Patents by Inventor Thomas A. Crites

Thomas A. Crites 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).

  • Message transmission control systems and methods
    Patent number: 9002533
    Abstract: A message generation module generates a message that is to be transmitted to a serial data bus of the vehicle once per first predetermined period. A queue manager module resets a timer value when the message is added to a transmit queue and selectively adds the message to the transmit queue when: a number of messages in the transmit queue is less than a first predetermined value; the timer value is greater than the first predetermined period; and one of (i) the first predetermined period is less than a second predetermined period and (ii) the first predetermined period is greater than the second predetermined period and the number of messages in the transmit queue is less than a second predetermined value. The second predetermined value is less than the first predetermined value. A communication control module selectively transmits messages from the transmit queue to the serial data bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations
    Inventors: Matthew Leonard Kaufer, Patrick L. Risse, Thomas A. Crites
  • MESSAGE TRANSMISSION CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20130006441
    Abstract: A message generation module generates a message that is to be transmitted to a serial data bus of the vehicle once per first predetermined period. A queue manager module resets a timer value when the message is added to a transmit queue and selectively adds the message to the transmit queue when: a number of messages in the transmit queue is less than a first predetermined value; the timer value is greater than the first predetermined period; and one of (i) the first predetermined period is less than a second predetermined period and (ii) the first predetermined period is greater than the second predetermined period and the number of messages in the transmit queue is less than a second predetermined value. The second predetermined value is less than the first predetermined value. A communication control module selectively transmits messages from the transmit queue to the serial data bus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Leonard Kaufer, Patrick L. Risse, Thomas A. Crites