ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,707,312, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. (Bloomington, Ill.).

"Systems and methods for selecting locations to validate automated vehicle data transmission" was invented by Aaron Scott Chan (San Jose, Calif.) and Kenneth Jason Sanchez (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for validating automated vehicle data transmission capabilities of a vehicle is provided. The system includes a vehicle data transmission diagnostics (VDTD) server in communication with the vehicle and a plurality of roadside evaluation units. The VDTD server includes at least one processor and at least one m...