Patents by Inventor Stephen Nees

Stephen Nees 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: 12688739
    Abstract: The present disclosure related to the configuration and management of accessibility of vehicle data communications provided to a service technician or other third party. The service technician requests access to the vehicle data with authentication information. The network service provider can facilitate an initial authentication for access to vehicle data, provide access to the vehicle data for authenticated and authorized users, and manage revocation of vehicle data access rights via a common interface provided through the vehicle without requiring customized software, applications or external computing devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: Tesla, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Nees, Florian Puget, Sam Charles, Brian Stuart Boggs
  • Publication number: 20260188057
    Abstract: A method for managing vehicle servicing may capture at least one of a user concern/input related to a requested service or observed vehicle operational parameters. A method for managing vehicle servicing may conduct diagnosis and filtering based on the user input to identify a set of corrective actions to be performed and pre-service steps that may be required prior to service, wherein the diagnosis and filtering correspond to a suite of diagnostic services to be deployed and implemented. A method for managing vehicle servicing may transmit at least one processing result associated with the execution of the suite of diagnostic services and may obtain approval of the service request by a user and schedule the service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2023
    Publication date: July 2, 2026
    Inventors: John Burns, Sam Charles, Derek Bednarski, Kia Baratzadeh, Stephen Nees
  • Patent number: 12518574
    Abstract: Aspects of the present application correspond to vehicle diagnostic management service by utilizing a set of customer input from a customer. One aspect of the present application corresponds to the utilization of a set of customer inputs from the customer to predict vehicle symptoms associated with the customer input. In another aspect, the present application corresponds to determining action group for each predicted vehicle symptom. In another aspect, the present application. The customer input can be processed to predict vehicle symptoms. In another aspect, the present application corresponds to providing vehicle diagnostic and repair services for the customer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2026
    Assignee: Tesla, Inc.
    Inventors: Derek Bednarski, Stephen Nees, Mahika Dubey, Sean Kitada, Ghizlane Bounoua