Patents by Inventor Walter BRONZI

Walter BRONZI 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).

  • Publication number: 20240049309
    Abstract: Embodiments generally relate to a system for managing media resources from a plurality of mobile devices and delivered by a vehicle. In particular, embodiments relate to an apparatus for providing a queue of media resources from a mobile device to a vehicle. The apparatus comprises a wireless transceiver, a vehicle interface, and a processor. The processor establishes a wireless connection to the mobile device and then receives a uniform resource identifier (URI) for a media resource from the mobile device. It then processes the URI to determine information on the media resource, including its media type and selects a media source associated with the media type that comprises the media resource. The processor next adds the media resource to the queue of media resources, which is broadcast via the wireless connection, and triggers the media source to provide the media resource to the vehicle via the vehicle interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Etienne ILIFFE-MOON, Justin FORSYTH, Iris KOSER, Lam NGUYEN, Walter BRONZI
  • Publication number: 20230319907
    Abstract: A pairing procedure pairs a mobile device with a device with two communication devices. A device includes a first wireless communication device, a separate second wireless communication device, and control circuitry configured to perform a first pairing procedure between the first wireless communication device and a mobile device to establish a communication channel between the first wireless communication device and the mobile device. The control circuitry further performs a second pairing procedure between the second wireless communication device and the mobile device by exchanging pairing information for pairing the second wireless communication device and the mobile device with the mobile device via the communication channel between the first wireless communication device and the mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Alaa Mourad, Walter Bronzi, Guilherme Pereira
  • Publication number: 20230300620
    Abstract: A device includes a first wireless communication device, a separate second wireless communication device, and control circuitry. The control circuitry performs a first pairing procedure between the first wireless communication device and a mobile device to establish a communication channel between the first wireless communication device and the mobile device, and performs a second pairing procedure between the second wireless communication device and the mobile device by exchanging pairing information for pairing the second wireless communication device and the mobile device with the mobile device via the communication channel between the first wireless communication device and the mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Alaa Mourad, Walter Bronzi, Guilherme Pereira
  • Patent number: 11496873
    Abstract: A system for connecting a mobile device to a motor vehicle via a Bluetooth connection is proposed. The system comprises a processing unit for detecting a signal strength of a signal transmitted between the mobile device and the motor vehicle and for determining the position of the mobile device with respect to the motor vehicle based on the signal strength, and a connecting unit for coupling the mobile device and the motor vehicle via a Bluetooth Low Energy connection, for establishing a Bluetooth connection between the mobile device and the motor vehicle, and for coupling the mobile device to the motor vehicle via the Bluetooth connection based on the position of the mobile device and the Bluetooth Low Energy connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Peter Burgner, Alexandra Seifert, Walter Bronzi
  • Publication number: 20210392481
    Abstract: A system for connecting a mobile device to a motor vehicle via a Bluetooth connection is proposed. The system comprises a processing unit for detecting a signal strength of a signal transmitted between the mobile device and the motor vehicle and for determining the position of the mobile device with respect to the motor vehicle based on the signal strength, and a connecting unit for coupling the mobile device and the motor vehicle via a Bluetooth Low Energy connection, for establishing a Bluetooth connection between the mobile device and the motor vehicle, and for coupling the mobile device to the motor vehicle via the Bluetooth connection based on the position of the mobile device and the Bluetooth Low Energy connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Peter BURGNER, Alexandra SEIFERT, Walter BRONZI