Patents by Inventor Edwin FORIS

Edwin FORIS 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).

  • Motor vehicle comprising an operating device for operating an internet portal of a social network service
    Patent number: 10158597
    Abstract: A method controls an Internet portal for a social network service from a motor vehicle. The Internet portal provides functions that can be activated by sending a control command to the Internet portal. An immobile proxy device provides a module that receives a selection, which is made by a user in the motor vehicle, for one of the functions and then sends a control command, which is specific to the Internet portal, for activating the function to the Internet portal. The module also produces suitable display data for the motor vehicle from output data from the Internet portal. The module also receives additional data from an additional data source and produces an additional control command for the Internet portal and/or display data for the motor vehicle therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Edwin Foris, Arne Zoerb-Schliefer
  • MOTOR VEHICLE COMPRISING AN OPERATING DEVICE FOR OPERATING AN INTERNET PORTAL OF A SOCIAL NETWORK SERVICE
    Publication number: 20150304267
    Abstract: A method controls an Internet portal for a social network service from a motor vehicle. The Internet portal provides functions that can be activated by sending a control command to the Internet portal. An immobile proxy device provides a module that receives a selection, which is made by a user in the motor vehicle, for one of the functions and then sends a control command, which is specific to the Internet portal, for activating the function to the Internet portal. The module also produces suitable display data for the motor vehicle from output data from the Internet portal. The module also receives additional data from an additional data source and produces an additional control command for the Internet portal and/or display data for the motor vehicle therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Edwin FORIS, Arne ZOERB-SCHLIEFER