Patents Represented by Attorney Joseph M. Beyer & Weaver Villeneuve
  • Patent number: 6029110
    Abstract: A method and apparatus provide access to an interactive product to a passenger of a vehicle while limiting access to the interactive product to the driver of the vehicle. At least one control device is provided for allowing user interaction with the interactive product. Interaction with the interactive product via the at least one control device is inhibited while the vehicle is moving. An access device is provided which must be employed in conjunction with the at least one control device to enable user interaction with the interactive product while the vehicle is moving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2000
    Assignee: Visteon Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Gary Zuber, Hidekazu Oshizawa