Patents by Inventor Stefan C. Froehlich

Stefan C. Froehlich 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).

  • Computer-based systems employing a network of sensors to support the storage and/or transport of various goods and methods of use thereof to manage losses from quality shortfall
    Patent number: 12062099
    Abstract: In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides a network of multi-functional sensors; where, based on a quality insurance, each multi-functional sensor is positioned in, on, or in a vicinity of: a transported cargo and/or a cargo container, containing the transported cargo; where each multi-functional sensor is configured to measure particular transport-related condition, particular cargo-related condition, or both, to form cargo transport sensor data and wirelessly transmit it to a server that is configured to dynamically predict, based on the cargo transport sensor data, a predicted quality loss of the transported cargo, determine a current loss value of the transported cargo and caused one or more remedial actions that include instantaneously instructing to pay a payout amount to an owner of the transported cargo to compensate for the current loss value and/or transmitting a remedial instruction with an adjustment to the operation of one or more of a cargo transport, the cargo container, and a cargo
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: MUNICH RE
    Inventors: Richard B. Jones, Stefan C. Froehlich, Ronald Kargl, Richard Walter Bridges, Christoph Kalinski, Veenet Muthraja
  • COMPUTER-BASED SYSTEMS EMPLOYING A NETWORK OF SENSORS TO SUPPORT THE STORAGE AND/OR TRANSPORT OF VARIOUS GOODS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF TO MANAGE LOSSES FROM QUALITY SHORTFALL
    Publication number: 20230106229
    Abstract: In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides a network of multi-functional sensors; where, based on a quality insurance, each multi-functional sensor is positioned in, on, or in a vicinity of: a transported cargo and/or a cargo container, containing the transported cargo; where each multi-functional sensor is configured to measure particular transport-related condition, particular cargo-related condition, or both, to form cargo transport sensor data and wirelessly transmit it to a server that is configured to dynamically predict, based on the cargo transport sensor data, a predicted quality loss of the transported cargo, determine a current loss value of the transported cargo and caused one or more remedial actions that include instantaneously instructing to pay a payout amount to an owner of the transported cargo to compensate for the current loss value and/or transmitting a remedial instruction with an adjustment to the operation of one or more of a cargo transport, the cargo container, and a cargo
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: MUNICH RE
    Inventors: Richard B. Jones, Stefan C. Froehlich, Ronald Kargl, Richard Walter Bridges, Christoph Kalinski, Veenet Muthraja
  • Computer-based systems employing a network of sensors to support the storage and/or transport of various goods and methods of use thereof to manage losses from quality shortfall
    Patent number: 11526947
    Abstract: In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides a network of multi-functional sensors; where, based on a quality insurance, each multi-functional sensor is positioned in, on, or in a vicinity of: a transported cargo and/or a cargo container, containing the transported cargo; where each multi-functional sensor is configured to measure particular transport-related condition, particular cargo-related condition, or both, to form cargo transport sensor data and wirelessly transmit it to a server that is configured to dynamically predict, based on the cargo transport sensor data, a predicted quality loss of the transported cargo, determine a current loss value of the transported cargo and cause one or more remedial actions that include instantaneously instructing to pay a payout amount to an owner of the transported cargo to compensate for the current loss value and/or transmitting a remedial instruction with an adjustment to the operation of one or more of a cargo transport, the cargo container, and a cargo s
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: MUNICH RE
    Inventors: Richard B. Jones, Stefan C. Froehlich, Ronald Kargl, Richard Walter Bridges, Christoph Kalinski, Veenet Muthraja
  • COMPUTER-BASED SYSTEMS EMPLOYING A NETWORK OF SENSORS TO SUPPORT THE STORAGE AND/OR TRANSPORT OF VARIOUS GOODS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF TO MANAGE LOSSES FROM QUALITY SHORTFALL
    Publication number: 20200202451
    Abstract: In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides a network of multi-functional sensors; where, based on a quality insurance, each multi-functional sensor is positioned in, on, or in a vicinity of: a transported cargo and/or a cargo container, containing the transported cargo; where each multi-functional sensor is configured to measure particular transport-related condition, particular cargo-related condition, or both, to form cargo transport sensor data and wirelessly transmit it to a server that is configured to dynamically predict, based on the cargo transport sensor data, a predicted quality loss of the transported cargo, determine a current loss value of the transported cargo and cause one or more remedial actions that include instantaneously instructing to pay a payout amount to an owner of the transported cargo to compensate for the current loss value and/or transmitting a remedial instruction with an adjustment to the operation of one or more of a cargo transport, the cargo container, and a cargo s
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Richard B. JONES, Stefan C. Froehlich, Ronald KARGL, Richard Walter BRIDGES, Christoph KALINSKI, Veenet MUTHRAJA
  • Computer-based systems employing a network of sensors to support the storage and/or transport of various goods and methods of use thereof to manage losses from quality shortfall
    Patent number: 10621674
    Abstract: In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides a network of multi-functional sensors; where, based on a quality insurance, each multi-functional sensor is positioned in, on, or in a vicinity of: a transported cargo and/or a cargo container, containing the transported cargo; where each multi-functional sensor is configured to measure particular transport-related condition, particular cargo-related condition, or both, to form cargo transport sensor data and wirelessly transmit it to a server that is configured to dynamically predict, based on the cargo transport sensor data, a predicted quality loss of the transported cargo, determine a current loss value of the transported cargo and cause one or more remedial actions that include instantaneously instructing to pay a payout amount to an owner of the transported cargo to compensate for the current loss value and/or transmitting a remedial instruction with an adjustment to the operation of one or more of a cargo transport, the cargo container, and a cargo s
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Munich Reinsurance Company
    Inventors: Richard B. Jones, Stefan C. Froehlich, Ronald Kargl, Richard Walter Bridges, Christoph Kalinski, Veenet Muthraja
  • COMPUTER-BASED SYSTEMS EMPLOYING A NETWORK OF SENSORS TO SUPPORT THE STORAGE AND/OR TRANSPORT OF VARIOUS GOODS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF TO MANAGE LOSSES FROM QUALITY SHORTFALL
    Publication number: 20190114714
    Abstract: In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides a network of multi-functional sensors; where, based on a quality insurance, each multi-functional sensor is positioned in, on, or in a vicinity of: a transported cargo and/or a cargo container, containing the transported cargo; where each multi-functional sensor is configured to measure particular transport-related condition, particular cargo-related condition, or both, to form cargo transport sensor data and wirelessly transmit it to a server that is configured to dynamically predict, based on the cargo transport sensor data, a predicted quality loss of the transported cargo, determine a current loss value of the transported cargo and cause one or more remedial actions that include instantaneously instructing to pay a payout amount to an owner of the transported cargo to compensate for the current loss value and/or transmitting a remedial instruction with an adjustment to the operation of one or more of a cargo transport, the cargo container, and a cargo s
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Richard B. JONES, Stefan C. Froehlich, Ronald KARGL, Richard Walter BRIDGES, Christoph KALINSKI, Veenet MUTHRAJA