Patents by Inventor Jennifer Lai

Jennifer Lai 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 vehicle diagnostics and health monitoring
    Patent number: 6330499
    Abstract: A system and method for vehicle diagnostic and health monitoring includes a client computer device within the vehicle, coupled to the vehicle's monitoring systems, for data management, remote session management and user interaction, a communication system, coupled to the client computer device, for providing remote communication of data including data derived from internal monitoring systems of the vehicle, and a remote service center including a vehicle data store, a server computer, a diagnostic engine, and a communicator for communicating the results of analysis of vehicle information to the client computer device via the communication system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2001
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Bao-Luo Chou, Bhavani S. Iyer, Jennifer Lai, Anthony Levas, Lawrence Isaac Lieberman, Te-Kai Liu, Paul Andrew Moskowitz, Jung-Mu Tang, Rose Marie Williams, Danny Chan-Yong Wong, Alan Chakra, Euiyoung Kim
  • System for controlling vehicle information user interfaces
    Patent number: 6181996
    Abstract: A system for controlling a vehicle information system user interface with at least one sensor for sensing the presence of a passenger and a controller for controlling a vehicle information system user interface based upon an output signal from the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Bao-Luo Chou, Jennifer Lai, Anthony Levas, Paul Andrew Moskowitz