ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,727, issued on March 11, was assigned to Allstate Insurance Co. (Northobrook, Ill.).
"Traffic based driving analysis" was invented by Margaret A. Brinkmann (Palo Alto, Calif.), Daniel Kraft (Libertyville, Ill.), Nathan M. Bryer (Arlington Heights, Ill.), Eric D. Huls (Chicago) and Thomas Michael Warden (Belmont, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A driving analysis server may be configured to receive vehicle operation data from vehicle sensors and telematics devices of a first vehicle, and may use the data to identify a potentially high-risk or unsafe driving behavior by the first vehicle. The driving analysis server also may ret...