Patents by Inventor André ZIERFUSS

André ZIERFUSS 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).

  • Method, device, and computer program for managing a storage region of a controller of a transportation vehicle
    Patent number: 10782912
    Abstract: A method, a device, and a computer program for managing a storage region of a controller of a transportation vehicle. One or more user-specific datasets are stored in the storage region. The method includes monitoring an available storage capacity of the storage region, obtaining a new user-specific dataset, transferring data from the storage region of the controller to an external storage unit in response to the available storage capacity not being sufficient for storing the new user-specific dataset in the storage region, and storing the new user-specific dataset in the storage region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Simon Gerlach, André Zierfuss, Sven Wiethölter
  • METHOD, DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR MANAGING A STORAGE REGION OF A CONTROLLER OF A TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20190121568
    Abstract: A method, a device, and a computer program for managing a storage region of a controller of a transportation vehicle. One or more user-specific datasets are stored in the storage region. The method includes monitoring an available storage capacity of the storage region, obtaining a new user-specific dataset, transferring data from the storage region of the controller to an external storage unit in response to the available storage capacity not being sufficient for storing the new user-specific dataset in the storage region, and storing the new user-specific dataset in the storage region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Simon GERLACH, André ZIERFUSS, Sven WIETHÖLTER