 300 functional to detect certain operating parameters of appliances. Operating parameters detected by an appliance sensor 300 may include (but are not limited to): the operating efficiency of an appliance (energy usage, output performance); the time an appliance operates, the age of an appliance; maintenance needs of an appliance (e.g., change a filter component or schedule a periodic examination/tune-up); and repair needs of an appliance (which may also include the identification of parts needed). Such appliance readings from one or more insured property appliances could thus be recorded by device 203 and used by an analysis model in various ways.
With exemplary sensors 102 identified and briefly described above, and as will be further discussed below, it is to be generally understood sensors 102 preferably record certain data parameters relating to products and services provided by an insurance carrier, such as USAA, to facilitate rapid decision making process as described below. It is to be understood and appreciated the aforementioned sensors 102 may be configured as wired and wireless types integrated in a networked environment (e.g., WAN, LAN, WiFi, 802.11X, 3G, LTE, etc.), which may also have an associated IP address. It is to be further appreciated the sensors 102 may consist of internal sensors located within the structure of insured property 300; external sensors located external of the structure of insured property 300; sound sensors for detecting ambient noise (e.g., for detecting termite and rodent activity, glass breakage, intruders, etc.). It is additionally to be understood and appreciated that sensors 102 can be networked into a central computer hub (e.g., device 103) in an insured property to aggregate collected sensor data packets. Aggregated data packets can be analyzed in either a computer system (e.g., device 103) or via an external computer environment (e.g., server 106). Additionally, it is to be understood data packets collected from sensors 102 can be aggregated in computing device 103 and sent as an aggregated packet to server 106 for subsequent analysis whereby data packets may be transmitted at prescribed time intervals (e.g., a benefit is to reduce cellular charges in that some insured properties 300 may not have Internet access or cellular service is backup when Internet service is nonfunctioning).
In accordance with an illustrated embodiment, in addition to the aforementioned, the sensors 102 being utilized relative to insured property 300, computing device 103 may additionally be coupled to a Clock 320 which may keep track of time for device 103, thereby allowing a given item of data to be associated with the time at which the data was captured. For example, device 103 may recurrently detect various environmental conditions relating to insured property 300, recurrently obtain captured images of various portions of the structure of insured property 300, etc., and may timestamp each reading and each image. The time at which the readings are taken may be used to reconstruct events or for other analytic purposes, such as those described below. For example, the timestamps on roof images associated with the insured property 300 may be indicative of a roof condition at different moments in time.
A storage component 322 may further be provided and utilized to store data readings and/or timestamps in device 103. For example, storage component 322 may comprise, or may otherwise make use of, magnetic or optical disks, volatile random-access memory, non-volatile random-access memory or any other type of storage device. There may be sufficient data storage capacity to store several days or several weeks worth of readings.
A communication component 324 may further be provided and utilized to communicate recorded information from computing device 103 to an external location, such as computer server 106, which may be associated with an insurance carrier such as USAA. Communication component 324 may be, or may comprise, a network communication card such as an Ethernet card, a WiFi card, or any other communication mechanism. However, communication component 324 could take any form and is not limited to these examples. Communication component 324 might encrypt data that it communicates, in order to protect the security and/or privacy of the data. Communication component 324 may communicate data recorded by device 103 (e.g., data stored in storage component 322) to an external location, such as server 106. For example, server 106 may be operated by an insurance company, and may collect data from computing device 103 to learn about risks, repair needs and other analytics related to insured property 300 in which device 103 is located. Communication component 324 may initiate communication sessions with server 106. Or, as another example, server 106 may contact device 103, through communication component 324, in order to receive data that has been stored by device 103. Additionally, data from sensors 102, other data sources (shown in
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With respect to image data sources 402, they are preferably operatively coupled to one or more instruments for receiving image data/information 408 associated with the insured property 300. Modern techniques for locating one or more positions relative to objects of interest typically involve instruments that are used for surveying, geographical information systems data collection, or geospatial data collection. For example. Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receivers are often used in conjunction with the surveying and geospatial instruments in order to speed position determination. Digital cameras 406, video cameras 406, multimedia devices, etc. may also be used for surveying purposes. The confluence of these systems/devices produces a variety of image data 408 that may be contained in one or more image data sources 402, such as an image-based georeferencing system, an image database, an image database management system, among others.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the image data sources 402 may contain various views of the insured property 300. There are two principal kinds of “views” described herein: elevation view and aerial view. Elevation view in its strict definition means an orthographic rectified representation of a structure, such as insured property 300, usually as viewed from ground level. Camera images/photographs not yet rectified for orthographic presentation and not strictly elevation views, but instead are referred to herein as ‘facade views.’ Aerial views are images taken from above the objects of interest (i.e., insured property 300), often from airplanes 403, drones 405 or satellites 401, and themselves may be rectified or otherwise rendered to become orthographic. However, many image databases show them without such rectification, thus often showing the elevation/facades of buildings in a foreshortened view. It is appreciated that a plan view such as from a blueprint or engineering drawing also falls into the category of aerial views as described herein. It is to be understood and appreciated, one or more image data sources 402 provide image data related to the insured property 300 to be aggregated by insurance server 106 as discussed further below.
