Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for maintaining a distributed ledger pertaining to autonomous vehicles
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Application No.: US17082860Application Date: 2020-10-28
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Publication No.: US11593889B2Publication Date: 2023-02-28
- Inventor: Matthew L. Floyd , Alvin Hon-Wai Yu , Antwuan Murphy , Brittney Benzio , Lindsi Brantley , Matthew S. Delaney , Matthew Vulich , Matthew S. Rodriguez , Neha Goel , Sabrina Collins , Annie Pudlo Murillo
- 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: G06Q40/00
- IPC: G06Q40/00 ; G06Q40/08 ; G07C5/00 ; G07C5/02 ; G05D1/02 ; G06Q50/26 ; H04L9/06 ; G05D1/00

Abstract:
Methods and systems for maintaining a distributed ledger and/or blockchain of transactions and/or events pertaining to autonomous vehicles and/or smart contracts. An enforcement server may receive indications of transactions and/or events generated by one or more autonomous vehicles. The transactions and/or events may include information relating to a trigger condition and/or a decision condition associated with one or more smart contracts. The enforcement server may route the transaction to the appropriate smart contract to determine whether a trigger condition has been satisfied. When a trigger condition is satisfied, the enforcement server may automatically perform an action to enforce the smart contract and/or update the distributed ledger. In some aspects, the distributed ledger may record events associated with autonomous and semi-autonomous vehicle technology or system usage, including events associated with transitioning between manual and autonomous control, or vice versa, of one or more autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicles.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210118060A1 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAINTAINING A DISTRIBUTED LEDGER PERTAINING TO AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES Public/Granted day:2021-04-22
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