Patents by Inventor Brian Ng
Brian Ng 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).
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Publication number: 20140330506Abstract: A method and system for comparing vehicle trip data of a current vehicle trip to historical vehicle trip data in real time includes recording vehicle trip data and creating a record of historical vehicle trip data and during the current vehicle trip, evaluating the current vehicle trip. The record of historical vehicle trip data includes vehicle trip data from at least one previously conducted vehicle trip. The evaluating includes recording vehicle data during the current vehicle trip, accessing the record of historical vehicle trip data, and comparing the vehicle trip data of the current vehicle trip to the historical vehicle trip data in real time during the current vehicle trip.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2014Publication date: November 6, 2014Applicants: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, AUDI AGInventors: Brian NG, Anna Korina LOUMIDI, Filip CHUDZINSKI, Hendrik FRANK
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Patent number: 8876607Abstract: An interface for displaying statistical information about players in an online fantasy sports game is provided. The interface includes a statistics generator for providing for display at least one description component that comprises at least a name of at least one player for viewing by a user. The statistics generator also provides at least one indicator for displaying a rendition of a statistic associated with the at least one player, where the statistic is based upon a percentage of teams for which the at least one player has a defined status in the fantasy sports game. The interface also includes an update component for providing for an update of the rendition of the statistic at one or more defined times, wherein the update component is operable to provide for display a value of the statistic determined at an update time, wherein the update time is based upon the one or more defined times.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2007Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.Inventors: Brian Ng, Dean Nakabayashi, Scott Pitkin, Sean Montgomery, Mark Kawakami, Ron Belmarch
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Patent number: 8841987Abstract: One variation of an upgrade kit—for an ignition key corresponding to a vehicle and including an immobilizer transponder and a keyless entry transmitter—includes: a wireless jammer configured to interfere with wireless transmission from the immobilizer transponder; a wireless receiver configured to receive an unlock request from an external device; a relay configured to actuate the keyless entry transmitter to unlock a door of the vehicle in response to the unlock request; and an enclosure configured to contain the wireless receiver and a portion of the ignition key.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2013Date of Patent: September 23, 2014Assignee: Local Motion, Inc.Inventors: John Stanfield, Eric D. Aeby, Michael Javault, Clement Gires, Brian Ng
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Publication number: 20140280552Abstract: A system includes an in-vehicle system containing vehicle data, a mobile device, and an interface configured to connect the mobile device to the in-vehicle system. The mobile device is configured to access the vehicle data through the interface and post the vehicle data to a user network. The mobile device is able to be mounted within the vehicle by a docking mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicants: Audi AG, Volkswagen AGInventors: Brian NG, Lars SCHOLZ
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Publication number: 20140180537Abstract: A moving control console having a touchscreen, a motor connected to the digital display unit and a housing in which the digital display unit is movable in different stages. The user interface graphics animations on the digital display are matched to the movement of the digital display.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2012Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicants: AUDI AG, VOLKSWAGEN AGInventors: Brian NG, Maria Esther MEJIA GONZALEZ, William Brian LATHROP
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Patent number: 8700308Abstract: A navigation system for a motor vehicle includes: a motor vehicle, a server which is spatially separate from the motor vehicle, and a wireless communication connection between the server and the motor vehicle for the time-staggered transmission of a first navigation information item and at least a second navigation information item from the server to the motor vehicle, the first navigation information item being assigned a first priority and the second navigation information item being assigned a second priority, the sequence of the transmission of the first navigation information item and the second navigation information item being a function of the priority level, and a man-machine interface being arranged in the motor vehicle for outputting the first navigation information item and the second navigation information item to an operator of the motor vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2006Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Volkswagen AGInventors: Brian Ng, Thomas Chan, Chu Hee Lee, Daniel Rosario, Arne Stoschek
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Patent number: 8614683Abstract: An input device, especially for a vehicle, includes a first display for optical display of information, at least a second display arranged above the first display for optical display of information and a touchscreen arranged above the second display for entry of commands by touching an operating surface of the touchscreen.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2011Date of Patent: December 24, 2013Assignee: Volkswagen AGInventors: Brian Ng, Philippe Alessandrini, Brian Finn, Arne Stoschek
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Publication number: 20130311082Abstract: A navigation system for a motor vehicle includes: an off-board navigation system spatially separated from the motor vehicle, for calculating a suggested route for the motor vehicle; a wireless communication connection between the off-board navigation system and the motor vehicle, for transmitting the suggested route to the motor vehicle; and a man-machine interface arranged in the motor vehicle, for outputting the suggested route to an operator of the motor vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2013Publication date: November 21, 2013Applicant: VOLKSWAGEN AGInventors: Arne Stoschek, Brian Ng, Philippe Alessandrini, Daniel Rosario
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Patent number: 8554463Abstract: A navigation system is for a motor vehicle. The navigation system includes a motor vehicle, an isolated, immobile memory node for storing navigation data, a wireless communication connections between the isolated, immobile memory node and the motor vehicle for transmitting the navigation data from the isolated, immobile memory node to the motor vehicle and a man-machine interface arranged in the motor vehicle for outputting the navigation data to an operator of the motor vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2006Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignee: Volkswagen AGInventors: Daniel Rosario, Brian Ng, Thomas Chan, Arne Stoschek
