Patents by Inventor Timothy Allan Geiger

Timothy Allan Geiger 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).

  • Publication number: 20120030512
    Abstract: Various embodiments include a software provisioning system and method for a vehicle infotainment computer. Software provisioning of the vehicle infotainment computer may occur during vehicle assembly. A software provisioning request may be received for custom installing software to the vehicle infotainment computer. The custom install may be based on a customization schedule which may include a location identifier (such as uniform resource identifiers or file paths) for locating the software. In response to the request, the software may be located on a provisioning server or a portable memory device based on the customization schedule. The software may be transmitted to memory of the vehicle infotainment computer and custom installed on the vehicle infotainment computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: FORD MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Sukhwinder Wadhwa, Michael Raymond Westra, Edward Charles Esker, Saeid Soleimani, Henry Heping Huang, Sandeep Waraich, Timothy Allan Geiger
  • Publication number: 20110225228
    Abstract: Various embodiments include a method and system for queuing messages for transmission to/from a vehicle. One or more messages from one or more applications for performing one or more vehicle-related events may be received. The one or more messages may include a message identifier for each of the one or more vehicle applications to correlate the one or more messages with the one or more applications. The messages may be queued for transmission. A vehicle's connectivity to a wireless network is determined and, if the vehicle is connected to the wireless network, the one or more queued messages are transmitted. The one or more vehicle-related events based on the one or more messages are performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2010
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Raymond Westra, Faisal Waris, Sukhwinder Wadhwa, Timothy Allan Geiger