Patents by Inventor Dean Coy

Dean Coy 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).

  • Method and system for transmitting data to a traffic information server
    Patent number: 8050855
    Abstract: A method for transmitting data to a traffic information server includes obtaining, at a mobile vehicle, data including at least one of a vehicle speed and a vehicle location at a then-current time, and determining whether the data is redundant. Determining whether the data is redundant may be accomplished by at least one of comparing the data with other data previously transmitted to the traffic information server from an other mobile vehicle or determining whether the data falls within an expected range for a predetermined time interval. The method further includes transmitting the data, via a wireless communication system, to the traffic information server from the mobile vehicle if the data is determined to be non-redundant. Also disclosed herein is a system to perform the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: General Motors LLC
    Inventors: Dean Coy, Steven C. Tengler, Richard A. Johnson
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING DATA TO A TRAFFIC INFORMATION SERVER
    Publication number: 20100036595
    Abstract: A method for transmitting data to a traffic information server includes obtaining, at a mobile vehicle, data including at least one of a vehicle speed and a vehicle location at a then-current time, and determining whether the data is redundant. Determining whether the data is redundant may be accomplished by at least one of comparing the data with other data previously transmitted to the traffic information server from an other mobile vehicle or determining whether the data falls within an expected range for a predetermined time interval. The method further includes transmitting the data, via a wireless communication system, to the traffic information server from the mobile vehicle if the data is determined to be non-redundant. Also disclosed herein is a system to perform the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2008
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dean Coy, Steven C. Tengler, Richard A. Johnson