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).

  • Publication number: 20140330506
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicants: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, AUDI AG
    Inventors: Brian NG, Anna Korina LOUMIDI, Filip CHUDZINSKI, Hendrik FRANK
  • Patent number: 8876607
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Ng, Dean Nakabayashi, Scott Pitkin, Sean Montgomery, Mark Kawakami, Ron Belmarch
  • Patent number: 8841987
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Local Motion, Inc.
    Inventors: John Stanfield, Eric D. Aeby, Michael Javault, Clement Gires, Brian Ng
  • Publication number: 20140280552
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicants: Audi AG, Volkswagen AG
    Inventors: Brian NG, Lars SCHOLZ
  • Publication number: 20140180537
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicants: AUDI AG, VOLKSWAGEN AG
    Inventors: Brian NG, Maria Esther MEJIA GONZALEZ, William Brian LATHROP
  • Patent number: 8700308
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Volkswagen AG
    Inventors: Brian Ng, Thomas Chan, Chu Hee Lee, Daniel Rosario, Arne Stoschek
  • Patent number: 8614683
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Volkswagen AG
    Inventors: Brian Ng, Philippe Alessandrini, Brian Finn, Arne Stoschek
  • Publication number: 20130311082
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: VOLKSWAGEN AG
    Inventors: Arne Stoschek, Brian Ng, Philippe Alessandrini, Daniel Rosario
  • Patent number: 8554463
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Volkswagen AG
    Inventors: Daniel Rosario, Brian Ng, Thomas Chan, Arne Stoschek
  • Patent number: 8357044
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Ng, Dean Nakabayashi, Scott Pitkin, Sean Montgomery, Mark Kawakami, Ron Belmarch
  • Publication number: 20120121949
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2011
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Inventors: Martin Eberhard, Rob Sweney, Jaime Camhi, Brian Ng, Heiner Fees, Alexander Eichhorn
  • Publication number: 20120019463
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Inventors: Brian Ng, Philippe Alessandrini, Brian Finn, Arne Stoschek
  • Patent number: 8057291
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and interfaces are provided for enabling a user to adjust confidence rankings of predictions of outcomes of fantasy sports games.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Ng, Mark Kawakami, Jason Nako, Ron Belmarch, Sean Montgomery
  • Publication number: 20100205558
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2010
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Inventors: Brian NG, Vickie Chiang, Arne Stoschek
  • Patent number: 7753541
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Volkswagen AG
    Inventors: Pao Chen, Derek Pai, Brian Ng, Arne Stoschek
  • Publication number: 20100100204
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and interfaces are provided for enabling a user to adjust confidence rankings of predictions of outcomes of fantasy sports games.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2008
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: YAHOO! INC.
    Inventors: Brian NG, Mark Kawakami, Jason Nako, Ron Belmarch, Sean Montgomery
  • Publication number: 20090156311
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Brian NG, Dean Nakabayashi, Scott Pitkin, Sean Montgomery, Mark Kawakami, Ron Belmarch
  • Publication number: 20090156312
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Ng, Dean Nakabayashi, Scott Pitkin, Sean Montgomery, Mark Kawakami, Ron Belmarch
  • Patent number: D594464
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Ng, Dean Nakabayashi, Scott Pitkin
  • Patent number: D615885
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Ng, Jason Nako