ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,549,929, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. (Bloomington, Ill.).

"Tow and emergency roadside assistance locating and tracking mobile application" was invented by George T. Dulee (Bloomington, Ill.), Natalie R. Smith (Alpharetta, Ga.), Matthew Clarenson (Chatham, Ill.), Michelle Ann Curtis (Heyworth, Ill.), Justin Davis (Blomington, Ill.) and Jacob Alt (Downs, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for providing dynamic roadside assistance coordination may include a customer mobile device or vehicle in direct, or indirect, wireless communication with an insurance provider and/or service pro...