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  • System and method for initiating a telephone call utilizing internet initiation
    Patent number: 6185194
    Abstract: A system and method for uniquely combining the best aspects of the Internet and the Public Switched Telephone Network for calling an entity displayed on a monitor. A user provides an input to the computer to initiate a call. The call request data is received at a Web site providing the display, and is relayed over the Internet to a call center. The call center establishes the desired phone connection over the Public Switched Telephone Network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Assignee: Zip2
    Inventors: Elon Musk, Aleksandar Dukic
  • Interactive network directory service with integrated maps and directions
    Patent number: 5944769
    Abstract: The present invention provides a network accessible service which integrates both a business directory and a map database. A user can search the business directory in a variety of methods, including using aspects of the map database (i.e., a radius) to quantify the search. The user can then obtain directions from a specified user location to a selected search result. All of this is conveniently accomplished through a single website access.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1999
    Assignee: Zip2 Corporation
    Inventors: Elon Musk, Maurice J. Fitzgerald, II
  • Interactive network directory service with integrated maps and directions
    Patent number: 6148260
    Abstract: The present invention provides a network accessible service which integrates both a business directory and a map database. A user can search the business directory in a variety of methods, including using aspects of the map database (i.e., a radius) to quantify the search. The user can then obtain directions from a specified user location to a selected search result. All of this is conveniently accomplished through a single website access.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2000
    Assignee: Zip2
    Inventors: Elon Musk, Maurice J. Fitzgerald, II
  • Bi-directional facsimile mechanism using the internet
    Publication number: 20020018236
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system for sending and receiving a facsimile of a document. A sending user transmits a facsimile to a facsimile server, along with a recipient identification code. The facsimile server stores the facsimile in a designated facsimile web page, with the facsimile web page being associated with a facsimile uniform resource locator address (hereinafter facsimile URL address). The facsimile server determines an electronic communications location of the retrieving user from the recipient identification code and sends the facsimile URL address to the recipient. The recipient can then retrieve the facsimile by using a web browser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2001
    Publication date: February 14, 2002
    Inventors: Elon Musk, Almir Grbic
  • Method and apparatus for an accelerated radius search
    Patent number: 6108650
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for performing an accelerated radius search. A search category is built having a density value corresponding to a geographic area. A first search radius is generated based upon the category, and the first search radius is used to perform a first search. If the first search returns an insufficient number of results, a second search radius is generated by using an heuristic to increase the first search radius, and the second search radius is used to perform a second search. The search is repeated until a desired results set is returned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2000
    Assignee: MyWay.com Corporation
    Inventors: Elon Musk, King-Sun Wai, Leo Chan
  • AUTONOMOUS AND USER CONTROLLED VEHICLE SUMMON TO A TARGET
    Publication number: 20200257317
    Abstract: A processor coupled to memory is configured to receive an identification of a geographical location associated with a target specified by a user remote from a vehicle. A machine learning model is utilized to generate a representation of at least a portion of an environment surrounding the vehicle using sensor data from one or more sensors of the vehicle. At least a portion of a path to a target location corresponding to the received geographical location is calculated using the generated representation of the at least portion of the environment surrounding the vehicle. At least one command is provided to automatically navigate the vehicle based on the determined path and updated sensor data from at least a portion of the one or more sensors of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Elon Musk, Kate Park, Nenad Uzunovic, Christopher Coleman Moore, Francis Havlak, Stuart Bowers, Andrej Karpathy, Arvind Ramanandan, Ashima Kapur Sud, Paul Chen, Paril Jain, Alexander Hertzberg, Jason Kong, Li Wang, Oktay Arslan, Nicklas Gustafsson, Charles Shieh, David Seelig
