Owen M Densmore, Age 82908 Camino Santander, Santa Fe, NM 87505

6362730, Mar 26, 2002

Jun 14, 1999

09/332346

Behfar Razavi - San Jose CA
Owen M. Densmore - Palo Alto CA
Guy W. Martin - San Jose CA

Sun Microsystems, Inc. - Palo Alto CA

B60Q 100

340438, 340531, 340539, 340439, 701 29

A system and method for collecting information from a vehicle wherein the vehicle incorporates an internal network having a device coupled thereto for collecting or generating the vehicle information and a communication device coupled thereto for transmitting the vehicle information to an external receiver. In one embodiment, the devices coupled to the network are addressable using corresponding IP addresses. In another embodiment, the devices are addressable using object terminology which references their respective services. The vehicle information may include location, traffic, diagnostic or other types of information. The vehicle information may be transmitted to the external receiver automatically or the transmission may be initiated by a network user within the vehicle.

6370449, Apr 9, 2002

Jun 14, 1999

09/332349

Behfar Razavi - San Jose CA
Owen M. Densmore - Palo Alto CA
Guy W. Martin - San Jose CA

Sun Microsystems, Inc. - Palo Alto CA

G06F 1700

701 1, 701 33, 701 36, 340438

An architecture for components of a vehicle, wherein the architecture facilitates the upgrading, replacement, removal or addition of the components in the vehicle. In one embodiment, a network is installed in the vehicle, wherein the network comprises a transmission medium and one or more network devices coupled thereto. The network devices are addressable using IP addresses or object terminology. The network devices may be configured to determine the capabilities of other devices, or they may be configured to look up the services provided by devices on the network, and they may utilize these services and capabilities themselves. The network devices are not constrained to use predetermined designs or interfaces which may be necessitated by the use of proprietary buses or connections. The network devices may be automatically integrated into the network using a discover-and-join protocol and may easily be removed from the network.

6507810, Jan 14, 2003

Jun 14, 1999

09/332344

Behfar Razavi - San Jose CA
Owen M. Densmore - Palo Alto CA
Guy W. Martin - San Jose CA

Sun Microsystems, Inc. - Santa Clara CA

G06F 9455

703 24, 703 23

An integrated sub-network for a vehicle. The sub-network includes one or more devices which are addressable using IP addresses or object terminology. The sub-network may appear as a single IP address to an external network. The devices may include various servers and clients, such as microphones, cameras, GPS receivers, interfaces to on-board diagnostic systems, communication devices, displays, CD players, radios, speakers, security devices and LANs (local are networks,) to name only a few. Devices may easily be connected or disconnected to upgrade or reconfigure the vehicles systems, and software and services can easily be provided to the various devices through the network. The network can enable the interaction of various network devices to increase the capabilities or utility of devices which may otherwise be limited. The system therefore provides an easy and inexpensive means to improve or otherwise modify the functionality of the vehicle.

6591305, Jul 8, 2003

Jun 30, 1998

09/107536

Owen Densmore - Palo Alto CA

Sun Microsystems, Inc. - Santa Clara CA

G06F 1516

709245, 709203

The present invention is method and system capable of delivering video across the Internet using the hypertext transfer protocol. Client objects periodically request to view a uniform resource locator that is aliased to a servlet. For each request, the servlet retrieves and delivers a video image to the requesting client object. The invention can simultaneously deliver images to a variety of client objects, regardless of whether they are requesting the images at the same rate.

6741855, May 25, 2004

Mar 24, 2000

09/535911

Guy W. Martin - San Jose CA
Owen M. Densmore - Palo Alto CA

Sun Microsystems, Inc. - Santa Clara CA

H04M 300

455419, 4554121, 4555562

One embodiment of the invention provides a method and apparatus for remotely managing data in a network system comprising at least one mobile device (e. g. a PDA, cellular phone, two-way pager, or mobile computer) and a least one server computer connected via an interconnection fabric, wherein the mobile device is registered with the server and configured to issue commands to a bot service using electronic mail messages or some other viable data transmission mechanism. The bot service responds to the commands by interfacing with the server computer to perform the requested action on behalf of the mobile device.

6754183, Jun 22, 2004

Jun 14, 1999

09/332347

Behfar Razavi - San Jose CA
Owen M. Densmore - Palo Alto CA
Guy W. Martin - San Jose CA

Sun Microsystems, Inc. - Santa Clara CA

H04L 1224

370254, 370338

A system for communicating between a first network and a second network, wherein the first network may alternately communicate through one of a plurality of communication devices, each having a different IP address. In one embodiment, the first network is contained in a vehicle. The first network initiates communications through one of the communication devices and communicates the IP address of this currently-used device to a proxy server. If communications are lost, the first network attempts to establish communications through another of the communication devices. In a first mode, the first network communicates with the second network directly, using the IP address of the currently-used communication device for return communications. In a second mode, the first network communicates with the second network directly, but return communications are routed through the proxy server, which forwards them to the first network. When the second network is expected to quickly respond to the communications of the first network, the first mode is normally used since the current communication device is expected to maintain communication over the short term.

6975612, Dec 13, 2005

Jun 14, 1999

09/332348

Behfar Razavi - San Jose CA, US
Owen M. Densmore - Palo Alto CA, US
Guy W. Martin - San Jose CA, US

Sun Microsystems, Inc. - Santa Clara CA

H04Q007/24

370338, 709216

An system and method for providing software upgrades to components of a vehicle, wherein the labor, time and expense of providing the upgrades are minimized. In one embodiment, a network is installed in the vehicle, wherein the network comprises a transmission medium and one or more network devices coupled thereto. The network devices are addressable using IP addresses or object terminology. Data, software or service upgrades may be provided to the devices coupled to the network. The data, software and services may be delivered to the network through a first device, such as a wireless communication device, and then transmitted through the network to the device which is to be upgraded. The network may join an external network which is configured to query the in-vehicle network and/or automatically download data to the in-vehicle network.

2003019, Oct 16, 2003

May 29, 2003

10/446670

Owen Densmore - Palo Alto CA, US

G06F015/16

709/245000, 709/203000

The present invention is method and system capable of delivering video across the Internet using the hypertext transfer protocol. Client objects periodically request to view a uniform resource locator that is aliased to a servlet. For each request, the servlet retrieves and delivers a video image to the requesting client object. The invention can simultaneously deliver images to a variety of client objects, regardless of whether they are requesting the images at the same rate.