Systems and methods for unmanned vehicle management
AssigneeUnited Services Automobile Association (USAA)
InventorsAnthony Scott Farnsworth, Justin Dax Haslam, Kathleen L. Swain, Teddy Joseph Edmond Voutour, Jess W. Gingrich, Michael J. Allen, Anthony G. Castiglione, Jordan A. Newmark
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Abstract
A property is identified about which to gather information. A vehicle is deployed to a location associated with the property. The vehicle gathers data at the location. A portion of the gathered data indicating a condition or event at the property is determined and encrypted. The portion of the gathered data is stored or sent to an authorized party.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- authorizing one or more vehicles to communicate with a device associated with a property;
- causing the one or more vehicles to gather data associated with the property, wherein at least a portion of the data is received from the device associated with the property;
- storing the data gathered by the one or more vehicles in a pool;
- receiving, from an entity, a request for a portion of the data in the pool;
- determining, based on an identity of the entity and a location of a property associated with the portion of the data, that the entity is authorized to access the data;
- and
- providing, based on determining that the entity is authorized to access the data, the portion of the data to the entity.
A computing device comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing device to:
- authorize one or more vehicles to communicate with a device associated with a property;
- cause the one or more vehicles to gather data associated with the property, wherein at least a portion of the data is received from the device associated with the property;
- store the data gathered by the one or more vehicles in a pool;
- receive, from an entity, a request for a portion of the data in the pool;
- determine, based on an identity of the entity and a location of a property associated with the portion of the data, that the entity is authorized to access the data;
- and
- provide, based on determining that the entity is authorized to access the data, the portion of the data to the entity.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause operations comprising:
- causing a device associated with a property to authorize one or more vehicles to engage in communication with the device;
- causing the one or more vehicles to gather data associated with the property, wherein at least a portion of the data is received from the device associated with the property;
- storing the data gathered by the one or more vehicles in a pool;
- receiving, from an entity, a request for a portion of the data in the pool;
- determining, based on an identity of the entity and a location of a property associated with the portion of the data, that the entity is authorized to access the data;
- and
- providing, based on determining that the entity is authorized to access the data, the portion of the data to the entity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.