Patents by Inventor Michael Kukulski

Michael Kukulski has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and system for managing mobile handset portability within telematics equipped vehicles
    Patent number: 7245905
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for managing mobile handset portability within a telematics equipped mobile vehicle. The method includes assigning a primary telematics unit identifier to a user account, assigning the primary telematics unit identifier to a mobile handset, associating the mobile handset with any one of a plurality of telematics units operating within the mobile vehicle communication system, and operating the associated telematics unit. The step of associating the mobile handset may include coupling the mobile handset to the telematics unit, communicating the assigned telematics unit identifier of the mobile handset to a service provider, and downloading user preferences from the service provider wherein the user preferences are based on the user account associated with the communicated telematics unit identifier. The step of downloading the user preferences may include determining the user preferences at the service provider and receiving the user preferences from the service provider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Hitan S. Kamdar, Michael Kukulski, Anthony J. Sumcad
  • Method and system for managing mobile handset portability within telematics equipped vehicles
    Publication number: 20050107132
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for managing mobile handset portability within a telematics equipped mobile vehicle. The method includes assigning a primary telematics unit identifier to a user account, assigning the primary telematics unit identifier to a mobile handset, associating the mobile handset with any one of a plurality of telematics units operating within the mobile vehicle communication system, and operating the associated telematics unit. The step of associating the mobile handset may include coupling the mobile handset to the telematics unit, communicating the assigned telematics unit identifier of the mobile handset to a service provider, and downloading user preferences from the service provider wherein the user preferences are based on the user account associated with the communicated telematics unit identifier. The step of downloading the user preferences may include determining the user preferences at the service provider and receiving the user preferences from the service provider.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2003
    Publication date: May 19, 2005
    Inventors: Hitan Kamdar, Michael Kukulski, Anthony Sumcad