Patents by Inventor Alexander Silvio MULLER

Alexander Silvio MULLER 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).

  • Item delivery to an unattended vehicle
    Patent number: 11900309
    Abstract: A system for delivering items or packages to an unattended vehicle after receiving an order for delivery of an item or package to a vehicle is disclosed. The system determines identifying information for the vehicle, where the identifying information includes a wireless identifier of the vehicle. The system determines a delivery location of the vehicle. The system transmits a request to dispatch a delivery vehicle to deliver a package to the vehicle, wherein the request comprises the identifying information and the delivery location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Aysha Habbaba, John Weizhong Luo, Lynn Valerie Keiser, Hyung Min Baek, Sudipto Aich, Simon Murtha Smith, Alexander Silvio Muller, Jennifer L. Brace
  • ANNOUNCE NOTIFICATIONS
    Publication number: 20220366889
    Abstract: Systems and processes for operating an intelligent automated assistant are provided. In one example process, a first and second notification are received and, in accordance with determinations that the respective notifications are to be announced to a user, respective first and second spoken outputs are obtained. An announcement schedule is determined based on the respective types of the notifications and the first and second spoken outputs are provided (e.g., audibly announced) according to the announcement schedule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Sirisha YERROJU, David Matthew FISCHER, Gagan A. GUPTA, Zara LALJI, Andrew William MALTA, Zakrya MANDHRO, Alexander Silvio MULLER, Andrea Valentina SIMES
  • DELIVERY SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20200090117
    Abstract: Example delivery systems and methods are described. In one implementation, a method identifies multiple items for delivery to a vehicle and determines whether any of the items are temperature-sensitive. If any of the items are temperature-sensitive, the method determines whether the vehicle has a variable-temperature compartment to receive the temperature-sensitive items. If the vehicle has a variable-temperature compartment, the vehicle is notified of an estimated delivery time for the temperature-sensitive items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: John Weizhong LUO, Sudipto AICH, Simon Murtha SMITH, Alexander Silvio MULLER, Jennifer L. BRACE, Hyung Min BAEK, Lynn Valerie KEISER, Aysha HABBABA
  • ITEM DELIVERY TO AN UNATTENDED VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20190311327
    Abstract: A system for delivering items or packages to an unattended vehicle after receiving an order for delivery of an item or package to a vehicle is disclosed. The system determines identifying information for the vehicle, where the identifying information includes a wireless identifier of the vehicle. The system determines a delivery location of the vehicle. The system transmits a request to dispatch a delivery vehicle to deliver a package to the vehicle, wherein the request comprises the identifying information and the delivery location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Aysha HABBABA, John Weizhong LUO, Lynn Valerie KEISER, Hyung Min BAEK, Sudipto AICH, Simon Murtha SMITH, Alexander Silvio MULLER, Jennifer L. BRACE