US Patent Issued to Allstate Insurance on Feb. 10 for "Bilateral communication in a login-free environment" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,549,681, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Allstate Insurance Co. (Northbrook, Ill.).

"Bilateral communication in a login-free environment" was invented by Sean Michael Beavers (Morton Grove, Ill.), David Gilkison (Libertyville, Ill.), Pinal Patel (Libertyville, Ill.), Steven Genc (Hainesville, Ill.) and David M. Zahn (Lake Villa, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method, medium, and apparatus for allowing evaluation of property, such as damaged property, remotely and efficiently. A mobile computing device may be used to conduct bilateral communication between a client and an agent for evaluating property. Systems and methods may be...