Patents by Inventor Sean McGinn

Sean McGinn 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: 11954949
    Abstract: In some implementations, a vehicle device may receive, from a controller area network (CAN) bus of a vehicle and for a time period, messages received by the CAN bus after an engine of the vehicle is turned on. The vehicle device may combine identifiers provided in unique addresses, of the messages received by the CAN bus, to generate a unique identifier, and may utilize the unique identifier to determine data identifying a year, a make, and a model of the vehicle. The vehicle device may utilize the data identifying the year, the make, and the model of the vehicle to determine non-standard parameter identifiers associated with an engine control module of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Verizon Connect Development Limited
    Inventors: Louis Burger, Sean McGinn
  • Publication number: 20220266793
    Abstract: A device may receive an arming signal associated with immobilizing a vehicle. The device may monitor, based on receiving the arming signal, a current associated with an electrical power output from a battery of the vehicle. The device may detect that a measurement of the current satisfies a threshold associated with an ignition component starting an engine of the vehicle. The device may control, based on detecting that the current satisfies the threshold, a bypass circuit to reduce the electrical power output to prevent the ignition component from starting the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: Verizon Connect Development Limited
    Inventors: Louis BURGER, Sean McGINN, Mark SWORDS, Anton G. WIGLEY, Jose M. GOMEZ MONTERROSA, JR., Nicholas HOOPER
  • Publication number: 20220215693
    Abstract: In some implementations, a vehicle device may receive, from a controller area network (CAN) bus of a vehicle and for a time period, messages received by the CAN bus after an engine of the vehicle is turned on. The vehicle device may combine identifiers provided in unique addresses, of the messages received by the CAN bus, to generate a unique identifier, and may utilize the unique identifier to determine data identifying a year, a make, and a model of the vehicle. The vehicle device may utilize the data identifying the year, the make, and the model of the vehicle to determine non-standard parameter identifiers associated with an engine control module of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: VERIZON CONNECT IRELAND LIMITED
    Inventors: Louis BURGER, Sean McGINN
  • Patent number: 11338769
    Abstract: A device may receive an arming signal associated with immobilizing a vehicle. The device may monitor, based on receiving the arming signal, a current associated with an electrical power output from a battery of the vehicle. The device may detect that a measurement of the current satisfies a threshold associated with an ignition component starting an engine of the vehicle. The device may control, based on detecting that the current satisfies the threshold, a bypass circuit to reduce the electrical power output to prevent the ignition component from starting the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Verizon Connect Development Limited
    Inventors: Louis Burger, Sean McGinn, Mark Swords, Anton G. Wigley, Jose M. Gomez Monterrosa, Jr., Nicholas Hooper
  • Publication number: 20210362674
    Abstract: A device may receive an arming signal associated with immobilizing a vehicle. The device may monitor, based on receiving the arming signal, a current associated with an electrical power output from a battery of the vehicle. The device may detect that a measurement of the current satisfies a threshold associated with an ignition component starting an engine of the vehicle. The device may control, based on detecting that the current satisfies the threshold, a bypass circuit to reduce the electrical power output to prevent the ignition component from starting the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Louis BURGER, Sean McGINN, Mark SWORDS, Anton G. WIGLEY, Jose M. GOMEZ MONTERROSA, JR., Nicholas HOOPER
  • Patent number: 6079251
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with a system and method for monitoring the exhaust emissions of combustion engines such as diesel engines equipment used in underground mining operations. The system comprises a gas analyzer capable of measuring the concentration of at least one exhaust gas from the exhaust emissions, the analyzer being coupled to a computer that processes the data collected from the gas analyzer. The processed data is then displayed to the operator on a computer screen, so that the monitoring is carried out in real time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Assignee: Noranda Inc.
    Inventors: Philippe Gaultier, Sean McGinn, Donald Thibault