US Patent Issued to STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE on Sept. 30 for "Connected vehicle for providing navigation directions to merchant terminals that process vehicle payments" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,430,634, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY (Bloomington, Ill.).

"Connected vehicle for providing navigation directions to merchant terminals that process vehicle payments" 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: "Methods, systems, apparatus, and non-transitory computer readable media are described for using a vehicle as a payment device. Various aspects may include receiving a selection of a stored financial card or financial account at a vehicle head unit. The selected fi...