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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2023
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Bloomington, IL (US);
Joseph Robert Brannan, Bloomington, IL (US);
Vicki King, Bloomington, IL (US);
Brian Mark Fields, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Nathan L. Tofte, Downs, IL (US);
STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Bloomington, IL (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for alerting a user of crime-prone locations are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the method comprises: (1) receiving, by one or more processors from a user device, location data of the user device and a destination input by the user; (2) determining, by the one or more processors, based upon the location data, that the user device is approaching the destination; (3) loading, by the one or more processors, a crime density map surrounding the destination; (4) determining, by the one or more processors, based upon the crime density map, at least one non-crime-prone parking spot, wherein the at least one non-crime-prone parking spot meets at least one predetermined criterion; and/or (5) presenting, by the one or more processors via the user device, an indication of the at least one non-crime-prone parking spot.