ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,300,043, issued on May 13, was assigned to Allstate Insurance Co. (Northbrook, Ill.).
"Roadside assistance detection" was invented by Kyle Patrick Schmitt (Chicago), David Lambert (La Grange, Ill.), Bennett Hansen (Northbrook, Ill.), David Grady (Northbrook, Ill.), Rachael Rubin (Northbrook, Ill.), Dipti Karmarkar (Hoffman Estates, Ill.) and Christopher Ciesielski (Northbrook, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods in accordance with embodiments of the invention can proactively determine if a vehicle has stopped during a trip and calculate a likelihood that the vehicle is in need of roadside assistance. Information can b...