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

Claim 14:
15. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing processor-executable instructions, that, when executed, cause one or more processors to:
receive a subscription request associated with a smart contract and pertaining to an autonomous vehicle;
in response to receiving the subscription request, determine one or more sensors that generate sensor data relevant to the smart contract;
based upon the sensor data generated by the one or more sensors, detect and/or record autonomous vehicle events, the autonomous vehicle events including autonomous vehicle system or technology usage or operational events;
determine an action to implement based upon the autonomous vehicle events recorded;
form a consensus with distributed nodes to update and/or otherwise update an autonomous vehicle-related blockchain to reflect or otherwise show (i) the recorded autonomous vehicle events, and/or (ii) the action to implement; and
distribute the autonomous vehicle-related blockchain to a public or private network of nodes to facilitate maintaining an up-to-date shared ledger of autonomous vehicle events.