Patent ID: 11900465
Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A computer-implemented method of building and utilizing an autonomous vehicle-related event blockchain, the method comprising:
receiving, via one or more processors and/or transceivers, a subscription request associated with a smart contract and pertaining to an autonomous vehicle;
in response to receiving the subscription request, determining, via the one or more processors, one or more sensors that generate sensor data relevant to the smart contract;
based upon sensor data generated by the one or more sensors, detecting and/or recording, via the one or more processors, sensors, and/or transceivers, autonomous vehicle events, the autonomous vehicle events including autonomous vehicle system or technology usage or operational events;
determining, via the one or more processors, an action to implement based upon the recorded autonomous vehicle events;
forming a consensus with distributed nodes to update and/or otherwise updating, via the one or more processors, an autonomous vehicle-related blockchain to reflect or otherwise show (i) the autonomous vehicle events recorded, and/or (ii) the action to implement; and
distributing, via the one or more processors and/or transceivers, the autonomous vehicle-related blockchain to a public or private network of distributed nodes to facilitate maintaining an up-to-date shared ledger of autonomous vehicle events.