US Patent Issued to State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance on Sept. 2 for "Electric vehicle charging management system and method" (Illinois Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,403,787, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. (Bloomington, Ill.).

"Electric vehicle charging management system and method" was invented by Joseph R. Brannan (Bloomington, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Computer-implemented methods and computer systems are disclosed herein as implemented by a controller operatively coupled to a network of electric vehicles. The methods and systems include the controller (i) receiving a notification that an electric vehicle is stranded without sufficient power to operate; (ii) receiving information regarding the stranded electric vehicle; (iii) detecting one o...