Patents by Inventor Jerome Buckingham

Jerome Buckingham 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 for remotely requesting activation of a vehicle function
    Patent number: 9243441
    Abstract: A system for activating a vehicle function includes a vehicle and at least one remote controller. The least one remote controller is configured to receive, prior to a user approaching their vehicle, a request from the user to have a vehicle function activated when the user approaches their vehicle, and to periodically transmit request signals indicating the request. The vehicle defines a first communication range with the at least one remote controller for communication of the request signals. The vehicle is vehicle configured to receive at least one of the request signals upon the at least one remote controller's entry into the first communication range, and generate an instruction to activate the vehicle function in accordance with the request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Balkishan Malay Gupta, Wade May, Jerome Buckingham
  • SYSTEM FOR REMOTELY REQUESTING ACTIVATION OF A VEHICLE FUNCTION
    Publication number: 20150247353
    Abstract: A system for activating a vehicle function includes a vehicle and at least one remote controller. The least one remote controller is configured to receive, prior to a user approaching their vehicle, a request from the user to have a vehicle function activated when the user approaches their vehicle, and to periodically transmit request signals indicating the request. The vehicle defines a first communication range with the at least one remote controller for communication of the request signals. The vehicle is vehicle configured to receive at least one of the request signals upon the at least one remote controller's entry into the first communication range, and generate an instruction to activate the vehicle function in accordance with the request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Applicant: Nissan North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Balkishan Malay Gupta, Wade May, Jerome Buckingham