Patents by Inventor Pavankumar SURABATHULA

Pavankumar SURABATHULA 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).

  • PASSENGER IDENTIFIER SEAT ACCESS
    Publication number: 20260156700
    Abstract: Responsive to detection of a personal device, a closest one of a plurality of seating zones to the personal device is identified. Responsive to an address store including a hardware address of the personal device, the configurable hardware address of the closest one of the plurality of seating zones is updated to be a hardware address mapped to the personal device hardware address. The personal device is then able to reconnect to the closest one of the plurality of H seating zones.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2026
    Publication date: June 4, 2026
    Inventors: Stephen COE, Joseph WISNIEWSKI, Jennifer Ariane SHEPHERD MOORE, Pavankumar SURABATHULA
  • Passenger identifier seat access
    Patent number: 12557154
    Abstract: Responsive to detection of a personal device, a closest one of a plurality of HMIs to the personal device is identified. Responsive to an address store including a hardware address of the personal device, the configurable hardware address of the closest one of the plurality of HMIs is updated to be a HMI hardware address mapped to the personal device hardware address. The personal device is then able to reconnect to the closest one of the plurality of HMIs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2026
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Coe, Joseph Wisniewski, Jennifer Ariane Shepherd Moore, Pavankumar Surabathula
  • PASSENGER IDENTIFIER SEAT ACCESS
    Publication number: 20220086929
    Abstract: Responsive to detection of a personal device, a closest one of a plurality of HMIs to the personal device is identified. Responsive to an address store including a hardware address of the personal device, the configurable hardware address of the closest one of the plurality of HMIs is updated to be a HMI hardware address mapped to the personal device hardware address. The personal device is then able to reconnect to the closest one of the plurality of HMIs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Stephen COE, Joseph WISNIEWSKI, Jennifer Ariane SHEPHERD MOORE, Pavankumar SURABATHULA