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US 12,515,646 · App. 18/645,853 · Granted Jan 6, 2026

Subscription-based and event-based connected vehicle control and response systems

Inventors: Surender Kumar (Palatine, IL); Clint J. Marlow (Barrington, IL); Timothy W. Gibson (Barrington, IL); Mark V. Slusar (Chicago, IL); Chris Wiklund (Downers Grove, IL); Younuskhan Mohamed Iynoolkhan (Rolling Meadows, IL)
B60W30/09G06Q30/0213G07C5/085G08G1/0125G08G1/161B60W2554/00
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Patent No.
US 12,515,646
App. No.
18/645,853
Filed
Apr 25, 2024
Granted
Jan 6, 2026
Kind
B2
Art Unit
3668
USPC
701/23
Abstract

Event-based and subscription-based connected vehicle control and response systems, methods, and apparatus are disclosed. An example method comprises receiving first data acquired by a first plurality of vehicle operation sensors of a first vehicle from a first computing device associated with a first subscriber, identifying an occurrence of an event involving the first vehicle, requesting second data acquired by one or more responsive object sensors in a vicinity of the event, determining a causation of the event, generating a fault distribution, and transmitting the fault distribution to the computing device of the first subscriber.

Claims (54)

1 . A system comprising:

a server comprising at least one processor and memory comprising instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the server to:

receive, from a computing device via a communication channel, associated with a first subscriber, first data acquired by at least one vehicle operation sensor associated with a first vehicle;

identify, based on the first data acquired by the at least one vehicle operation sensor, an occurrence of an event involving the first vehicle;

identify one or more responsive object sensors in a vicinity of the event;

request, from the one or more responsive object sensors, second data;

determine, based on the first data and the second data, a causation of the event;

generate, based on at least one of the first data, the second data, or the causation, a fault distribution of the occurrence;

transmit, to the computing device of the first subscriber via the communication channel, the fault distribution,

wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the server to:

upon determining a second vehicle is within a predetermined distance of the event, generate, an event avoidance maneuver; and

transmit, to the second vehicle via the communication channel, the event avoidance maneuver.

2 . The system of claim 1 wherein the fault distribution includes a percentage of fault attributed to at least one of the first vehicle, a second vehicle, or an entity.

3 . The system of claim 1 wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the server to:

determine, based on at least one of the first data or the second data, a geographic location associated with the occurrence;

query a database for historical data associated with the geographic location; and

determine the causation of the occurrence based on the first data, the second data, and the historical data.

4 . The system of claim 3 wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the server to:

generate, based on the first data, the second data, and the historical data, a fault trend.

5 . The system of claim 1 wherein the one or more responsive object sensors are associated with a second vehicle or an infrastructure device.

6 . The system of claim 1 wherein the event avoidance maneuver includes route instructions to avoid the event.

7 . The system of claim 1 wherein the second vehicle is an autonomous vehicle.

8 . The system of claim 1 wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the server to:

determine, based on the causation of the event, an action to eliminate the causation.

9 . The system of claim 1 wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the server to:

generate, based on the fault distribution, a reward for the first subscriber, and transmit a notification of the reward to the first subscriber.

10 . A method comprising:

receiving, from a computing device via a communication channel, associated with a first subscriber, first data acquired by at least one vehicle operation sensor associated with a first vehicle;

identifying, based on the first data acquired by the at least one vehicle operation sensor, an occurrence of an event involving the first vehicle;

identifying one or more responsive object sensors in a vicinity of the event;

requesting, from the one or more responsive object sensors, second data;

determining, based on the first data and the second data, a causation of the event;

generating, based on at least one of the first data, the second data, or the causation, a fault distribution of the occurrence;

transmitting, to the computing device of the first subscriber via the communication channel, the fault distribution,

upon determining a second vehicle is within a predetermined distance of the event, generating, an event avoidance maneuver; and

transmit, to the second vehicle, via the communication channel the event avoidance maneuver.

11 . The method of claim 10 wherein the fault distribution includes a percentage of fault attributed to at least one of the first vehicle, a second vehicle or an entity.

12 . The method of claim 10 wherein the method further comprises:

determining, based on at least one of the first data or the second data, a geographic location associated with the occurrence;

querying a database for historical data associated with the geographic location; and

determining the causation of the occurrence based on the first data, the second data, and the historical data.

13 . The method of claim 12 wherein the method further comprises:

generating, based on the first data, the second data, and the historical data, a fault trend.

14 . The method of claim 10 wherein the one or more responsive object sensors are associated with a second vehicle or an infrastructure device.

15 . The method of claim 10 wherein the method further comprises:

upon determining a second vehicle is within a predetermined distance of the event, generating, an event avoidance maneuver; and

transmit, to the second vehicle, the event avoidance maneuver.

16 . The method of claim 15 wherein the event avoidance maneuver includes route instructions to avoid the event.

17 . The method of claim 15 wherein the second vehicle is an autonomous vehicle.

18 . The method of claim 10 wherein the method further comprises:

determining, based on the causation of the event, an action to eliminate the causation.

19 . The method of claim 10 wherein the method further comprises:

generating, based on the fault distribution, a reward for the first subscriber, and

transmitting a notification of the reward to the first subscriber.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 20, 2024
From: KUMAR, SURENDER; GIBSON, TIMOTHY; SLUSAR, MARK; WIKLUND, CHRIS; MARLOW, CLINT; IYNOOLKHAN, YOUNUSKHAN MOHAMED
To: ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY
Reel/Frame 067788/0090 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 17244189 · Apr 29, 2021
Continuation 16364856 · Mar 26, 2019
Continuation In Part 15667484 · Aug 2, 2017
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