ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,657,595, issued on June 16, was assigned to STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY (Bloomington, Ill.).

"Driver profiles based upon responsiveness to vehicle alerts" was invented by Leo Nelson Chan (Normal, Ill.), Jacob J. Alt (Downs, Ill.), Matthew S. Megyese (Phoenix), Steven C. Cielocha (Bloomington, Ill.), Kristopher Keith Gaudin (Bloomington, Ill.) and Brian Mark Fields (Phoenix).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer-implemented method includes receiving software version data generated by an on-board system of a vehicle via a network, wherein the software version data indicates a version of software executed by the on-boa...