Patents by Inventor Mark R. Klausner

Mark R. Klausner 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).

  • Publication number: 20240135006
    Abstract: An example operation includes associating a device of a first user with a first profile key; encrypting data to be stored on a vehicle associated with the first user, by the device, with the first profile key; storing the encrypted data on the vehicle; and restricting access to other data stored on the vehicle, based on the first profile key.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Stephen Paul McFarland, JR., Mark R. Klausner
  • Publication number: 20240129966
    Abstract: An example operation includes starting, by a vehicle, a timer when a pairing request is initiated; receiving, by the vehicle, a first response to the pairing request from a first device and a second response to the pairing request from a second device; recording the timer when each of the first response and the second response are received; determining a first connection time, from the recorded timer, for the first device, and determining a second connection time, from the recorded timer, for the second device; and connecting, by the vehicle, to a device having a fastest connection time among the first device and the second device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satyajit P. Patne, Edward Allen Cain, JR., Gabriel E. Lawrence, Joshua R. Davis, Mark R. Klausner, Nathan Humpal
  • Publication number: 20240073057
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining a data communication module (DCM) in a vehicle is unable to send a message, routing the message from the DCM to a device detachably connected to the vehicle, and sending, by the device detachably connected to the vehicle, the routed message to a device external to the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Stephen Paul McFarland, JR., Mark R. Klausner
  • Publication number: 20240073037
    Abstract: An example operation includes providing by a first electronic control unit (ECU) a fixed private key of a vehicle to a server; generating by the first ECU a limited life certificate based on the fixed private key, wherein the first ECU acts as a certificate authority; and providing the limited life certificate to a second ECU within the vehicle to allow the second ECU to securely communicate with the server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Stephen Paul McFarland, JR., Mark R. Klausner
  • Publication number: 20230050853
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of incrementing an epoch value related to a transport event, transmitting the incremented epoch value to at least one component on the transport, receiving an odometer reading comprising the epoch value and comparing the epoch value of the odometer reading and the incremented epoch value to determine whether the odometer reading is valid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Mark R. Klausner, Matthew R. Gaertner, Andrew S. Blomdal, Stephen Paul McFarland, JR.
  • Patent number: 11555466
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining a distance traveled by a transport using data points from a sensor, determining an error exists with one or more of the data points, correcting the error by the sensor, discarding one or more of the data points when the error is above a threshold or when the error cannot be corrected and determining a minimum reasonable path of the transport using a remaining portion of the data points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Mark R. Klausner, Matthew R. Gaertner, Andrew S. Blomdal, Stephen Paul McFarland, Jr.