Patents by Inventor Christopher P. Ricci

Christopher P. Ricci 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).

  • COMPLETE WEARABLE ECOSYSTEM
    Publication number: 20160266606
    Abstract: Methods and systems for a complete wearable ecosystem are provided. Specifically, systems that when taken alone, or together, provide an individual or group of individuals with an intuitive and interactive wearable device ecosystem. The wearable device ecosystem may comprise a number of wearable devices. Each wearable device may comprise a body and a shell. Any number of different shells may be interconnected interchangeably to the body. In one embodiment, the shell is decorative. The present disclosure builds on integrating existing technology with new devices, methods, and systems to provide a complete wearable ecosystem.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventor: Christopher P. Ricci
  • Vehicle Supervising of Occupant Applications
    Publication number: 20160269469
    Abstract: A vehicle communication system and method for allowing a user device to stream content to a vehicle display is provided. The communication system receives a request from the user device, approves or denies a user request to connect to the vehicle display, and facilitates streaming of an application running on the user device to the vehicle display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: AutoConnect Holdings LLC
    Inventor: Christopher P. Ricci
  • Vehicle and Occupant Application Integration
    Publication number: 20160269456
    Abstract: A vehicle communication system and method for allowing a user device to stream content to a vehicle display is provided. The communication system receives a request from the user device, approves or denies a user request to connect to the vehicle display, and facilitates streaming of an application running on the user device to the vehicle display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: AutoConnect Holdings LLC
    Inventor: Christopher P. Ricci
  • AUTOMATIC AND ADAPTIVE SELECTION OF MULTIMEDIA SOURCES
    Publication number: 20160255408
    Abstract: Methods and systems for a complete vehicle ecosystem are provided. Specifically, systems that when taken alone, or together, provide an individual or group of individuals with an intuitive and comfortable vehicular environment. The present disclosure includes a system to generate a vehicle communication system. The vehicle communication system can determine which devices are within the vehicle. From this determination, the vehicle communication system may create a universal bus and hotspot where applications, data, multimedia information, and resources can be shared both with the vehicle and with the other devices in the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventor: Christopher P. Ricci
  • IN-VEHICLE INFANT HEALTH MONITORING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20160249853
    Abstract: A system for vehicle to another party communications that includes a vehicle personality module adapted to create a vehicle personality and a communications system that utilizes the created vehicle personality for one or more communications instead of a user's profile. The one or more communications are associated with one or more of an identifier and an icon representing the vehicle personality, with this identifier and/or icon sent with at least one communication and displayable to the recipient of the communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventor: Christopher P. Ricci
  • NETWORK SELECTOR IN A VEHICLE INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20160255575
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a microprocessor executable network selector on board a vehicle (a) to select, from among plural communication networks, a network for signal transmission of a selected signal to an on board destination based on one or more of a status of the selected network, a status of a node in the selected network, a signal/noise ratio of the selected network, type, urgency, importance, format, and/or requirement of signal to be transmitted, an available and/or unavailable bandwidth in the selected network and/or node of the selected network, a current performance parameter(s) of the selected network, and a quality of service of the selected network and (b) configure the selected signal for transmission over the selected network to the on board destination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventor: Christopher P. Ricci
  • UNIVERSAL VEHICLE VOICE COMMAND SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20160250985
    Abstract: Methods and systems are presented for accepting inputs into a vehicle or other conveyance to control functions of the conveyance. A vehicle control system can receive gestures and other inputs. The vehicle control system can also obtain information about the user of the vehicle control system and information about the environment in which the conveyance is operating. Based on the input and the other information, the vehicle control system can modify or improve the performance or execution of user interface and functions of the conveyance. The changes make the user interfaces and/or functions user-friendly and intuitive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventor: Christopher P. Ricci
  • GUEST VEHICLE USER REPORTING
    Publication number: 20160247377
    Abstract: A system to access one or more user profiles that govern one or more vehicle functions. The system cooperates with a processor and verification module which are adapted to verify, using one or more of biometric information, gesture recognition, facial recognition and device identification information, that a user has authority to access the one or more user profiles, where the one or more profiles are stored in one or more of a vehicle, a cloud and a communications device. An edit module is further provided and adapted to allow the user to make one or more edits to the one or more user profiles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventor: Christopher P. Ricci
  • GLOBAL STANDARD TEMPLATE CREATION, STORAGE, AND MODIFICATION
    Publication number: 20160246526
    Abstract: Methods and systems for a complete vehicle ecosystem are provided. Specifically, systems that when taken alone, or together, provide an individual or group of individuals with an intuitive and comfortable vehicular environment. The present disclosure includes a system to create, modify, and maintain profiles associated with users. The user profiles are generated based on selectively collecting data associated with the users. Although each user profile may include settings, preferences, habits, and content associated with an individual user and/or vehicle, some user profiles may represent multiple users. These user profiles can change a configuration of a vehicle to match settings for a user, such as a driver and/or passenger. The configurations may also include the recognition of a unique set of gestures for a user. Further, the user profiles can be transferred from vehicle-to-vehicle and/or user-to-user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventor: Christopher P. Ricci
