Patents by Inventor Richard Englert

Richard Englert 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).

  • Patent number: 10140783
    Abstract: A central gateway of a vehicle includes a processor and a storage connected to a plurality of vehicle buses. The gateway receives raw data from an electronic control unit (ECU) via one of the vehicle buses, augments the raw data with availability, classification, and context information, publishes the raw data to a publish/subscribe topic hosted to the storage, and subscribes at least a second ECU of the vehicle to the topic. A database of the central gateway is accessed, according to a determined type of raw data received by a central gateway of a vehicle from an electronic control unit (ECU) via a vehicle bus, for augmenting the raw data with availability, classification, and context information. The augmented data is provided to a publish/subscribe topic hosted by the gateway for accessing over a communication network by a service external to the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Douglas B. Thornburg, Brett Stottlemyer, Brock Watters, Nathan Gabrielli, Richard Englert
  • Publication number: 20180232959
    Abstract: A central gateway of a vehicle includes a processor and a storage connected to a plurality of vehicle buses. The gateway receives raw data from an electronic control unit (ECU) via one of the vehicle buses, augments the raw data with availability, classification, and context information, publishes the raw data to a publish/subscribe topic hosted to the storage, and subscribes at least a second ECU of the vehicle to the topic. A database of the central gateway is accessed, according to a determined type of raw data received by a central gateway of a vehicle from an electronic control unit (ECU) via a vehicle bus, for augmenting the raw data with availability, classification, and context information. The augmented data is provided to a publish/subscribe topic hosted by the gateway for accessing over a communication network by a service external to the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Douglas B. THORNBURG, Brett STOTTLEMYER, Brock WATTERS, Nathan GABRIELLI, Richard ENGLERT
  • Patent number: 9191135
    Abstract: A media content processor system including a control unit configured to receive radio data including metadata and media content and to identify an element of the actionable content based on parsing data fields of the metadata tagged as including elements of data other than the actionable content, and a method of identifying the same. The metadata represents actionable content for presentation to a user. The method includes receiving radio data, identifying an element of the actionable content included in the metadata of the radio data, generating an option, and providing the option to the display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Richard Englert
  • Publication number: 20150242392
    Abstract: An in-car communication and entertainment system including an international keyboard having a key (e.g., an ABC key) located on a display/screen (e.g., touch screen) enabling a user to toggle through multiple pages of characters, for example accented or special characters associated with a particular language. The key also includes jewels/indicators representing the amount of pages of characters associated with a particular keyboard wherein each jewel or indicator is lit or highlighted to indicate the specific page. Additionally, another key (e.g., a Globe key) enables the user to change the typing language without changing the system language. In this manner, the international keyboard enables users to interface and communicate with the system in a number of different languages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Dean Thomas Wisniewski, Ivette Hernandez, Richard Englert, Jason Bernard Johnson
  • Publication number: 20140273908
    Abstract: A media content processor system including a control unit configured to receive radio data including metadata and media content and to identify an element of the actionable content based on parsing data fields of the metadata tagged as including elements of data other than the actionable content, and a method of identifying the same. The metadata represents actionable content for presentation to a user. The method includes receiving radio data, identifying an element of the actionable content included in the metadata of the radio data, generating an option, and providing the option to the display screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Richard Englert