Patents by Inventor Ervin Hoxha

Ervin Hoxha 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).

  • Securing vehicle service tool data communications
    Patent number: 9179311
    Abstract: A system and method of securely communicating information between a vehicle and a central facility includes receiving at a vehicle diagnostic tool a challenge query from the vehicle; establishing a wireless connection between the vehicle diagnostic tool and a central facility; transmitting the challenge query from the vehicle diagnostic tool to the central facility via the wireless connection; receiving at the vehicle diagnostic tool a response to the challenge query via the wireless connection; and accessing one or more vehicle modules on the vehicle using the received response to the challenge query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth L. Peirce, Ervin Hoxha, Joseph E. Ploucha
  • SECURING VEHICLE SERVICE TOOL DATA COMMUNICATIONS
    Publication number: 20150100197
    Abstract: A system and method of securely communicating information between a vehicle and a central facility includes receiving at a vehicle diagnostic tool a challenge query from the vehicle; establishing a wireless connection between the vehicle diagnostic tool and a central facility; transmitting the challenge query from the vehicle diagnostic tool to the central facility via the wireless connection; receiving at the vehicle diagnostic tool a response to the challenge query via the wireless connection; and accessing one or more vehicle modules on the vehicle using the received response to the challenge query.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth L. Peirce, Ervin Hoxha, Joseph E. Ploucha