ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,403,914, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to DEPURA PARTNERS LLC (Henrico, Va.).

"System for monitoring and classifying vehicle operator behavior" was invented by Shalini Memani (Mumbai, India), Bhavna S. Depura (Henrico, Va.) and Jamna Lal Depura (Kolkata, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "System for determining qualification for insurance, cost of insurance or combinations thereof for a motor vehicle operator. At least one personal monitoring device monitors and communicates information about an operator of the motor vehicle, including at least driving data collected when the operator is operating the motor vehicle without receiving ...