Patents by Inventor Stefan Schaffer

Stefan Schaffer 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).

  • Systems and methods for providing software and a corresponding pricing model
    Publication number: 20050160409
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for configuring software based on the selection of extensions and/or business sets and functions by a user. IA method for configuring software based on the user selection of extensions includes presenting extensions for selection by a user and determining whether the user selection of the extensions is valid. The method further includes performing updates to source code based on the user selection of the extensions and compiling the source code corresponding to the selected extensions to generate a user-specific system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2004
    Publication date: July 21, 2005
    Inventors: Veronika Schmid-Lutz, Jurgen Remmel, Rainer Feser-Tehranian, Michael Franz, Stefan Weisenberger, Stefan Schaffer, Robert Cummings, Oliver Sievi, Ralf Strassner, Claus Heinrich, Andreas Schmitt
  • Data transfer method in a restraint system connected to a bus line
    Patent number: 6295494
    Abstract: In the restraint system, in which coupled to a bus line are a central control unit and a plurality of data processing units that are provided to trigger restraint devices, a plurality of data channels that are clearly separable from each other are to be transmittable. In this context, data of high priority and high time-related urgency are transmitted with a high signal level and a high bit rate, data of lower priority and lower time-related urgency are transmitted with a low signal level and a low bit rate, data of high priority and lower time-related urgency are transmitted with a high signal level and a low bit rate, and data of a lower priority and high time-related urgency are transmitted with a low signal level and a high bit rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2001
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Werner Nitschke, Otto Karl, Joachim Bauer, Michael Bischoff, Günter Fendt, Johannes Rinkens, Stefan Schaffer