US Patent Issued to Allstate Insurance on July 14 for "Multi-computer system for dynamically detecting and identifying hazards" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,817, issued on July 14, was assigned to Allstate Insurance Co. (Northbrook, Ill.).

"Multi-computer system for dynamically detecting and identifying hazards" was invented by David Evan Shields (Evanston, Ill.), David Lambert (La Grange, Ill.), Kyle Patrick Schmitt (Chicago) and Pratheek M. Harish (Ontario, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for providing hazard detection and broadcast functions are provided. In some examples, sensor data may be captured by a mobile device, vehicle, or the like. The data may be used to detect a hazard, identify a type of hazard, and the like...