US Patent Issued to STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE on Jan. 27 for "Sensing peripheral heuristic evidence, reinforcement, and engagement system" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,536,889, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY (Bloomington, Ill.).

"Sensing peripheral heuristic evidence, reinforcement, and engagement system" was invented by Aaron Williams (Congerville, Ill.), Joseph Robert Brannan (Bloomington, Ill.), Christopher N. Kawakita (Normal, Ill.) and Dana C. Hunt (Bloomington, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for identifying a condition associated with an individual in a home environment are provided. Sensors associated with the home environment detect data, which is captured and analyzed by a local or remote processor to identify the cond...