Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Kohley

Jeffrey Kohley 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).

  • System and method for distributed navigation service
    Patent number: 6567745
    Abstract: A distributed navigation system and method for providing driving instructions to a user. The system includes a service center having a navigation server and associated workstations. The service center stores driving instructions in a continuously updated map database. In response to a user request the instructions are transmitted by way of a wireless network to a client device residing in the user vehicle. The instructions are assembled into sequential stepwise driving directions and stored in a storage device in the client device. Commands from the user trigger playback of the driving instructions in a stepwise fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Axel Fuchs, James Blake Bullock, Robert A. Gee, Stanislaus Gonsalves, Jeffrey Kohley, Mark McNulty
  • System and method for distributed navigation service
    Publication number: 20020165666
    Abstract: A distributed navigation system and method for providing driving instructions to a user. The system includes a service center having a navigation server and associated workstations. The service center stores driving instructions in a continuously updated map database. In response to a user request the instructions are transmitted by way of a wireless network to a client device residing in the user vehicle. The instructions are assembled into sequential stepwise driving directions and stored in a storage device in the client device. Commands from the user trigger playback of the driving instructions in a stepwise fashion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2002
    Publication date: November 7, 2002
    Inventors: Axel Fuchs, James Blake Bullock, Robert A. Gee, Stanislaus Gonsalves, Jeffrey Kohley, Mark McNulty
  • System and method for distributed navigation service
    Patent number: 6421607
    Abstract: A distributed navigation system and method for providing driving instructions to a user. The system includes a service center having a navigation server and associated workstations. The service center stores driving instructions in a continuously updated map database. In response to a user request the instructions are transmitted by way of a wireless network to a client device residing in the user vehicle. The instructions are assembled into sequential stepwise driving directions and stored in a storage device in the client device. Commands from the user trigger playback of the driving instructions in a stepwise fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2002
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert A. Gee, Stanislaus Gonsalves, Jeffrey Kohley, Mark McNulty, James Blake Bullock