Patents by Inventor Wes Albert Nagara

Wes Albert Nagara 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: 8504116
    Abstract: A system and method for providing single-action multi-source presets for vehicle entertainment systems. The method includes the steps of engaging a single-action preset button that changes the active input source to a selected preprogrammed input source and performing an action within that input source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony Ciatti, John Thomas Kosinski, II, Michael Dean Tschirhart, Wes Albert Nagara
  • Patent number: 8095065
    Abstract: A vehicle entertainment system capable of being remotely customized from a remote secondary device. The system includes a controller disposed within the system that is capable of receiving user input through an internet connection. A display is in communication with the controller and capable of implementing the received user input to customize the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Wes Albert Nagara, Theodore Charles Wingrove, Anthony Ciatti
  • Publication number: 20110209091
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system and method of measuring bandwidth to determine whether there is a sufficient data rate available to enable or disable features and applications located in a vehicle. Based on the available bandwidth, the system activates or deactivates buttons associated with devices located in the vehicle. Activation and deactivation of the devices are represented on an interface, such as a display, in the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2010
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Bruno Bucciarelli, Wes Albert Nagara, T.C. Wingrove
  • Publication number: 20110138280
    Abstract: A management system for managing a media in a vehicle is disclosed. The management system includes a storage device for storing at least one playlist therein, a vehicle system in data communication with the storage device, wherein the vehicle system transmits a media output to a user, and a user interface in data communication with at least one of the vehicle system and the storage device, the user interface including an add button for associating the media output to the at least one playlist and a delete button for disassociating the media output from the at least one playlist.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2009
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Inventors: Wes Albert Nagara, John Thomas Kosinski, II
  • Publication number: 20100138787
    Abstract: A system and method for providing single-action multi-source presets for vehicle entertainment systems. The method includes the steps of engaging a single-action preset button that changes the active input source to a selected preprogrammed input source and performing an action within that input source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2010
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Anthony Ciatti, John Thomas Kosinski, II, Michael Dean Tschirhart, Wes Albert Nagara
  • Publication number: 20090295739
    Abstract: A feedback control system and a method for controlling a tactile feedback are disclosed, wherein the feedback control system provides users with full precise control of infinite tactile feedback settings. The tactile feedback control system includes a user interface adapted to generate and transmit an information signal including data and information representing a user-provided input, wherein the user interface also generates a tactile sensation to the user, a controller adapted to receive the information signal, analyze the information signal, and generate and transmit a control signal for controlling a tactile feedback in response to the information signal, and a haptic system adapted to receive the control signal and generate the tactile feedback.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2008
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Inventor: Wes Albert Nagara
  • Publication number: 20090176469
    Abstract: A vehicle entertainment system capable of being remotely customized from a remote secondary device. The system includes a controller disposed within the system that is capable of receiving user input through an internet connection. A display is in communication with the controller and capable of implementing the received user input to customize the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2008
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Applicant: VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Wes Albert Nagara, T. C. Wingrove, Anthony Ciatti