ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,682,401, issued on July 14, was assigned to STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY (Bloomington, Ill.).

"Systems and methods for generating a home score and modifications for a user" was invented by Sharon Gibson (Apache Junction, Ariz.), Daniel Wilson (Phoenix), Phillip Michael Wilkowski (Gilbert, Ariz.), Jason Goldfarb (Bloomington, Ill.), Arsh Singh (Frisco, Texas) and Dustin Helland (Morton, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are described for evaluating and gamifying maintenance for a property by a user. The method may include: (1) retrieving home data for a first property; (2) determining, using a first...