Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Smart contracts for vehicle events
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Application No.: US16915368Application Date: 2020-06-29
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Publication No.: US10943307B1Publication Date: 2021-03-09
- Inventor: William J. Leise , Jacob J. Alt , Jaime Skaggs , Eric Bellas , Shawn M. Call , Eric R. Moore , Melinda Teresa Magerkurth , Vicki King
- Applicant: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
- Applicant Address: US IL Bloomington
- Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
- Current Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Bloomington
- Agency: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP
- Main IPC: G06Q40/06
- IPC: G06Q40/06 ; G06Q40/08 ; G06Q40/00 ; G06Q10/00

Abstract:
Systems and methods are disclosed for interacting with smart contracts stored on a blockchain to control vehicle related activity. The systems and methods may include (1) receiving one or more transactions from one or more computing devices, the transactions associated with a particular vehicle and include a VIN for the vehicle and indicative of at least one of a trigger condition associated with the vehicle; (2) compiling the one or more transactions into a block of transactions; (3) distributing the block to a plurality of validation entities to form a consensus on an update to the distributed ledger; (4) routing the one or more transactions within the block to respective smart contracts associated with the VIN; and/or (5) automatically executing an action the particular smart contract directs should be performed in response to the particular trigger condition.
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