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Patent No.:

US 11037377 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2021

Filed:

Jan. 12, 2018

Distributed ledger system for managing smart vehicle data

Applicant:

State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Bloomington, IL (US);

Inventors:

Ronny S. Bryant, Bloomington, IL (US);

Stacie A. McCullough, Bloomington, IL (US);

Mitchell J. Hill, Bloomington, IL (US);

Jacob J. Alt, Downs, IL (US);

Jaime Skaggs, Chenoa, IL (US);

Shawn M. Call, Bloomington, IL (US);

Eric Bellas, Bloomington, IL (US);

Vicki King, Bloomington, IL (US);

Melinda Teresa Magerkurth, Utica, IL (US);

Assignee:

STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Bloomington, IL (US);

Attorney:

Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

Primary Examiner:

Scott C Anderson

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07C 5/00 (2006.01); G07C 5/08 (2006.01); G06Q 40/08 (2012.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01); G06F 16/27 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07C 5/008 (2013.01); B60W 50/00 (2013.01); G06F 16/27 (2019.01); G06Q 40/08 (2013.01); G07C 5/0808 (2013.01); H04L 67/1061 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.02); B60W 2756/10 (2020.02);
Abstract

Systems and methods are disclosed with respect to using a distributed ledger, such as a blockchain, for managing smart vehicle data. The managed data may relate to a detected vehicle event, such as: a motion or position detected by a motion or position sensor as a GPS chip, an accelerometer, a compass, a speedometer, a gyroscope, etc.; braking detected by a braking sensor; turn input detected by a steering wheel sensor; wheel position detected by a wheel sensor; engine temperature detected by a temperature gauge; oil temperature detected by a temperature gauge; a seatbelt status detected by a seatbelt and/or seat sensor; etc.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Bryant, Ronny. (2021). Distributed ledger system for managing smart vehicle data (U.S. Patent No. 11037377). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11037377

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