US Patent Issued to STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE on Aug. 5 for "Assigning mobile device data to a vehicle" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,380,511, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY (Bloomington, Ill.).

"Assigning mobile device data to a vehicle" was invented by Nicholas U. Christopulos (Bloomington, Ill.), Nicholas R. Baker (Normal, Ill.), Eric Bellas (Bloomington, Ill.) and Benjamin F. Bowne (Mackinaw, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for identifying a primary vehicle associated with a user of a mobile device includes receiving an indication of a vehicle entry event from a mobile device and retrieving sensor data from the mobile device. The method further includes receiving an indication of a vehicle exit event fro...