Patents by Inventor Mark F. Harrington

Mark F. Harrington 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for loading or modifying a vehicle database from a remote computer via a communications network and a fuel or current dispenser
    Patent number: 6185501
    Abstract: Method and apparatus providing supplementary navigation data to be used with a vehicular navigation system. The supplementary navigation data can be superimposed over primary navigation data on a navigation system display or can be presented as a split-screen display. The supplementary navigation data may contain information such as locations of local facilities, local road information, types of local facilities. The supplementary navigation data is received by the vehicle when the vehicle is coupled to a station, such as a battery recharging or a refueling station, and is transmitted to the navigation system. An on-board controller can store the data and/or display the data. The navigation system could use the supplementary data to determine routes or locations for specific local facilities selected by the user. In an interactive or two-way communications system, the user can select predetermined types of supplementary data to be received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Assignee: Intellectual Property Development Associates of Connecticut, Inc.
    Inventors: Harry F. Smith, Mark F. Harrington
  • Methods and apparatus for updating navigation information in a motorized vehicle
    Patent number: 5806018
    Abstract: Method and apparatus providing supplementary navigation data to be used w a vehicular navigation system. The supplementary navigation data can be superimposed over primary navigation data on a navigation system display or can be presented as a split-screen display. The supplementary navigation data may contain information such as locations of local facilities, local road information, types of local facilities. The supplementary navigation data is received by the vehicle when the vehicle is coupled to a station, such as a battery recharging or a refueling station, and is transmitted to the navigation system. An on-board controller can store the data and/or display the data. The navigation system could use the supplementary data to determine routes or locations for specific local facilities selected by the user. In an interactive or two-way communications system, the user can select predetermined types of supplementary data to be received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1998
    Assignee: Intellectual Property Development Associates Of Connecticut, Incorporated
    Inventors: Harry F. Smith, Mark F. Harrington