Patents by Inventor Benjamin NEPP

Benjamin NEPP 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: 12204680
    Abstract: A method for anonymizing movement data of road users equipped with a position detection device involves collecting movement data in the form of individual time- and position-related data records and transmitting the collected movement data to a backend server. At least some data records are transmitted indirectly via at least one other vehicle, or the position or time reference in at least some data records is made noisy prior to the transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG
    Inventors: Viktor Friesen, Micha Koller, Benjamin Nepp, Hubert Rehborn
  • Patent number: 12174999
    Abstract: A method for anonymizing movement data of road users equipped with a position detection device involves collecting movement data in the form of individual time- and position-related data records and transmitting the collected movement data to a backend server. At least some data records are transmitted indirectly via at least one other vehicle, or the position or time reference in at least some data records is made noisy prior to the transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG
    Inventors: Viktor Friesen, Micha Koller, Benjamin Nepp, Hubert Rehborn
  • Publication number: 20240267363
    Abstract: Data is anonymously transmitted from a vehicle to a computer via a data link. The vehicle authenticates itself for the data transmission. The vehicle authenticates itself as a client in a token server by one or more authentication methods. The authentication and authorization of the client is checked by the token server. If the token server determines that the client is not blocked, a currently valid fleet token, which is identical for all clients within a pre-determined period of time, is sent by the token server to the vehicle as a client. The vehicle waits for a random period of time within a configurable time interval before the vehicle uses the fleet token to transmit the data to the computer, such that a correlation between the vehicle and the transmitted data via a time measurement is prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Inventors: Lisa KRANZ, Haifa BEN SALEM, Benjamin NEPP, Holger GLEMSER, Michael IMHOF, Martin EISELE
  • Publication number: 20230394177
    Abstract: A method for anonymizing movement data of road users equipped with a position detection device involves collecting movement data in the form of individual time- and position-related data records and transmitting the collected movement data to a backend server. At least some data records are transmitted indirectly via at least one other vehicle, or the position or time reference in at least some data records is made noisy prior to the transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Viktor FRIESEN, Micha KOLLER, Benjamin NEPP, Hubert REHBORN
  • Publication number: 20230394178
    Abstract: A method for anonymizing movement data of road users equipped with a position detection device involves collecting movement data in the form of individual time- and position-related data records and transmitting the collected movement data to a backend server. At least some data records are transmitted indirectly via at least one other vehicle, or the position or time reference in at least some data records is made noisy prior to the transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG
    Inventors: Viktor FRIESEN, Micha KOLLER, Benjamin NEPP, Hubert REHBORN
  • Patent number: 11775685
    Abstract: A method for anonymizing movement data of road users equipped with a position detection device involves collecting movement data in the form of individual time- and position-related data records and transmitting the collected movement data to a backend server. At least some data records are transmitted indirectly via at least one other vehicle, or the position or time reference in at least some data records is made noisy prior to the transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG
    Inventors: Viktor Friesen, Micha Koller, Benjamin Nepp, Hubert Rehborn
  • Publication number: 20230229807
    Abstract: A method for anonymizing movement data of road users equipped with a position detection device involves collecting movement data in the form of individual time- and position-related data records and transmitting the collected movement data to a backend server. At least some data records are transmitted indirectly via at least one other vehicle, or the position or time reference in at least some data records is made noisy prior to the transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Viktor FRIESEN, Micha KOLLER, Benjamin NEPP, Hubert REHBORN