Patent ID: 11869089
Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 7:
8. A computer device for analyzing a vehicle trip, the computer device comprising:
one or more processors; and
one or more memories coupled to the one or more processors, the one or more memories including non-transitory computer executable instructions stored therein that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
receive a list of wireless communication addresses, each wireless communication address uniquely identifying one or more insured vehicles covered by an insurance policy of a respective insured driver;
store the list in the one or more memories;
determine, upon entering into a threshold communication range of a vehicle, a first wireless communication address of the vehicle, wherein the first wireless communication address is determined by the one or more processors without establishing a communication link between the computer device and the vehicle;
determine that the first wireless communication address matches a second wireless communications address included in the list of wireless communication addresses stored in the one or more memories;

cause, based on determining that the first wireless communication address matches the second wireless communications address, one or more sensors of the computer device to capture sensor data;
identify, based on the sensor data, a movement of the vehicle indicative of a beginning of a vehicle trip of the vehicle;
switch, based on identifying the movement, an application operating on the computer device from a background state to an active state, wherein, in the active state, the application:
receives telematics data directly from the one or more sensors
of the computer device during the vehicle trip, and

collects the telematics data in a memory associated with the computer device without maintaining a communication link with
the vehicle or a third-party telematics device; and

determine, based on the telematics data, a driving behavior of the insured driver.