Patents by Inventor Elizabeth Grix

Elizabeth Grix 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).

  • Patent number: 11924280
    Abstract: A system comprises a computer having a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to receive a communication-protocol-agnostic vehicle control request for a vehicle, determine, based on the communication-protocol-agnostic vehicle control request, a vehicle control operation to be executed at the vehicle, identify, from among a plurality of candidate communication-protocol-specific communication links, a communication-protocol-specific communication link via which to send a vehicle control directive to the vehicle, and send the vehicle control directive to the vehicle via the identified communication-protocol-specific communication link to cause the vehicle to execute the vehicle control operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Elizabeth Grix, Saleh Alkirsh, Adam Salowitz, Daniel Leinbach, Michael Crimando
  • Publication number: 20230086171
    Abstract: A system comprises a computer having a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to receive a communication-protocol-agnostic vehicle control request for a vehicle, determine, based on the communication-protocol-agnostic vehicle control request, a vehicle control operation to be executed at the vehicle, identify, from among a plurality of candidate communication-protocol-specific communication links, a communication-protocol-specific communication link via which to send a vehicle control directive to the vehicle, and send the vehicle control directive to the vehicle via the identified communication-protocol-specific communication link to cause the vehicle to execute the vehicle control operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Elizabeth Grix, Saleh Alkirsh, Adam Salowitz, Daniel Leinbach, Michael Crimando
  • Publication number: 20230042500
    Abstract: A vehicle identifier and a nonfungible token (NFT) associated with the vehicle identifier are stored on an electronic ledger. The electronic ledger is a distributed electronic ledger shared between at least a computer and a remote computer. Upon transitioning a vehicle to an on state, the electronic ledger is queried to identify programming instructions associated with the NFT. Upon retrieving the identified programming instructions from the electronic ledger, the vehicle is actuated based on the retrieved programming instructions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jason Grix, Elizabeth Grix