Patents by Inventor Preston Doster

Preston Doster 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: 10635098
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing a virtual vehicle fleet are provided. One embodiment of a method includes creating a virtual vehicle, where the virtual vehicle provides a telematics service and replicating the virtual vehicle to create the virtual vehicle fleet, where the virtual vehicle fleet includes a plurality of virtual vehicles. Some embodiments include simulating use of the telematics service by at least a portion of the virtual vehicle fleet, determining a response characteristic of the simulated telematics service used by the virtual vehicle fleet, and providing data related to the response characteristic for output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA CONNECTED NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Preston Doster, David Tsai, Scott Meyer
  • Patent number: 10321276
    Abstract: Systems and methods for vehicle telematics registration are provided. One embodiment of a method includes receiving a vehicle identifier for a vehicle and a user telephone number for a user from a vehicle head unit, where the vehicle head unit provided a user interface requesting the user telephone number. Similarly, some embodiments include populating a portion of a registration form for a telematics service with the vehicle identifier and the user telephone number, creating a link to the registration form, and inserting the link into an electronic message to the user telephone number. Still some embodiments include sending the electronic message to the user telephone number and registering, by the computing device, the vehicle for the telematics service in response to the user selecting the link and submitting the registration form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Toyota Connected North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Chiang, David Tsai, Preston Doster, Ali Kazmi
  • Publication number: 20190146486
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing a virtual vehicle fleet are provided. One embodiment of a method includes creating a virtual vehicle, where the virtual vehicle provides a telematics service and replicating the virtual vehicle to create the virtual vehicle fleet, where the virtual vehicle fleet includes a plurality of virtual vehicles. Some embodiments include simulating use of the telematics service by at least a portion of the virtual vehicle fleet, determining a response characteristic of the simulated telematics service used by the virtual vehicle fleet, and providing data related to the response characteristic for output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Applicant: Toyota Connected North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Preston Doster, David Tsai, Scott Meyer
  • Publication number: 20190149956
    Abstract: Systems and methods for vehicle telematics registration are provided. One embodiment of a method includes receiving a vehicle identifier for a vehicle and a user telephone number for a user from a vehicle head unit, where the vehicle head unit provided a user interface requesting the user telephone number. Similarly, some embodiments include populating a portion of a registration form for a telematics service with the vehicle identifier and the user telephone number, creating a link to the registration form, and inserting the link into an electronic message to the user telephone number. Still some embodiments include sending the electronic message to the user telephone number and registering, by the computing device, the vehicle for the telematics service in response to the user selecting the link and submitting the registration form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Applicant: Toyota Connected North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Chiang, David Tsai, Preston Doster, Ali Kazmi