U.S. Patent 10249194 was awarded to INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION on April 02, 2019 and is entitled “Modifying behavior of autonomous vehicle based on advanced predicted behavior analysis of nearby drivers.” The first named inventor is Clifford A. Pickover of Yorktown Heights, NY. The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

A method, apparatus, and computer program product for assessing one or more features of drivers within a threshold distance of a self-driving vehicle which has sensors to monitor driving conditions on a travel route within the threshold distance, predicting the behavior of one or more vehicles within the threshold distance based on the assessment of those features, and utilizing the predicted behavior for the self-driving vehicle to drive on the travel route. Changes in the condition or usage of the travel route, the surroundings, and pedestrians and other types of vehicles in the vicinity of the travel route can go into the assessment. Changes in the assessment can alert the self-driving vehicle to change course and the way it monitors data. Information regarding other drivers can be privatized and utilized using a blockchain system. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on August 30, 2016  as U.S. Patent Application 15/251104 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 10249194. The primary examiner was Yuri Kan.

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, who is the original assignee of this patent, has at least 150818 total granted patents in the United States as of the date of this article. This blockchain patent has been cited 7 times by other U.S. patents according to our law firm research, and can be considered an innovative patent in the field of cryptocurrency and blockchain.

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