Patents by Inventor Jorge Filipe DIAS

Jorge Filipe DIAS 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).

  • Method and apparatus for multi-network communication in vehicular networks
    Patent number: 9439121
    Abstract: Wireless network data router for a vehicle, and operating method thereof, comprising: a multi-connection interface for wireless access in vehicular environments, herewith WAVE; a wireless local area network, herewith Wi-Fi, interface; a mobile network data interface; a downlink data connection for the vehicle and/or users in the vehicle and its vicinity; a data processing unit for routing data between said interfaces; wherein the data processing unit is configured to: calculate a score for each reachable network on the WAVE, Wi-Fi and mobile network interfaces; switch the uplink connection of the wireless network data router to the reachable network with the best score. Also a wireless network data router for vehicles for connecting vehicles to the Internet through a multi-network device, said router being a mobile router suitable to form a mesh network of connected vehicles, wherein the router is arranged for using parked cars for redistributing Wi-Fi signal from fixed hotspots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignees: UNIVERSIDADE DE AVEIRO, INSTITUTO DE TELECOMUNICAÇÖES, VENIAM, UNIPESSOAL LDA
    Inventors: Susana Isabel Barreto De Miranda Sargento, André Amorim De Faria Cardote, João Francisco Cordeiro De Oliveira Barros, Ricardo Jorge Magalhães De Matos, Filipe Manuel Almeida Neves, Jorge Filipe Dias, Carlos Eduardo Braga Ameixieira
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTI-NETWORK COMMUNICATION IN VEHICULAR NETWORKS
    Publication number: 20160150451
    Abstract: Wireless network data router for a vehicle, and operating method thereof, comprising: a multi-connection interface for wireless access in vehicular environments, herewith WAVE; a wireless local area network, herewith Wi-Fi, interface; a mobile network data interface; a downlink data connection for the vehicle and/or users in the vehicle and its vicinity; a data processing unit for routing data between said interfaces; wherein the data processing unit is configured to: calculate a score for each reachable network on the WAVE, Wi-Fi and mobile network interfaces; switch the uplink connection of the wireless network data router to the reachable network with the best score. Also a wireless network data router for vehicles for connecting vehicles to the Internet through a multi-network device, said router being a mobile router suitable to form a mesh network of connected vehicles, wherein the router is arranged for using parked cars for redistributing Wi-Fi signal from fixed hotspots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: Susana Isabel BARRETO DE MIRANDA SARGENTO, André Amorim DE FARIA CARDOTE, João Francisco CORDEIRO DE OLIVEIRA BARROS, Ricardo Jorge MAGALHÃES DE MATOS, Filipe Manuel ALMEIDA NEVES, Jorge Filipe DIAS, Carlos Eduardo BRAGA AMEIXIEIRA