Patent ID: 11915535
Assignee: ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 8:
9. A method for detecting a vehicle mode associated with a travel segment, the method comprising:
receiving, by a computing device, first mobile device sensor data collected by mobile device sensors of a mobile device during a trip, the first mobile device sensor data including acceleration data and location data;
assigning the first mobile device sensor data to a first user associated with the mobile device;
receiving, by the computing device and from an external database, map data comprising data comprising information about one or more routeways;
determining, by the computing device and based on the acceleration data and location data, a plurality of stopping points encountered during the trip;
assigning, by the computing device and based on a first stopping point and a second stopping point, a first travel segment;
determining, based on the location data collected during the first travel segment, a first vehicle mode associated with the first travel segment;
assigning the first vehicle mode to the first travel segment; and
storing the first vehicle mode at a memory for analysis of travel data during the trip, where the first vehicle mode and the travel data are associated with the first user.