Patents by Inventor Markus De Ruijter

Markus De Ruijter 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, device, computer program, and computer program product for making available data
    Patent number: 10787045
    Abstract: In a method for making available data relating to the tires of a vehicle, vehicle data and/or tire data is made available by a vehicle memory unit of the vehicle, wherein the vehicle data is acquired by a sensor which is arranged in the vehicle. The vehicle data and/or the tire data have information on at least one property of the tires of the vehicle. A tire-wear probability of the tires of the vehicle is acquired as a function of the vehicle data and/or tire data. The tire-wear probability and/or the vehicle data and/or tire data are stored permanently in a memory unit arranged externally with respect to the vehicle and are made available for determining whether the vehicle requires new tires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Markus de Ruijter
  • Method, Device, Computer Program, and Computer Program Product for Making Available Data
    Publication number: 20170001482
    Abstract: In a method for making available data relating to the tires of a vehicle, vehicle data and/or tire data is made available by a vehicle memory unit of the vehicle, wherein the vehicle data is acquired by a sensor which is arranged in the vehicle. The vehicle data and/or the tire data have information on at least one property of the tires of the vehicle. A tire-wear probability of the tires of the vehicle is acquired as a function of the vehicle data and/or tire data. The tire-wear probability and/or the vehicle data and/or tire data are stored permanently in a memory unit arranged externally with respect to the vehicle and are made available for determining whether the vehicle requires new tires.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventor: Markus de RUIJTER
  • Method for digitally transferring information via telephone connections
    Patent number: 7181226
    Abstract: In a method for digitally transferring information via telephone connections, in which a receiver registers the sender's telephone number, the receiver is assigned a plurality of callable telephone numbers. Each time a specific sender dials a callable telephone number, the receiver registers this as an individual piece of digital information associated with the called telephone number. A piece of total information is formed from the individual pieces of digital information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Markus De Ruijter, Leo Vollmuth
  • Method for digitally transferring information via telephone connections
    Publication number: 20020147013
    Abstract: In a method for digitally transferring information via telephone connections, in which a receiver registers the sender's telephone number, the receiver is assigned a plurality of callable telephone numbers. Each time a specific sender dials a callable telephone number, the receiver registers this as an individual piece of digital information associated with the called telephone number. A piece of total information is formed from the individual pieces of digital information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2002
    Publication date: October 10, 2002
    Applicant: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Markus De Ruijter, Leo Vollmuth