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Systems and methods for weather-related vehicle damage prevention

Grant US12591935B2 Kind: B2 Mar 31, 2026

Assignee

State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company

Inventors

Aaron Chan, Christina P. Mullen, Rosemarie Grant, John Nepomuceno, Cynthia L. Garretson

Abstract

A computer-implemented method for providing covered parking to vehicles is provided. The method may include transmitting a location identifier of a covered parking location and a communication address of a covered parking location (CPL) computing device to a vehicle computing device and/or an insurance computing device. The method may further include transmitting a signal to the vehicle computing device indicating a number of available parking spots of the covered parking location when the vehicle computing device contacts the CPL computing device, receiving a request from the vehicle computing device to reserve a parking spot of the covered parking location, determining whether to accept the request, and transmitting a response to the vehicle computing device. Accepting the request causes the CPL computing device to permit a vehicle associated with the vehicle computing device access to the covered parking location.

CPC Classifications

G06Q 40/08

Filing Date

2024-04-29

Application No.

18649743

Claims

18