US Patent Issued to STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE on Dec. 2 for "Connected car as a payment device" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,488,328, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY (Bloomington, Ill.).

"Connected car as a payment device" was invented by Kristopher Keith Gaudin (Bloomington, Ill.), Justin Davis (Bloomington, Ill.) and Leo Nelson Chan (Normal, 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 financial card or financial account may be transmitted to a point-of-sale (POS...