Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Ravas

Jeffrey Ravas 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).

  • Publication number: 20060099944
    Abstract: A method and system for providing mobile vehicle sales recommendations. Vehicle usage data for at least one mobile vehicle is received at a call center, at least one vehicle usage profile is created based on the received vehicle usage data, a vehicle profile request is received at the call center from a sales center, and the vehicle usage profile is sent from the call center to the sales center based on the received vehicle profile request. A computer usable medium with suitable computer program code is employed for providing mobile vehicle sales recommendations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2004
    Publication date: May 11, 2006
    Inventors: Steven Ross, Nathan Ampunan, Jeffrey Ravas, Jeffrey Stefan
  • Publication number: 20060004589
    Abstract: A method of operating a vehicle leasing program. The method includes receiving a mileage value from a vehicle at a call center determining whether the mileage value corresponds to a leasing event trigger and notifying a user of the vehicle of a leasing event responsive to the determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2004
    Publication date: January 5, 2006
    Inventors: Steven Ross, Edward Chrumka, Jeffrey Ravas, Nathan Ampunan, Gary Watkins
  • Publication number: 20050165639
    Abstract: Managing subscriber vehicle data in a vehicle data management system includes receiving and storing vehicle data, associating at least one client class with at least one corresponding targeted data format, receiving a client data request from a client, determining a client identity based on the client data request; and providing targeted data to the client responsive to the data request. The targeted data format is based on the determination of the identified client requesting the client data. An article for managing subscriber vehicle data in a vehicle data management system is described having a computer readable modulated carrier wave embodying means embedded in the modulated carrier wave for storing received vehicle data, means for associating at least one client class with at least one corresponding targeted data format, means for determining a client identity based on a received client data request and means for providing targeted data to the client responsive to the data request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2004
    Publication date: July 28, 2005
    Inventors: Steven Ross, Stephen Habermas, Vinodh Ravi, Jeffrey Ravas
  • Publication number: 20050080606
    Abstract: A method and system for configuring trigger parameters for captured test fleet vehicle data collection. The method includes selecting at least one vehicle identifier from a captured test fleet database, associating at least one trigger condition with the at least one selected vehicle identifier in the database, associating at least one vehicle parameter to be collected at an occurrence of the at least one associated trigger condition with the selected vehicle identifier in the database, and sending the at least one associated trigger condition and the at least one associated vehicle parameter from the database to a telematics unit of at least one test vehicle associated with the vehicle identifier via a wireless connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2004
    Publication date: April 14, 2005
    Inventors: Nathan Ampunan, Steven Ross, Jeffrey Ravas