Patents by Inventor Tony ZAKARIA

Tony ZAKARIA 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).

  • Method and apparatus for data transfer connection management
    Patent number: 10638418
    Abstract: A system includes a processor configured to receive a data transfer request including a priority designation. The processor is also configured to determine whether a wireless connection, having a predefined characteristic associated with the priority designation, is available. The processor is further configured to handle the request using the connection, if available and queue the request for later handling if the connection is not available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Allan Miramonti, Aziz Makkiya, Rajesh Balaji Vijayan, Tony Zakaria
  • Vehicle communications
    Patent number: 10547502
    Abstract: A vehicle system includes a telematics control unit (TCU) coupled to a plurality of vehicle controllers. The TCU is configured to periodically record in a log wireless activity data relating to an authentication, attachment, signaling, detachment, and handover procedure of the TCU to provide one or more remote vehicle services. The TCU is further configured to, responsive to detecting a cellular malfunction from the logged data, wirelessly transmit at least a portion of the log that corresponds to the cellular malfunction offboard the vehicle for a remote server configured to diagnose operation of the TCU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Aziz Makkiya, Tony Zakaria, Rajesh Balaji Vijayan, Allan Miramonti, John Naum Vangelov, Ritesh Pandya
  • VEHICLE COMMUNICATIONS
    Publication number: 20190052522
    Abstract: A vehicle system includes a telematics control unit (TCU) coupled to a plurality of vehicle controllers. The TCU is configured to periodically record in a log wireless activity data relating to an authentication, attachment, signaling, detachment, and handover procedure of the TCU to provide one or more remote vehicle services. The TCU is further configured to, responsive to detecting a cellular malfunction from the logged data, wirelessly transmit at least a portion of the log that corresponds to the cellular malfunction offboard the vehicle for a remote server configured to diagnose operation of the TCU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventors: Aziz MAKKIYA, Tony ZAKARIA, Rajesh Balaji VIJAYAN, Allan MIRAMONTI, John Naum VANGELOV, Ritesh PANDYA
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DATA TRANSFER CONNECTION MANAGEMENT
    Publication number: 20180132173
    Abstract: A system includes a processor configured to receive a data transfer request including a priority designation. The processor is also configured to determine whether a wireless connection, having a predefined characteristic associated with the priority designation, is available.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Allan MIRAMONTI, Aziz MAKKIYA, Rajesh Balaji VIJAYAN, Tony ZAKARIA