US Patent Issued to STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE on Sept. 30 for "Connected car as a payment device" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,430,630, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY (Bloomington, Ill.).

"Connected car as a payment device" was invented by Kristopher Keith Gaudin (Bloomington, Ill.), Leo Nelson Chan (Normal, Ill.) and Justin Davis (Bloomington, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes determining a fuel amount; providing navigation directions; determining a vehicle arrival; transmitting a fuel purchase request; controlling a tank cover; receiving fuel; detecting that a tank is full; and transmitting a stop fueling request. A computer system includes a processor configured to: determine a fuel amou...