Patents by Inventor Stephen L. Falko

Stephen L. Falko 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).

  • Vehicle diagnostic knowledge delivery
    Patent number: 7092937
    Abstract: A method for vehicle diagnostic knowledge delivery comprising receiving a search request from a user system and accessing a database of case records in response to the search request. Each of the case records includes a case-record number attribute, a set of vehicle-description attributes, a set of bookkeeping attributes, a set of system attributes, a set of symptom attributes, and a set of action attributes. The method further comprises searching the database of case records for a case record responsive to the search request. If a case record responsive to the search request is located, it is transmitted to the user system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander P. Morgan, Lawrence M. Quinn, Gulcin Sengir, Diane I. Gibbons, Michael A. Sowa, Stephen L. Falko, Frederick J. Vondrak, Thorsten W. Rommel
  • Vehicle diagnostic knowledge delivery
    Publication number: 20040199542
    Abstract: A method for vehicle diagnostic knowledge delivery comprising receiving a search request from a user system and accessing a database of case records in response to the search request. Each of the case records includes a case-record number attribute, a set of vehicle-description attributes, a set of bookkeeping attributes, a set of system attributes, a set of symptom attributes, and a set of action attributes. The method further comprises searching the database of case records for a case record responsive to the search request. If a case record responsive to the search request is located, it is transmitted to the user system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2003
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Inventors: Alexander P. Morgan, Lawrence M. Quinn, Gulcin Sengir, Diane I. Gibbons, Michael A. Sowa, Stephen L. Falko, Frederick J. Vondrak, Thorsten W. Rommel
  • Vehicle diagnostic record mapping
    Patent number: 6768935
    Abstract: A method for vehicle diagnostic record mapping comprising receiving a vehicle service record. A target record is created in response to receiving the vehicle service record. The target record includes a target-record number attribute, a set of vehicle-description attributes, a set of bookkeeping attributes, a set of system attributes, a set of symptom attributes, and a set of action attributes. Vehicle description data is mapped into the set of vehicle-description attributes in response to locating the vehicle description data in the vehicle service record. Bookkeeping data is mapped into the set of bookkeeping attributes in response to locating the bookkeeping data in the vehicle service record. Vehicle system data is mapped into the set of system attributes in response to locating the system data in the vehicle service record. Symptom data is mapped into the set of symptom attributes in response to locating the symptom data in the vehicle service record.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2004
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander P. Morgan, Lawrence M. Quinn, Gulcin Sengir, Diane I. Gibbons, Michael A. Sowa, Stephen L. Falko, Frederick J. Vondrak, Thorsten W. Rommel