Patents by Inventor Marc Thom

Marc Thom 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).

  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION AND ENTERTAINMENT IN A MOTOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20240025253
    Abstract: A method for providing information and entertainment in a motor vehicle comprising ascertaining conditions within a passenger compartment of the motor vehicle, ambient conditions around the motor vehicle and operating parameters of the motor vehicle, evaluating information about a state of a first passenger and selecting information and/or entertainment from a result, and providing the information and/or entertainment selected for the first passenger is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Gallner, Marc Thom, Antonio Avitabile, Thorsten Köhler
  • Optimized communication system for radio-assisted traffic services
    Patent number: 7006796
    Abstract: An optimized communications system for radio-assisted traffic services such as railroad services. In addition to the fixed-position central services and the fixed-position decentralized control centers, one or more decentralized gateway computers are introduced into the traffic network, with the communication between the mobile objects and the fixed-position objects being provided via the gateway computers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Hofmann, Tanja Woywod, Marc Thom, Fabrice Stein, Volker Pliquett, Detlef Kendelbacher