Patents by Inventor Rebecca C. Roth

Rebecca C. Roth 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).

  • Communicating with residential electrical devices via a vehicle telematics unit
    Patent number: 9495866
    Abstract: A method of communicating with residential electrical devices using a vehicle telematics unit includes receiving information identifying a residential electrical device to control; displaying in a vehicle one or more controlled features of the identified residential electrical device; receiving from a vehicle occupant a selection of the displayed controlled features of the residential electrical device; sending an instruction from the vehicle telematics unit to the residential electrical device via a wireless carrier system in response to the received selection; and controlling the residential electrical device using the sent instruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: General Motors LLC
    Inventors: Rebecca C. Roth, Paul H. Pebbles
  • VEHICLE-RELATED INFORMATION SHARING METHOD AND SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20160037307
    Abstract: In an example of a vehicle-related information sharing method, vehicle-related information is received at an in-vehicle application resident on a memory of a communications platform in a vehicle. The in-vehicle application identifies a mobile communications device to transmit a data package to, where the data package is associated with the vehicle-related information. The in-vehicle application recognizes that the mobile communications device has a vehicle-related application resident on a memory thereof and that the vehicle-related application has a rich message feature enabled. The in-vehicle application prepares the data package with vehicle-related action information and a phone number of the mobile communications device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventor: Rebecca C. Roth
  • COMMUNICATING WITH RESIDENTIAL ELECTRICAL DEVICES VIA A VEHICLE TELEMATICS UNIT
    Publication number: 20140266635
    Abstract: A method of communicating with residential electrical devices using a vehicle telematics unit includes receiving information identifying a residential electrical device to control; displaying in a vehicle one or more controlled features of the identified residential electrical device; receiving from a vehicle occupant a selection of the displayed controlled features of the residential electrical device; sending an instruction from the vehicle telematics unit to the residential electrical device via a wireless carrier system in response to the received selection; and controlling the residential electrical device using the sent instruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Rebecca C. Roth, Paul H. Pebbles