Patents by Inventor Ralf Prenzel

Ralf Prenzel 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: 11909726
    Abstract: A method for applying control to a vehicle. The method includes: receiving, by way of a second control unit of a second vehicle to which control is to be applied, a signal encompassing a message encrypted using a valid symmetrical key of a first control unit of a first vehicle; ascertaining, by way of the second control unit, a decryptability of the encrypted message using a valid symmetrical key of the second control unit or a symmetrical reserve key of the second control unit ascertained by way of the second control unit; ecrypting the encrypted message, depending on the ascertained decryptability, by way of the second control unit using the valid symmetrical key of the second control unit or the symmetrical reserve key of the second control unit; and applying control, based on the decrypted message, to the second vehicle to which control is to be applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Soheil Gherekhloo, Jan-Felix Van Dam, Ralf Prenzel
  • Publication number: 20230049377
    Abstract: A method for authenticating a user terminal as a transmitter of a message transmitted in a wireless communication network having a plurality of spatially distributed user terminals, The message is transmitted from a first user terminal to at least one second and/or one third user terminal with the aid of a wireless communications connection. The message includes useful data, first user-terminal-specific and second user-terminal-specific authentication data. The first user terminal is authenticated as the transmitter of the message based on the first user-terminal-specific authentication data with the aid of the second user terminal, and/or based on the second user-terminal-specific authentication data with the aid of the third user terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Soheil Gherekhloo, Jan-Felix Van Dam, Ralf Prenzel
  • Publication number: 20220224676
    Abstract: A method for applying control to a vehicle. The method includes: receiving, by way of a second control unit of a second vehicle to which control is to be applied, a signal encompassing a message encrypted using a valid symmetrical key of a first control unit of a first vehicle; ascertaining, by way of the second control unit, a decryptability of the encrypted message using a valid symmetrical key of the second control unit or a symmetrical reserve key of the second control unit ascertained by way of the second control unit; ecrypting the encrypted message, depending on the ascertained decryptability, by way of the second control unit using the valid symmetrical key of the second control unit or the symmetrical reserve key of the second control unit; and applying control, based on the decrypted message, to the second vehicle to which control is to be applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Soheil Gherekhloo, Jan-Felix Van Dam, Ralf Prenzel
  • Patent number: 8909129
    Abstract: A method is provided for transmitting data, particularly having multimedia contents, from a first communications unit to a second communications unit (40; 114) in a telephone communications network, whereby at least one transmission status message assigned to the data is transmitted to the first communications unit. In the event that data cannot be delivered to the second communications unit, an item of information concerning a non-deliverability of the sent data is provided in the transmission status message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Network Management Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Ralf Prenzel, Andreas Schmidt, Markus Trauberg
  • Publication number: 20130303208
    Abstract: A method is provided for transmitting data, particularly having multimedia contents, from a first communications unit to a second communications unit (40; 114) in a telephone communications network, whereby at least one transmission status message assigned to the data is transmitted to the first communications unit. In the event that data cannot be delivered to the second communications unit, an item of information concerning a non-deliverability of the sent data is provided in the transmission status message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventors: Ralf Prenzel, Andreas Schmidt, Markus Trauberg
  • Patent number: 8532564
    Abstract: A method is provided for transmitting data, particularly having multimedia contents, from a first communications unit to a second communications unit (40; 114) in a telephone communications network, whereby at least one transmission status message assigned to the data is transmitted to the first communications unit. In the event that data cannot be delivered to the second communications unit, an item of information concerning a non-deliverability of the sent data is provided in the transmission status message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Network Management Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Ralf Prenzel, Andreas Schmidt, Markus Trauberg
  • Patent number: 7436823
    Abstract: A method is provided for mobile transmission of data, especially a method for transmitting multimedia data to a mobile subscriber terminal, wherein the data MM from an MMS application is transmitted to a network unit MMS Proxy/Relay A, the data is re-transmitted to a network unit MMS Proxy/Relay B via a link to a network unit, whereupon it is sent to a recipient, the conversion of the data occurring in a network unit MMS Proxy/Relay between a binary and a textual representation. Elements of data containing an unknown codeword are transmitted in a marked manner in order to provide a method for mobile transmission of multimedia data, a computer program product and a computer program system wherein unknown codes also can be processed without system-related transmission problems, particularly in a forward-compatible manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Josef Laumen, Ralf Prenzel, Andreas Schmidt, Markus Trauberg, Sabine Van Niekerk
  • Publication number: 20050165897
    Abstract: A method is provided for transmitting data, particularly having multimedia contents, from a first communications unit to a second communications unit (40; 114) in a telephone communications network, whereby at least one transmission status message assigned to the data is transmitted to the first communications unit. In the event that data cannot be delivered to the second communications unit, an item of information concerning a non-deliverability of the sent data is provided in the transmission status message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2003
    Publication date: July 28, 2005
    Inventors: Ralf Prenzel, Andreas Schmidt, Markus Trauberg
  • Publication number: 20040185832
    Abstract: The recipient of multimedia messages is informed of the importance of said messages before they are received. The recipient is correspondingly informed of the available message in a data support device. A form of identification concerning the importance of the available message is sent to the recipient with said notification. The recipient can download the multimedia message straight away or later onto the terminal based on the basis of said importance related ID.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2003
    Publication date: September 23, 2004
    Inventors: Ralf Prenzel, Andreas Schmidt, Markus Trauberg
  • Publication number: 20040170161
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for mobile transmission of data, especially a method for transmitting multimedia data to a mobile subscriber terminal, wherein the multimedia data (MM) from an MMS application is transmitted to a multimedia messaging service (MMS) Proxy/Relay A network unit, said data is re-transmitted to an MMS Proxy/Relay B network unit via a link to a network unit, whereupon it is sent to a receiver, the conversion of said data occurring in an MMS Proxy/Relay network unit between a binary and a textual representation, a computer program product and a communication system. Elements of data containng an unknown code word are transmitted in a marked manner in order to provide a method for mobile transmission of multimedia data, a computer program product and a computer program system wherein unknown codes can also be processed without system-related transmission problems and especially in a forward-compatible manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2004
    Publication date: September 2, 2004
    Inventors: Josef Laumen, Ralf Prenzel, Andreas Schmidt, Markus Trauberg, Sabine Van Niekerk
  • Publication number: 20030096598
    Abstract: A method, a subscriber terminal, a computer program product and a communications system are proposed via which an initially displayed image of data is preset essentially freely for a receiver, and an element is tagged in order to allow this element to be displayed as soon as the data is opened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2002
    Publication date: May 22, 2003
    Inventors: Ralf Prenzel, Christoph Wojzischke, Markus Trauberg
  • Publication number: 20030073450
    Abstract: Given that a sender of a multimedia message is generally unclear about the whereabouts of the message if the message has first been stored in a mailbox for the receiver and the receiver has neither been able to be notified about this message in the mailbox nor has downloaded the message, a connection unit associated with the receiver produces a notification which is then sent to a sender connection unit and on to the sender, and the type of notification required by the sender, or other, can be coded in the header of the send request in which the sender sends the multimedia message, wherein the receiver receives individual feedback about the whereabouts of the multimedia message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2002
    Publication date: April 17, 2003
    Inventors: Josef Laumen, Andreas Schmidt, Sabine Van Niekerk, Ralf Prenzel, Markus Trauberg