Inventor
MACDONALD ANDREW J
US50 patents
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GM GLOBAL TECH OPERATIONS LLC
20 patentsUS10037683B1Jul 31, 2018
Crash detection using GNSS velocity measurements and bus monitoring
GM GLOBAL TECH OPERATIONS LLC17 citations85
US11367358B1Jun 21, 2022
Method of arranging platooning vehicles based on vehicles' historic wireless performance
GM GLOBAL TECH OPERATIONS LLC7 citations83
US9692458B2Jun 27, 2017
Software programmable cellular radio architecture for telematics and infotainment
GM GLOBAL TECH OPERATIONS LLC5 citations73
US9608661B2Mar 28, 2017
Software programmable cellular radio architecture for wide bandwidth radio systems including telematics and infotainment systems
GM GLOBAL TECH OPERATIONS LLC2 citations73
US12501355B2Dec 16, 2025
Method and system for smart guided selection of networks
GM GLOBAL TECH OPERATIONS LLC0 citations60
US12263848B2Apr 1, 2025
Methods and structures to extend vehicle connectivity
GM GLOBAL TECH OPERATIONS LLC0 citations59
US11864050B2Jan 2, 2024
Radio access network notification area selection and paging based on travel information
GM GLOBAL TECH OPERATIONS LLC0 citations59
US12188781B2Jan 7, 2025
Location assistance system
GM GLOBAL TECH OPERATIONS LLC0 citations52
US12501466B2Dec 16, 2025
System and method for wireless data transmission from mobile user equipment during low power operation
GM GLOBAL TECH OPERATIONS LLC0 citations50
US12293613B2May 6, 2025
Systems and methods for vehicular computation management
GM GLOBAL TECH OPERATIONS LLC0 citations50
US12160774B2Dec 3, 2024
System and method for multi-path data transmission
GM GLOBAL TECH OPERATIONS LLC0 citations50
US12100303B2Sep 24, 2024
System and method for multi-mode connectivity for group vehicle activity and for over-the-air updates via time synchronized device-to-device side-link communications
GM GLOBAL TECH OPERATIONS LLC0 citations50
US11375386B2Jun 28, 2022
Method and system for beamform management in vehicular communications
GM GLOBAL TECH OPERATIONS LLC0 citations50
US11570594B2Jan 31, 2023
Method of facilitating on-demand wireless connectivity using device-to-device resources and data pooling with a vehicle platoon
GM GLOBAL TECH OPERATIONS LLC0 citations49
US12137142B2Nov 5, 2024
System and method for optimizing network connection in a vehicle
GM GLOBAL TECH OPERATIONS LLC0 citations47
US12235655B2Feb 25, 2025
Management of charging schedules in fleet having electric vehicles
GM GLOBAL TECH OPERATIONS LLC0 citations46
US12278866B2Apr 15, 2025
Scaled vehicle communications architecture system
GM GLOBAL TECH OPERATIONS LLC0 citations44
US11117573B2Sep 14, 2021
Method and apparatus for object identification using non-contact chemical sensor
GM GLOBAL TECH OPERATIONS LLC0 citations44
US10333206B2Jun 25, 2019
Vehicles, methods, and systems using internal capacity band antennas
GM GLOBAL TECH OPERATIONS LLC0 citations42
US9722638B2Aug 1, 2017
Software programmable, multi-segment capture bandwidth, delta-sigma modulators for cellular communications
GM GLOBAL TECH OPERATIONS LLC0 citations42
GEN MOTORS LLC
10 patentsUS8918232B2Dec 23, 2014
Short range wireless communication between a vehicle and a handheld communications device
GEN MOTORS LLC18 citations84
US9418489B2Aug 16, 2016
Providing cellular data to a vehicle over different data channels
GEN MOTORS LLC13 citations83
US9179488B2Nov 3, 2015
Vehicle telematics connection retry
GEN MOTORS LLC8 citations82
US9576474B2Feb 21, 2017
Providing cellular data to a vehicle over different data channels
GEN MOTORS LLC3 citations72
US9301242B2Mar 29, 2016
Multimode acquisition for a wireless device
GEN MOTORS LLC3 citations72
US8934917B1Jan 13, 2015
Opportunistic data connectivity
GEN MOTORS LLC4 citations72
US10383059B2Aug 13, 2019
Vehicle telematics unit power management
GEN MOTORS LLC4 citations70
US9420410B2Aug 16, 2016
Managing wireless voice and data communications
GEN MOTORS LLC2 citations63
US9357475B2May 31, 2016
Vehicle telematics scan rate control
GEN MOTORS LLC2 citations61
US9395798B2Jul 19, 2016
Automatic proximity-based adjustments to energy management routines
GEN MOTORS LLC0 citations52
GM GLOBAL TECH OPERATIONS INC
5 patentsUS8010136B2Aug 30, 2011
Method and system for communicating information to a user of a mobile platform via broadcast services
GM GLOBAL TECH OPERATIONS INC9 citations84
US7710251B2May 4, 2010
Wireless sensing system
GM GLOBAL TECH OPERATIONS INC1 citations63
US7551070B2Jun 23, 2009
Wireless sensing system
GM GLOBAL TECH OPERATIONS INC2 citations63
US7974615B2Jul 5, 2011
Method and system for communicating between a communications source and a mobile platform
GM GLOBAL TECH OPERATIONS INC4 citations62
US7683770B2Mar 23, 2010
Wireless sensing system
GM GLOBAL TECH OPERATIONS INC0 citations52
HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO
3 patentsUS5606569AFeb 25, 1997
Error correcting decoder and decoding method for receivers in digital cellular communication systems
HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO151 citations99
US5365571ANov 15, 1994
Cellular system having frequency plan and cell layout with reduced co-channel interference
HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO103 citations96
US5390197AFeb 14, 1995
Vestigial identification for co-channel interference in cellular communications
HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO44 citations92
YI KI HAK
3 patentsUS8938230B2Jan 20, 2015
Method of communicating between a vehicle and a telematics subscription service
YI KI HAK4 citations73
US8712379B2Apr 29, 2014
Authenticating messages sent between a vehicle and a central facility
YI KI HAK5 citations73
US8630619B2Jan 14, 2014
Method of communicating between a vehicle and a telematics subscription service
YI KI HAK5 citations73