Patents by Inventor Joseph S. Niemiec

Joseph S. Niemiec 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).

  • Automatic detection of parking level in multi-level structure
    Patent number: 9086285
    Abstract: Implementations of the present invention contemplate utilizing the communicative connections between a telematics service provider (TSP), a communication device, and a telematics unit in a vehicle parked in a multilevel parking garage to determine location information of the vehicle and to provide such information to a subscriber of the TSP. A subscriber of a TSP may transmit a request for information pertaining to the location of a vehicle parked within a multilevel parking structure from a communication device. Upon the receipt of such a request, the TSP provides the information requested by the subscriber. In various implementations, the providing of such information by the TSP may involve querying the telematics unit in the vehicle or querying a database storing location information pertaining to one or more vehicles and may further involve performing calculations to derive the information requested by the communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: General Motors LLC
    Inventors: Mukesh Gupta, Marco T. Carnevale, Sanjay Khunger, Santhosh Kumar Narayanan, Joseph S. Niemiec
  • Automatic Detection of Parking Level In Multi-Level Structure
    Publication number: 20150057926
    Abstract: Implementations of the present invention contemplate utilizing the communicative connections between a telematics service provider (TSP), a communication device, and a telematics unit in a vehicle parked in a multilevel parking garage to determine location information of the vehicle and to provide such information to a subscriber of the TSP. A subscriber of a TSP may transmit a request for information pertaining to the location of a vehicle parked within a multilevel parking structure from a communication device. Upon the receipt of such a request, the TSP provides the information requested by the subscriber. In various implementations, the providing of such information by the TSP may involve querying the telematics unit in the vehicle or querying a database storing location information pertaining to one or more vehicles and may further involve performing calculations to derive the information requested by the communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2013
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: GENERAL MOTORS LLC
    Inventors: Mukesh Gupta, Marco T. Carnevale, Sanjay Khunger, Santhosh Kumar Narayanan, Joseph S. Niemiec