US Patent Issued to State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance on March 18 for "Systems and methods for handling communications during user operation of a motor vehicle" (Illinois Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,300, issued on March 18, was assigned to State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. (Bloomington, Ill.).

"Systems and methods for handling communications during user operation of a motor vehicle" was invented by Frankie Lockenour (Bloomington, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one aspect, a system for receiving communications while a user operates a motor vehicle is provided. The system may include (1) a BLUETOOTH interface configured to establish a connection to a BLUETOOTH device associated with the motor vehicle, (2) a wireless communication interface configured to receive a wireless communication from a remote device, and (...