ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,307,835, issued on May 20, was assigned to Allstate Insurance Co. (Northbrook, Ill.).
"Vehicle diagnostics" was invented by Daniel Kraft (Libertyville, Ill.), Jenny Sankovsky (Hawthorn Woods, Ill.) and Howard Hayes (Glencoe, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Computing systems for vehicle diagnostics are provided. In accordance with some aspects, a computing system may receive, from a vehicle (e.g., from a computing device installed in and/or at the vehicle), a diagnostic code generated by an on-board diagnostic (OBD) system of the vehicle. The computing system may determine an issue with the vehicle based on the diagnostic code and may...