Patents
US 11334926 B1: Systems and methods to assess the condition of a vehicle
- Granted
- 2022-05-17
- Filed
- 2019-08-08 application 16535345
- Type
- Utility · 18 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method includes receiving a vehicle condition query via a computer network and retrieving condition data corresponding to a vehicle from a vehicle condition database. Further, the method includes determining a condition of the vehicle based on a collective analysis of the condition data, where the condition of the vehicle includes a market value of the vehicle and an overall quality level of the vehicle, and receiving a geographic location of a computing device. Still further, the method includes generating a vehicle condition report, where the vehicle condition report includes an interactive image of a first set of one or more visual condition descriptors indicative of the condition of the vehicle. Moreover, the method includes customizing the vehicle condition report according to the climate associated with the geographic location for the computing device, and communicating the vehicle condition report to the second computing device.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg220517.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company 2,604 patents | US company or organization | Bloomington, IL | STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE CO Form D issuer FUZZY medium confidence: same name (legal endings aside) and state | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Todd Binion | Bloomington, IL | 136 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Kelly S. Minter | Normal, IL | 9 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Heidi Brown-McCreery | Bloomington, IL | 7 | Person page FUZZY medium confidence | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| Michael Harris, Jr. | Tempe, AZ | 39 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Jeremy Myers | Normal, IL | 56 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Brian Mark Fields | Normal, IL | 287 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Joe Harr | Bloomington, IL | 18 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| G06Q | Information and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes; systems or methods specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes, not otherwise provided for | G06Q30/0278 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-08-08 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | FIELDS, BRIAN signed 2013-09-20 BINION, TODD signed 2013-09-23 BROWN-MCCREERY, HEIDI signed 2013-09-23 HARR, JOE signed 2013-09-23 HARRIS, MICHAEL signed 2013-09-23 MINTER, KELLY signed 2013-09-23 MYERS, JEREMY signed 2013-09-23 | STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY BLOOMINGTON, IL | 50003/830 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.
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