  • AUTONOMOUS AND USER CONTROLLED VEHICLE SUMMON TO A TARGET
    Publication number: 20230176593
    Abstract: A processor coupled to memory is configured to receive an identification of a geographical location associated with a target specified by a user remote from a vehicle. A machine learning model is utilized to generate a representation of at least a portion of an environment surrounding the vehicle using sensor data from one or more sensors of the vehicle. At least a portion of a path to a target location corresponding to the received geographical location is calculated using the generated representation of the at least portion of the environment surrounding the vehicle. At least one command is provided to automatically navigate the vehicle based on the determined path and updated sensor data from at least a portion of the one or more sensors of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Elon Musk, Kate Park, Nenad Uzunovic, Christopher Coleman Moore, Francis Havlak, Stuart Bowers, Andrej Karpathy, Arvind Ramanandan, Ashima Kapur Sud, Paul Chen, Paril Jain, Alexander Hertzberg, Jason Kong, Li Wang, Oktay Arslan, Nicklas Gustafsson, Charles Shieh, David Seelig
  • Autonomous and user controlled vehicle summon to a target
    Patent number: 11567514
    Abstract: A processor coupled to memory is configured to receive an identification of a geographical location associated with a target specified by a user remote from a vehicle. A machine learning model is utilized to generate a representation of at least a portion of an environment surrounding the vehicle using sensor data from one or more sensors of the vehicle. At least a portion of a path to a target location corresponding to the received geographical location is calculated using the generated representation of the at least portion of the environment surrounding the vehicle. At least one command is provided to automatically navigate the vehicle based on the determined path and updated sensor data from at least a portion of the one or more sensors of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Tesla, Inc.
    Inventors: Elon Musk, Kate Park, Nenad Uzunovic, Christopher Coleman Moore, Francis Havlak, Stuart Bowers, Andrej Karpathy, Arvind Ramanandan, Ashima Kapur Sud, Paul Chen, Paril Jain, Alexander Hertzberg, Jason Kong, Li Wang, Oktay Arslan, Nicklas Gustafsson, Charles Shieh, David Seelig
  • Funnel Shaped Charge Inlet
    Publication number: 20130078839
    Abstract: A vehicle charge inlet integrated into a port assembly surface is provided. The charge inlet includes an inlet housing with a perimeter that is curvilinear, non-cylindrical and shaped so that only a single orientation of a complementary sized and shaped electrical connector may be inserted into the inlet. A plurality of electrical contacts, a latching mechanism and a divider are also integrated into the charge inlet housing, the divider extending from the bottom surface of the inlet housing and configured to fit within a complementary slot of the charge connector, the divider providing further electrical isolation between the electrical contacts. A funneling surface connects the open end of the inlet housing to the port assembly surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: Tesla Motors, Inc.
    Inventors: Elon Reeve Musk, Joshua Willard Ferguson, Daryl Zalan, Christopher Hugo Van Dyke
  • Funnel shaped charge inlet
    Patent number: 8579635
    Abstract: A vehicle charge inlet integrated into a port assembly surface is provided. The charge inlet includes an inlet housing with a perimeter that is curvilinear, non-cylindrical and shaped so that only a single orientation of a complementary sized and shaped electrical connector may be inserted into the inlet. A plurality of electrical contacts, a latching mechanism and a divider are also integrated into the charge inlet housing, the divider extending from the bottom surface of the inlet housing and configured to fit within a complementary slot of the charge connector, the divider providing further electrical isolation between the electrical contacts. A funneling surface connects the open end of the inlet housing to the port assembly surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Tesla Motors, Inc.
    Inventors: Elon Reeve Musk, Joshua Willard Ferguson, Daryl Zalan, Christopher Hugo Van Dyke
  • Vehicle door
    Patent number: D678154
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Tesla Motors, Inc.
    Inventors: Elon Reeve Musk, Franz von Holzhausen, Bernard Lee
  • Vehicle
    Patent number: D683268
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Tesla Motors, Inc.
    Inventors: Elon Reeve Musk, Franz von Holzhausen, Bernard Lee, David Tadashi Imai
  • Vehicle charge inlet
    Patent number: D724031
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Tesla Motors, Inc.
    Inventors: Elon Reeve Musk, Joshua Willard Ferguson, Daryl Zalan, Christopher Hugo Van Dyke
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