US Patent Issued to Allstate Insurance on Nov. 25 for "Systems and methods for automatic breakdown detection and roadside assistance" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,483,871, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Allstate Insurance Co. (Northbrook, Ill.).

"Systems and methods for automatic breakdown detection and roadside assistance" was invented by Emad S. Isaac (Downers Grove, Ill.), Tao Chen (Northbrook, Ill.), Manjunath Rao (Wheeling, Ill.), Umamaheshwar R. Uppada (Palatine, Ill.), Rodolfo Roberto Ballesteros (Aurora, Ill.) and Stephen Robert Newell (Belfast, Great Britain).

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 an individual is likely in need of roadside assistance. Information can be collected from the individu...