Patents by Inventor Elliot S. Katz

Elliot S. Katz 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: 10467551
    Abstract: A memory of a privacy server stores user data and user settings. A processor of the privacy server is programmed to receive user settings corresponding to a user of a journey planning application; receive user data from vehicles and mobility services; manage the user data of the user according to the user settings; and provide information to the journey planning application explaining benefits of the sharing of the user data. A mobile computing device receives responses to a set of questions unrelated to sharing of user data for determining settings, identifies user settings defining the sharing of user data consistent with data indicative of user settings of users who answered the questions in the same manner, and displays terms of service for the sharing of user data based on the user settings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Bradley Michael Gayton, Joseph A. Kidd, Deborah N. Gertsen, Elliot S. Katz
  • Publication number: 20180357438
    Abstract: A memory of a privacy server stores user data and user settings. A processor of the privacy server is programmed to receive user settings corresponding to a user of a journey planning application; receive user data from vehicles and mobility services; manage the user data of the user according to the user settings; and provide information to the journey planning application explaining benefits of the sharing of the user data. A mobile computing device receives responses to a set of questions unrelated to sharing of user data for determining settings, identifies user settings defining the sharing of user data consistent with data indicative of user settings of users who answered the questions in the same manner, and displays terms of service for the sharing of user data based on the user settings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Bradley Michael GAYTON, Joseph A. KIDD, Deborah N. GERTSEN, Elliot S. Katz