  • USER INTERFACE AND VIRTUAL PERSONALITY PRESENTATION BASED ON USER PROFILE
    Publication number: 20160244011
    Abstract: Methods and systems for a complete vehicle ecosystem are provided. Specifically, systems that when taken alone, or together, provide an individual or group of individuals with an intuitive and comfortable vehicular environment. The present disclosure includes a system that provides various outputs based on a user profile and determined context. An output provided by the present disclosure can change a configuration of a vehicle, device, building, and/or a system associated with the user profile. The configurations can include comfort and interface settings that can be adjusted based on the user profile information. Further, the user profiles can track health data related to the user and make adjustments to the configuration to assist the health of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventor: Christopher P. Ricci
  • Occupant sharing of displayed content in vehicles
    Patent number: 9417834
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a displayed object movement module that causes displayed objects or other content to be moved from a first source vehicle display to a second target vehicle display at the request of a source vehicle occupant associated with the first source vehicle display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: AUTOCONNECT HOLDINGS LLC
    Inventor: Christopher P. Ricci
  • Radar sensing and emergency response vehicle detection
    Patent number: 9412273
    Abstract: Methods and systems for a complete vehicle ecosystem are provided. Specifically, systems that when taken alone, or together, provide an individual or group of individuals with an intuitive and comfortable vehicular environment. The present disclosure includes a system that detects emergency signals and presents alerts to devices of a vehicle to notify vehicle users of the emergency signals. Further, the methods and systems provide a presentation approach to continue to alert a user and even control a vehicle when an acceptable response to a first alert, or series of alerts, is not received from the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: AutoConnect Holdings LLC
    Inventor: Christopher P. Ricci
  • TRAVEL ROUTE ALTERATION BASED ON USER PROFILE AND BUSINESS
    Publication number: 20160223347
    Abstract: Methods and systems for an improved navigation environment are provided. The navigation system can route users to preferred locations based on user profile data and past experience with the present driver and other drivers. The system provides more cost-effective and time-sensitive routing by incorporating other information about destinations. Further, the navigation system provides enhanced guidance in foreign or unfamiliar locations by incorporating experience from other drivers and other data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Christopher P. Ricci, Brent R. Lindon
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CUSTOMIZING TELEVISION CONTENT
    Publication number: 20160212464
    Abstract: An intelligent television is provided that can collect viewer information for use by a rating service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventor: Christopher P. Ricci
  • SIMULTANEOUS VIDEO STREAMING ACROSS MULTIPLE CHANNELS
    Publication number: 20160205419
    Abstract: Methods and systems for a media controller subsystem that can provide video streaming using a distributed network control server, media server, and virtual network console on a common processing or circuit board and filter and apply restrictions to media content based on one or more of the identity of the vehicle occupant requesting media content, the identity of a portable computational device associated with the vehicle occupant, and the spatial location of the vehicle occupant and/or remote computational device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2016
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Christopher P. Ricci, Octavian Chincisan, Alisher I. Yusupov
  • ON BOARD VEHICLE PRESENCE REPORTING MODULE
    Publication number: 20160196745
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a microprocessor executable presence reporting module operable to determine, based on one or more of a vehicle occupant context and requirement of law applicable to a current geographic location of the vehicle, whether the vehicle occupant is present and available for receiving an inbound communication and/or by what communication channel and/or modality to contact the vehicle occupant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventor: Christopher P. Ricci
  • Vehicle to vehicle safety and traffic communications
    Patent number: 9384609
    Abstract: A system for vehicle to another party communications that includes a vehicle personality module adapted to create a vehicle personality and a communications system that utilizes the created vehicle personality for one or more communications instead of a user's profile. The one or more communications are associated with one or more of an identifier and an icon representing the vehicle personality, with this identifier and/or icon sent with at least one communication and displayable to the recipient of the communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: AUTOCONNECT HOLDINGS LLC
    Inventor: Christopher P. Ricci
  • CONFIGURABLE DASH DISPLAY
    Publication number: 20160188190
    Abstract: Methods and systems for a configurable vehicle dash display are provided. Specifically, a configurable dash may comprise one or more displays that are capable of receiving input from a user. At least one of these displays may be configured to present a plurality of custom applications that, when manipulated by at least one user, are adapted to control and/or monitor functions associated with a vehicle and/or associated peripheral devices. It is anticipated that the function and appearance of the plurality of custom applications may be altered via user and/or processor input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Christopher P. Ricci, Tadd F. Wilson
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE DATA COLLECTION REGARDING TRAFFIC
    Publication number: 20160189544
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes roadway map updating using vehicle performance, route, and/or location information from plural vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventor: Christopher P. Ricci
  • ON BOARD VEHICLE MEDIA CONTROLLER
    Publication number: 20160185222
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a microprocessor executable network controller operable to cache media intended for a vehicle occupant in response to a vehicle state change, vehicle function, change in vehicle location, actual or expected change in a signal parameter associated with a selected channel and/or request by the vehicle occupant and/or a signal source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Christopher P. Ricci, Douglas W. Swartz