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Patent number: 8357044Abstract: An apparatus and method for providing up-to-date statistical information about fantasy sports players is disclosed herein. The volume and type of transactions made by a plurality of users regarding the fantasy sports players are used to generate at least one statistical value for respective players. The statistical values for respective players are provided in an online interface, providing ease of viewing of transaction activity regarding the players and/or facilitating a user's next transactions relative to the transaction activity of the plurality of users.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2007Date of Patent: January 22, 2013Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.Inventors: Brian Ng, Dean Nakabayashi, Scott Pitkin, Sean Montgomery, Mark Kawakami, Ron Belmarch
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Publication number: 20120121949Abstract: A vehicle battery packaging for accommodating a plurality of longitudinal battery cells, wherein the battery cells are arranged in a frame in parallel with respect to their longitudinal axes, and wherein each battery cell has a first end and an opposite second end with respect to the longitudinal axis, the battery packaging including: a conductor plate adapted to electrically couple to the second ends of the battery cells; a cooling plate thermally coupled to the conductor plate; and a gap filler layer sandwiched between the conductor plate and the cooling plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2011Publication date: May 17, 2012Inventors: Martin Eberhard, Rob Sweney, Jaime Camhi, Brian Ng, Heiner Fees, Alexander Eichhorn
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Publication number: 20120019463Abstract: An input device, especially for a vehicle, includes a first display for optical display of information, at least a second display arranged above the first display for optical display of information and a touchscreen arranged above the second display for entry of commands by touching an operating surface of the touchscreen.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2011Publication date: January 26, 2012Inventors: Brian Ng, Philippe Alessandrini, Brian Finn, Arne Stoschek
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Patent number: 8057291Abstract: Methods, systems, and interfaces are provided for enabling a user to adjust confidence rankings of predictions of outcomes of fantasy sports games.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2008Date of Patent: November 15, 2011Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.Inventors: Brian Ng, Mark Kawakami, Jason Nako, Ron Belmarch, Sean Montgomery
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Publication number: 20100205558Abstract: A motor vehicle includes an input device for the input of a search criterion or a search term, a first interface for the exchange of data with a first offboard data memory, a second interface for the exchange of data with a second offboard data memory, and a computing device for the automatic search for information corresponding to the search criterion or the search term in the first onboard data memory and in the second onboard data memory.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2010Publication date: August 12, 2010Inventors: Brian NG, Vickie Chiang, Arne Stoschek
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Patent number: 7753541Abstract: A motor vehicle has an exterior coating. A fluorescing and/or phosphorescing substance is added to the exterior coating or forms a part of the exterior coating. The fluorescing and/or phosphorescing substance serves to emit light, in particular red, green and/or blue light, in a visible range upon irradiation by light in an invisible range.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2006Date of Patent: July 13, 2010Assignee: Volkswagen AGInventors: Pao Chen, Derek Pai, Brian Ng, Arne Stoschek
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Publication number: 20100100204Abstract: Methods, systems, and interfaces are provided for enabling a user to adjust confidence rankings of predictions of outcomes of fantasy sports games.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2008Publication date: April 22, 2010Applicant: YAHOO! INC.Inventors: Brian NG, Mark Kawakami, Jason Nako, Ron Belmarch, Sean Montgomery
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Publication number: 20090156311Abstract: An apparatus and method for providing up-to-date statistical information about fantasy sports players is disclosed herein. The volume and type of transactions made by a plurality of users regarding the fantasy sports players are used to generate at least one statistical value for respective players. The statistical values for respective players are provided in an online interface, providing ease of viewing of transaction activity regarding the players and/or facilitating a user's next transactions relative to the transaction activity of the plurality of users.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2007Publication date: June 18, 2009Applicant: Yahoo! Inc.Inventors: Brian NG, Dean Nakabayashi, Scott Pitkin, Sean Montgomery, Mark Kawakami, Ron Belmarch
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Publication number: 20090156312Abstract: An interface for displaying statistical information about players in an online fantasy sports game is provided. The interface includes a statistics generator for providing for display at least one description component that comprises at least a name of at least one player for viewing by a user. The statistics generator also provides at least one indicator for displaying a rendition of a statistic associated with the at least one player, where the statistic is based upon a percentage of teams for which the at least one player has a defined status in the fantasy sports game. The interface also includes an update component for providing for an update of the rendition of the statistic at one or more defined times, wherein the update component is operable to provide for display a value of the statistic determined at an update time, wherein the update time is based upon the one or more defined times.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2007Publication date: June 18, 2009Applicant: Yahoo! Inc.Inventors: Brian Ng, Dean Nakabayashi, Scott Pitkin, Sean Montgomery, Mark Kawakami, Ron Belmarch
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Patent number: D594464Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2007Date of Patent: June 16, 2009Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.Inventors: Brian Ng, Dean Nakabayashi, Scott Pitkin
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Patent number: D615885Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2008Date of Patent: May 18, 2010Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.Inventors: Brian Ng, Jason Nako