Data processing: financial – business practice – management – or co – Automated electrical financial or business practice or... – Insurance
Reexamination Certificate
2011-07-26
2011-07-26
Kramer, James (Department: 3693)
Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or co
Automated electrical financial or business practice or...
Insurance
Reexamination Certificate
active
07987103
ABSTRACT:
A method of providing vehicle insurance is disclosed. Determining a number of unexpired units distance under an existing insurance policy, the existing policy being defined in part by coverage for a predetermined number of units distance for a specified vehicle is disclosed. Assessing a premium per unit distance for a new policy, and providing coverage under the new policy for the unexpired units distance under the existing policy in exchange for receiving a payment comprising the difference between the premium per unit distance for the new policy and a premium per unit distance for the existing policy multiplied by the number of unexpired units distance is disclosed.
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Duncan Leonard D.
Fellows Jeffrey R.
Gay Chris
McKinney John C.
Fellers Snider Blankenship Bailey & Tippens, P.C.
Fu Hao
Kramer James
MileMeter, Inc.
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