US Patent Issued to State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance on May 13 for "Broadcasting telematics data to nearby mobile devices, vehicles, and infrastructure" (Illinois Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,300,114, issued on May 13, was assigned to State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. (Bloomington, Ill.).

"Broadcasting telematics data to nearby mobile devices, vehicles, and infrastructure" was invented by Gregory L. Hayward (Bloomington, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer-implemented method of generating and broadcasting telematics and/or image data is provided. Telematics and/or image data may be collected, with customer permission, in real-time by a mobile device (or a Telematics App running thereon) traveling within an originating vehicle. The telematics data may include acceleration, braking, speed, heading, and locat...