Wildfire Defense Systems, Inc. Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140257864 | WILDFIRE MITIGATION SERVICES IN-NETWORK APPROACH WITH AN INSURANCE POLICY - Methods and systems provide mitigation insurance and a network of service providers who perform the mitigation work at a discount rate for members who own mitigation insurance policies. Through mitigation insurance, embodiments of the present invention provide predictable, negotiated price for mitigation services and qualified service providers to the members of an insurance company. According to an embodiment, the mitigation insurance may provide a basic level of mitigation service to reduce a wildfire risk associated with a home by removing or modifying mitigatable items that act as fire fuels on and around the home. The mitigation insurance policy may be offered through an application on a mobile computing device which is implemented to survey homes and to interact with a server computer operated by the insurance company. | 09-11-2014 |
20140257862 | MOBILE APPLICATION FOR RISK MANAGEMENT - A system and method provide determining a risk of a natural hazard associated with a piece of real property and identifying mitigatable items located around the property by collecting local data using at least one sensor. The local data includes information related to risk factors associated with the property. In an embodiment, the local data is collected using a mobile computing device that includes at least one sensor and a mobile application. External data may be also combined with the local data for further analysis to identify mitigatable items. After identifying mitigatable items around the property, the mitigatable items can be modified or removed to reduce the risk of a natural hazard associated with the property. The systems and methods further include computing, using a data processor, an insurance premium of an insurance policy using a computed risk level of a natural hazard associated with the property. | 09-11-2014 |
20140244318 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLLECTING AND ASSESSING WILDFIRE HAZARD DATA* - A computer-implemented system for collecting and assessing wildfire hazard data comprising a mobile device with an application installed on the mobile device for on-site collection of wildfire hazard data and a wildfire risk assessment provider server. The data collected on the mobile device is merged with data at the wildfire risk assessment provider server to produce underwriting risk scores and reports for insurers, education-aimed recommendations and reports for policyholders, wildfire risk alerts for mobile device application users, strategies for client-to-policyholder wildfire awareness communication, and strategies for wildfire response teams used to drive pre-suppression and active fire actions. A method utilizing the system described above. | 08-28-2014 |
20140132409 | WILDFIRE RISK ASSESSMENT - A system and method provide determining a wildfire risk associated with home and identifying mitigatable features located on and around the home. An inspection list of questions is presented to a user through a mobile computing device, and images are captured by a camera included in the mobile computing device. In an embodiment, an image can be captured using augmented visual assistance through a mobile application. A wildfire risk associated with the home can be determined at least based on answers to the questions in the inspection list and captured images. In another embodiment, a virtual reality game for simulating a wildfire behavior is provided. The wildfire behavior can be re-simulated during the game after removing or modifying mitigatable features on or around the home. In yet another embodiment, a system and method for determining a building status and location is provided in real-time during an active fire. | 05-15-2014 |