Patents by Inventor Metta Boger

Metta Boger 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: 20090118902
    Abstract: An operator control method for a vehicle having at least one switch which, when operated, activates an associated application or application group, where a stored last state or a prescribed basic state for the associated application or application group is set and is shown on a screen display, and to an associated operator control system. The identified operation of the switch is followed by activation of the associated application or application group, and setting a stored menu state for the purpose of operator control when the associated application or application group has been deactivated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2006
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Applicant: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Metta Boger, Tanja Schilling
  • Publication number: 20090043448
    Abstract: An operating method for a vehicle having at least one toggle switch with which, when it is activated, it is possible to change between at least two assigned applications or application groups, and an associated operating system. After activation of the toggle switch has been detected, activation states of at least two assigned applications or application groups are determined, and at least one of the assigned applications or application groups is activated as a function of the determined activation states. A predefined basic state of a predefined application or application group or a stored last state of an application or application group which is activated last is set if all the applications or application groups which are assigned to the toggle switch are in a first state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2006
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Applicant: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Metta Boger, Guenter Metsch, Roland Pregizer, Dietmar Scheer, Armin Zachay
  • Publication number: 20080306652
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a computer program and a data carrier with this computer program for personalizing adjustable functions in a vehicle. The method provides that first a user profile in the form of stored, person-related settings and/or data of the functions for a current user of the vehicle is activated. To this extent, this method is basically known from the prior art. In order to restrict the access rights of other users to the user profile of the current user, the invention provides a configuration step, in the scope of which the current user can define which other user he would like to permit to access his person-related settings and/or data of functions within a previously defined group of functions. The access is respectively configured in a standardized way for all the functions within the group. The functions within a group are at least similar in terms of their requirement for personalization and/or their requirement for confidentiality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2004
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Applicant: DAIMLERCHRYSLER AG
    Inventors: Metta Boger, Christian Heinrich