US Patent Issued to Arity International on March 18 for "Driving points" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,254,483, issued on March 18, was assigned to Arity International Ltd. (Belfast, Ireland).

"Driving points" was invented by Ginger Purgatorio (Algonquin, Ill.) and Orlando E. Mercado (Rolling Meadows, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A safe driving currency system may obtain telematics data indicative of a driver's operation of a vehicle, determine whether a driver is engaged in safe operation of a vehicle, and award safe driving currency (e.g., driving points) for operating the vehicle in a safe manner. The driver may also enter safe driving tournaments to obtain safe driving currency. The driver may then use the safe driving currenc...