US Patent Issued to Allstate Insurance on May 13 for "Vehicle telematics system to promote good driving behavior using positive feedback and award points" (California, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,299,707, issued on May 13, was assigned to Allstate Insurance Co. (Northbrook, Ill.).

"Vehicle telematics system to promote good driving behavior using positive feedback and award points" was invented by Thomas Michael Warden (Belmont, Calif.), Daniel Kraft (Libertyville, Ill.), Nathan M. Bryer (Arlington Heights, Ill.), Eric Huls (Chicago) and Margaret A. Brinkmann (Palo Alto, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method are disclosed to promote good driving among users. A user-customizable good driving (GD) wish list may be created, populated, modified, and/or used to promote good driving. The GD wish list may be used in c...