With regards to external computing devices 410, each is preferably associated with a service provider relating to an insured property. For instance, they may include (but are not limited to) emergency responders (e.g., police, fire, medical, alarm monitoring services, etc.), utility companies (e.g., power, cable (phone, internet, television), water), service providers (e.g., home appliance providers), information/news providers (e.g., weather reports and other news items) and other like service/information/data providers.
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Generally, property insurance is associated with complex rating, underwriting and insurance-to-value processes, which typically require substantial data gathering activities. Typically, most of such data gathering is accomplished through a series of questions that are often answered by the customer. This manual process can be confusing and time consuming resulting in poor customer experience. Advantageously, policy manager 306 described herein may be configured to facilitate automated data gathering/aggregation from multiple sources, including image data sources 402, to streamline the end-to-end process (from quote to claim) of insuring customers. According to various embodiments of the present invention, in addition to data gathering and aggregation, policy manager 306 is preferably configured to facilitate a variety of property insurance related processes based upon the aggregated data. These processes include, but are not limited to, underwriting, rebuild cost estimation, providing a quote for an insurance policy, issuance and renewal of an insurance policy, validation of an insurance claim, and the like.
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At 504, in response to acquiring the geographical location of the insured property 300, policy manager 306 may search the one or more image data sources 402 using a query that includes data specifying a provided geographic location. If a desired image data or image information 408 does not exist in any of the image data sources 402, policy manager 306 may send an image capture request to one or more surveying instruments, such as satellite 401, camera 406, etc., to obtain a new image of the insured property 300. It is noted that according to an embodiment of the present invention one or more views of the insured property 300 may be captured in real time. The captured views may include, but are not limited to, elevation view, aerial view and fagade view of the insured property 300.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, if the policyholder interacts with the insurance company representative or website via a smart phone 105 or other portable device, at 506, policy manager 306 may transmit the retrieved or captured image of the insured property 300 to policyholder's device for property identification purposes. Cell phones, smart phones 105 and related portable devices typically include a display and a keypad. As shown in
Another embodiment at 504 includes taking the aerial imagery from images 408 and using the imagery for gathering useful insurance information about the insured property 300. For example, and for explanatory purpose only, the airplane 405 can take high resolution photos of the insured property 300. Algorithms can render those images into 3D models of the home, use object recognition software to identify exterior construction, roof type, number of windows, and other features of the property. These features can be pulled into a tool that will estimate the amount of insurance needed on the property.
Another embodiment is that risk characteristics can also be identified by the images collected. For example, the images 408 can identify that insured property 300 has a tree touching the roof of the insured property. When a tree touches the roof it can cause the roof to wear out quicker. An alert can be sent to the insurance company, the insured, or a 3rd party if a risk like this is identified. Risk characteristics like this can be used for underwriting, pricing, and acceptability of the homeowner policy.
