ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,548,081, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY (Bloomington, Ill.).

"Systems and methods of gig-economy fleet mobilization" was invented by Hannah Estes (Queen Creek, Ariz.), Audrey Schwartz (Mesa, Ariz.), Michael DiBenedetto (Mesa, Ariz.), James P. Rodriguez (Avondale, Ariz.), Anna Zarkoob (Tempe, Ariz.), Ben Tucker (Bloomington, Ill.), Dar Beachy (Hopedale, Ill.), Elijah Abella (Chandler, Ariz.), Diana Sherwood (Scottsdale, Ariz.), Emily Bryant (Mesa, Ariz.), Kristin Sellers (Gilbert, Ariz.), Brian M. Fields (Phoenix) and Hanpei Zhang (Mesa, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and me...