US Patent Issued to STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE on Nov. 4 for "Systems and methods for communicating with an electric vehicle" (Illinois Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,462,307, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY (Bloomington, Ill.).

"Systems and methods for communicating with an electric vehicle" was invented by David W. Thurber (Sherman, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for communicating data with an electric vehicle are disclosed. According to some aspects, insurance risk related data associated with use of the electric vehicle may be collected and stored in one or more memories included in the electric vehicle. When the electric vehicle is connected to an electrical grid for charging a battery included in the electric vehicle, in so...