ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,803, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Allstate Insurance Co. (Northbrook, Ill.).
"Remotely accessible secure enclosure" was invented by Chad W. Bohlmann (Oak Park, Ill.) and Emad S. Isaac (Downers Grove, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and apparatuses in accordance with embodiments of the invention can use a variety of computing devices to interact with and/or control a secure enclosure for a key fob. The secure enclosure may enclose the key fob, and includes a computing device, a locking mechanism, and at least one actuator. An actuator may control the locking mechanism. The actuator, when activated, may exer...