ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,315,018, issued on May 27, was assigned to Allstate Insurance Co. (Northbrook, Ill.).

"Configuration and transfer of image data using a mobile device" was invented by Jennifer A. Brandmaier (Chicago), Mark E. Faga (Evanston, Ill.), Robert H. Johnson (Hoffman Estates, Ill.), Daniel Koza (Hinsdale, Ill.), William Loo (Arlington Heights, Ill.), Clint J. Marlow (Barrington, Ill.) and Kurt M. Stricker (Northfield, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods provide for configuring and transferring multiple data files including image data files using a mobile device. A mobile device may acquire multiple data files including image f...