With reference back to
At 510, policy manager 306 may collect various data related to the insured property 300 and/or policyholder. As a non-limiting example, the CRM tool 404 operatively interconnected with policy manager 306 may be operative to provide additional information about the policyholder. For instance, the CRM tool 404 may be operative to determine whether the policyholder has a homeowner's policy, a checking account, a life insurance policy and an investment device. If the policyholder has multiple lines of business with the insurance company, it may be determined that the risk profile may be lower than another policyholder with a homeowners policy only. Additionally, the CRM may be operative to determine the payment history for the policyholder. This information may be used to determine the policyholder's payment history as a data layer for making rating, acceptability, and/or coverage decisions.
With continuing reference to the aggregating of data in step 510, in an embodiment of the present invention, policy manager 306 preferably collects data related to a policyholder's surrounding risk characteristics. These risk characteristics can be data layers about the policyholder's risk in the area the policyholder lives. Examples of the risks that can be known or determined about the insured property 300 include, but are not limited to, the hurricane risk, earthquake risk, flood risk, crime risk, wildfire risk, lightning risk, hail risk, and sinkhole risk. Various information related to these risk factors can be captured by a plurality of sensors 102 described above with reference to
Additionally, policy manager 306 preferably collects data related to unstructured data. Unstructured data (also called unstructured information) refers to data with no uniform structure. Unlike structured data, which is described by explicit semantic data models, unstructured data lacks such explicit semantic structure necessary for computerized interpretation. According to an embodiment of the present invention, policy manager 306 could collect unstructured data from social networks, such as Facebook and Twitter. For instance, based on the geolocation information obtained at 502, policy manager 306 may determine that the insured property 300 is situated in a wildfire prone area. Furthermore, a community in this high wildfire area may organize wildfire prevention and mitigation efforts by means of social media coordination. The policy manager 306 and/or other modules hosted by the insurance server 106 can monitor the social media sites and may know that this community is organizing and utilizing wildfire loss mitigation techniques. This data could be used by policy manager 306 along with the other aggregated information about the policyholder and/or the insured property 300 to make various types of decisions and/or enable the provision of certain products/services such as those that can be offered by an insurance carrier. Also, policy manager 306 may determine that the aforesaid wildfire community is not giving out the latest wildfire science information to the community members. Accordingly, policy manager 306 may provide to the policyholder the latest information related to wildfire science mitigation techniques.
It should be appreciated that policy manager 306 may store the captured informatics data and retrieved image data in the data repository 310 (which is shown, in
With continuing reference to the step 510, in an embodiment of the present invention, policy manager 306 optionally selectively filters aggregated data based on the type of processes need to be performed and/or based on type of decisions need to be made. The main idea behind this aspect of the present invention is that policy manager 306 may selectively filter out any non-relevant data before sending the data to more predictive models described below, based on the context of the particular decision. In an embodiment of the present invention, data filtering feature may be implemented based on filtering rules predefined by the insurance company.
At 512, policy manager 306 preferably performs one or more processes identified at step 508 using the aggregated data in order to provide services/products desired by the policyholder. Examples of the services facilitated by policy manager 306 may include, without limitation, providing a quote for an insurance policy insuring the insured property 300, issuing a new insurance policy for the insured property 300, renewing the policyholder's property insurance policy associated with the insured property 300, validating an insurance claim associated with the insured property 300 if actual loss occurs, generating an insurance to value (ITV) estimate, and the like. In addition, prior to providing a quote, issuing and/or renewing an insurance policy, for example, policy manager 306 may conduct a rigorous underwriting process to evaluate risks associated with the insured property 300. It should be appreciated that policy manager 306 may utilize aggregated data, including image data, to perform the aforesaid processes. For instance, policy manager 306 may use one or more images provided by the one or more image data sources 402 to conduct a virtual inspection of the policyholder's insured property 300. As another example, if the policyholder is interested in initiating a hail damage claim against his/her insurance policy, policy manager 306 may evaluate an image, such as image 702 shown in
With continuing reference to the step 512, policy manager 306 preferably utilizes one or more predictive models to rapidly perform one or more insurance related process and/or to provide insurance related services identified at 508. Predictive modeling generally refers to techniques for extracting information from data to build a model that can predict an output from a given input. Predicting an output can include performing analysis to predict an occurrence of a certain peril, such as earthquake or hurricane, to name a few examples. Various types of predictive models can be used to analyze data and generate predictive outputs. Examples of predictive models include, but are not limited to, Naive Bayes classifiers, linear and logistic regression techniques, support vector machines, neural networks, memory-based reasoning techniques, and the like. Typically, a predictive model is trained with training data that includes input data and output data that mirror the form of input data that will be entered into the predictive model and the desired predictive output, respectively. The amount of training data that may be required to train a predictive model can be large. It is noted that different types of predictive models may be used by policy manager 306 depending on the type of the service/product provided and/or type of captured informatics sensor or image data.
