Patents by Inventor Markus SCHWIERZ

Markus SCHWIERZ 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).

  • Patent number: 10285210
    Abstract: Methods and systems are presented for remotely controlling a motor vehicle by mobile communication terminal. One method includes displaying motor vehicles by the mobile communication terminal, with which the mobile communication terminal had been previously coupled using a prior wireless connection. Based on an ability to establish a wireless connection concurrently with more than one of the motor vehicles, the method includes: establishing a wireless connection between one of the motor vehicle and the mobile communication terminal in response to detecting that the one of the motor vehicles has been selected, and prohibiting establishment of the new wireless connection between the mobile communication terminal and one of the motor vehicles until the one of the motor vehicles has been selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Audi AG
    Inventors: Matthias Burger, Markus Schwierz
  • Publication number: 20170215219
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and system for remotely controlling a motor vehicle by means of a mobile communication terminal with the steps: Displaying all motor vehicles by means of the mobile communication terminal, with which the mobile communication terminal had already been coupled before in the form of a wireless connection; if a wireless connection can be established instantaneously with more than one of the displayed motor vehicles: once it has been detected that one of these vehicles has been selected: establishing a wireless connection between the selected motor vehicle and the mobile communication terminal; as long as none of said motor vehicles has been selected: prohibiting the automatic establishing of a wireless connection between the mobile communication terminal and said motor vehicles. The invention also relates to a system for remotely controlling a motor vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2015
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Applicant: Audi AG
    Inventors: Matthias BURGER, Markus SCHWIERZ