Patents by Inventor Christine Meissner

Christine Meissner 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: 20070130699
    Abstract: The washing process W does not immediately begin with a heating phase tIK-tOS at the beginning of a wash program with an untypically cold supply of water when a heating device is turned on, but rather once a delay phase D has elapsed. Said washing process ends after a post-wash phase without adding any heat energy once a defined constant time tEK-tOK has elapsed after the delay phase. The temperature of the water or lye at the end of or after the end of the period during which water is added F is determined. If the determined temperature is less than a standard value S for the amount of water which has freshly run into the lye container prior to the beginning of the washing process W, the heating device is turned on and the beginning of the washing process is postponed according to a defined duration of time D.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2004
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Applicant: BSH Bosch und Hausgerate GmbH
    Inventors: Gundula Czyzewski, Christine Meissner, Ingo Schulze, Martina Wobkemeier
  • Publication number: 20060273884
    Abstract: One aspect of the invention provides a method of deploying disaster alerts to a mobile vehicle. The method includes determining disaster area coordinates of a disaster area and calculating buffer coordinates of a buffer region based on the disaster area coordinates. The method further describes a vehicle circle based on a radius of at least one location coordinate of the mobile vehicle and compares the vehicle circle with the buffer region coordinates. The disaster area coordinates are compared with the vehicle circle. The method then deploys at least one disaster alert based on the comparison of the vehicle circle and buffer region coordinates and disaster area coordinates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2005
    Publication date: December 7, 2006
    Inventors: Gary Watkins, Jie Song, Nebojsa Nedeljkovic, Dwayne Crocker, Christine Meissner
  • Publication number: 20060229109
    Abstract: A method for mobile vehicle well-being notification including receiving a contact name from a user at a call center and receiving a contact method associated with the contact name from the user at the call center. The method further includes receiving a contact message associated with the contact name from a user at the call center and receiving a well-being notification from a user at a telematics unit. In response to the well-being notification, the method sends the contact message using the contact method to the contact name.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2005
    Publication date: October 12, 2006
    Inventors: Christopher Oesterling, Catherine McCormick, Gary Watkins, Christine Meissner, Jeffrey Stefan