It should be appreciated that some comprehensive insurance related decisions may be made by aggregating results provided by the one or more predictive models. For instance, to recalculate a coverage amount or a premium of the property-insurance policy, policy manager 306 may aggregate results provided by various models and available unstructured data that predict risks associated with hurricane risk, earthquake risk, flood risk, crime risk, wildfire risk, lightning risk, hail risk, sinkhole risk, and the like.
At 514, policy manager 306 preferably provides results to users via, for example, the aforementioned user interface module or website. Alternatively, policy manager 306 may store the generated results in the data repository 310.
Advantageously, policy manager 306, fully integrated with other modules and various data sources described above, provides an improved, efficient and streamlined data gathering process that is contingent upon dynamically captured image and informatics sensor data. In another aspect, policy manager 306 may also provide for “one click” process to facilitate a rapid insurance-related action. This “one click” process can quickly provide the policyholder a quote on, for example and not limited to, a homeowner or auto insurance policy. According to an illustrative embodiment of the present invention, policy manager 306 preferably aggregates and filters the information about the policyholder and/or a corresponding property using the ways illustrated above, and the policyholder either only has to provide very little or no additional information about their home or car. This can significantly expedite the quote process. For example, policy manager 306 can solicit a homeowners policy to the policyholder, the policyholder can see a picture of their home on a mobile phone (such as image 602 displayed on smart phone device 105 in
With certain illustrated embodiments described above, it is to be appreciated that various non-limiting embodiments described herein may be used separately, combined or selectively combined for specific applications. Further, some of the various features of the above non-limiting embodiments may be used without the corresponding use of other described features.
The foregoing description should therefore be considered as merely illustrative of the principles, teachings and exemplary embodiments of this invention, and not in limitation thereof.
It is to be understood that the above-described arrangements are only illustrative of the application of the principles of the illustrated embodiments. Numerous modifications and alternative arrangements may be devised by those skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the illustrated embodiments, and the appended claims are intended to cover such modifications and arrangements.
This application claims priority to U.S. Patent Application Ser. Nos. 61/926,095 filed Jan. 10, 2014; 61/926,091 filed Jan. 10, 2014; 61/926,095 filed Jan. 10, 2014; 61/926,098 filed Jan. 10, 2014; 61/926,103 filed Jan. 10, 2014; 61/926,108 filed Jan. 10, 2014; 61/926,111 filed Jan. 10, 2014; 61/926,114 filed Jan. 10, 2014; 61/926,118 filed Jan. 10, 2014; 61/926,119 filed Jan. 10, 2014; 61/926,121 filed Jan. 10, 2014; 61/926,123 filed Jan. 10, 2014; 61/926,536 filed Jan. 13, 2014; 61/926,541 filed Jan. 13, 2014; 61/926,534 filed Jan. 13, 2014; 61/926,532 filed Jan. 13, 2014; 61/943,897 filed Feb. 24, 2014; 61/943,901 filed Feb. 24, 2014: 61/943,906 filed Feb. 24, 2014; and 61/948,192 filed Mar. 5, 2014 which are each incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
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