US 6587759

Patent Overview: US 6,587,759 B2

Title: "Technique for effectively providing information responsive to a notable condition in a vehicle"

Patent number: US 6,587,759 B2 (application US 10/209,107; publication US 2002/0198635 A1)

Inventors: Michael L. Obradovich, Michael L. Kent, John G. Dinkel

Assignee: American Calcar Inc. (original and current assignee as listed)

Key dates (as listed; priority date is an assumption, not a legal conclusion):

• Priority date: 1997-01-28
• Filing date: 2002-07-30 (continuation-type filing; the excerpt does not state the relationship to the 1997 priority application)
• Publication: 2002-12-26 (application); 2003-07-01 (grant)
• Anticipated expiration: 2017-01-28
• Legal status: Expired – Lifetime

Purpose and plain-language scope (from the supplied text only): The patent concerns a technique for effectively presenting information to a user in response to a "notable condition" occurring in a vehicle. Based on the listed classifications, the subject matter relates generally to vehicle control/indication systems and user interfaces—e.g., control systems for heating, cooling or ventilating devices; electronic suspension regulation combined with other vehicle control systems; and vehicle instrumentation/dashboards involving visual output and display screens, including input arrangements from user to vehicle. The prior-art keywords listed are: option, user, interface, vehicle, screen—suggesting a disclosure centered on a user interface presenting selectable options on a vehicle screen.

Source: https://patents.google.com/patent/US6587759/en

What the excerpt does not establish: The supplied text contains no abstract, claim language, or written description—so the actual claimed invention, its specific elements, and its precise operation cannot be determined from this excerpt. No independent verification of the "notable condition" definition is possible here. The excerpt also does not establish the patent's validity, enforceability, claim scope, or its relationship (if any) to related family members beyond the identifiers shown. Litigation, ownership transfers, and prior art were excluded per instructions. Statements above are limited strictly to bibliographic and classification data as presented at the source URL.