ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,315,014, issued on May 27, was assigned to Allstate Insurance Co.
"Reward system related to a vehicle-to-vehicle communication system" was invented by Mark V. Slusar (Chicago).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "System and methods are disclosed for determining, through vehicle-to-vehicle communication, whether vehicles are involved in autonomous droning. Vehicle driving data and other information may be used to calculate an autonomous droning reward amount. In addition, vehicle involved in a drafting relationship in addition to, or apart from, an autonomous droning relationship may be financially rewarded. Moreover, aspects of the disclosure r...