ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,450,266, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY (Bloomington, Ill.).

"System and method for identifying locations with lifestyle preferences" was invented by Torri Wollenschlager (Bloomington, Ill.), Molly Vaughn (Bloomington, Ill.), John Lucas Bothwell (Bloomington, Ill.), Kristin E. Booth (Bloomington, Ill.), Tyler Haycraft (Rockwall, Texas), Connor Lirot (Plano, Texas), Bart Paul Pousson (Wylie, Texas), Courtney Gerard Smith (McKinney, Texas), Garrick Douglas Gabbrants (Bloomington, Ill.), James Joseph Mellinger (Allen, Texas), Charles Allen Stokes (Richardson, Texas), Tim Vernon (Nevada, Texas), Anthony Todd Frazier (Wylie, Texas) and Tho...