Patents by Inventor Brian McClendon
Brian McClendon 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).
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Patent number: 11288292Abstract: A system for ranking geospatial entities is described. In one embodiment, the system comprises an interface for receiving ranking data about a plurality of geospatial entities and an entity ranking module. The module uses a ranking mechanism to generate place ranks for the geospatial entities based on the ranking data. Ranked entity data generated by the entity ranking module is stored in a database. The entity ranking module may be configured to evaluate a plurality of diverse attributes to determine a total score for a geospatial entity. The entity ranking module may be configured to organize ranked entity data into placemark layers.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2020Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Michael T. Jones, Brian McClendon, Amin Charaniya, Michael Ashbridge
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Patent number: 10795958Abstract: Interactive geographic information systems (GIS) and techniques are disclosed that provide users with a greater degree of flexibility, utility, and information. A markup language is provided that facilitates communication between servers and clients of the interactive GIS, which enables a number of GIS features, such as network links (time-based and/or view-dependent dynamic data layers), ground overlays, screen overlays, placemarks, 3D models, and stylized GIS elements, such as geometry, icons, description balloons, polygons, and labels in the viewer by which the user sees the target area. Also, “virtual tours” of user-defined paths in the context of distributed geospatial visualization is enabled. Streaming and interactive visualization of filled polygon data are also enabled thereby allowing buildings and other such features to be provided in 3D. Also, techniques for enabling ambiguous search requests in a GIS are provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2019Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Michael T. Jones, John Rohlf, Brian McClendon
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Patent number: 10754348Abstract: An autonomous vehicle (AV) can process a live sensor view to autonomously operate acceleration, braking, and steering systems of the AV along a given route. While traveling along the given route, the AV can identify an encoded road stripe in the live sensor view, and decode the encoded road stripe to determine location data corresponding to the encoded road stripe.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2017Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: UATC, LLCInventor: Brian McClendon
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Publication number: 20200218742Abstract: A system for ranking geospatial entities is described. In one embodiment, the system comprises an interface for receiving ranking data about a plurality of geospatial entities and an entity ranking module. The module uses a ranking mechanism to generate place ranks for the geospatial entities based on the ranking data. Ranked entity data generated by the entity ranking module is stored in a database. The entity ranking module may be configured to evaluate a plurality of diverse attributes to determine a total score for a geospatial entity. The entity ranking module may be configured to organize ranked entity data into placemark layers.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2020Publication date: July 9, 2020Inventors: Michael T. Jones, Brian McClendon, Amin Charaniya, Michael Ashbridge
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Patent number: 10592537Abstract: A system for ranking geospatial entities is described. In one embodiment, the system comprises an interface for receiving ranking data about a plurality of geospatial entities and an entity ranking module. The module uses a ranking mechanism to generate place ranks for the geospatial entities based on the ranking data. Ranked entity data generated by the entity ranking module is stored in a database. The entity ranking module may be configured to evaluate a plurality of diverse attributes to determine a total score for a geospatial entity. The entity ranking module may be configured to organize ranked entity data into placemark layers.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2017Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Michael T. Jones, Brian McClendon, Amin Charaniya, Michael Ashbridge
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Patent number: 10592744Abstract: A system and method is provided for determining the location of a device based on image of objects captured by the device. In one aspect, an interior space includes a plurality of objects having discernable visual characteristics disposed throughout the space. The device captures an image containing one or more of the objects and identifies the portions of the image associated with the objects based on the visual characteristics. The visual appearance of the objects may also be used to determine the distance of the object to other objects or relative to a reference point. Based on the foregoing and the size and shape of the image portion occupied by the object, such as the height of an edge or its surface area, relative to another object or a reference, the device may calculate its location.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2018Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Ehud Rivlin, Brian McClendon, Jean-Yves Bouguet
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Publication number: 20200050647Abstract: Interactive geographic information systems (GIS) and techniques are disclosed that provide users with a greater degree of flexibility, utility, and information. A markup language is provided that facilitates communication between servers and clients of the interactive GIS, which enables a number of GIS features, such as network links (time-based and/or view-dependent dynamic data layers), ground overlays, screen overlays, placemarks, 3D models, and stylized GIS elements, such as geometry, icons, description balloons, polygons, and labels in the viewer by which the user sees the target area. Also, “virtual tours” of user-defined paths in the context of distributed geospatial visualization is enabled. Streaming and interactive visualization of filled polygon data are also enabled thereby allowing buildings and other such features to be provided in 3D. Also, techniques for enabling ambiguous search requests in a GIS are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2019Publication date: February 13, 2020Inventors: Michael T. Jones, John Rohlf, Brian McClendon
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Patent number: 10496724Abstract: Interactive geographic information systems (GIS) and techniques are disclosed that provide users with a greater degree of flexibility, utility, and information. A markup language is provided that facilitates communication between servers and clients of the interactive GIS, which enables a number of GIS features, such as network links (time-based and/or view-dependent dynamic data layers), ground overlays, screen overlays, placemarks, 3D models, and stylized GIS elements, such as geometry, icons, description balloons, polygons, and labels in the viewer by which the user sees the target area. Also, “virtual tours” of user-defined paths in the context of distributed geospatial visualization is enabled. Streaming and interactive visualization of filled polygon data are also enabled thereby allowing buildings and other such features to be provided in 3D. Also, techniques for enabling ambiguous search requests in a GIS are provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2016Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Michael T. Jones, John Rohlf, Brian McClendon
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Patent number: 10491571Abstract: A computing system can initiate one or more recording mechanisms to record content within a passenger interior of the vehicle as a driver transports a rider. After the vehicle arrives at a drop-off location, the computing system can dual encrypt the content utilizing a first public key associated with the driver and a second public key associated with the requesting user and store the dually encrypted content in a storage device. Decryption can require a pair of private keys associated with the rider and the driver.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2018Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Brian McClendon
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Patent number: 10432498Abstract: Aspects provide methods, systems, and recording mediums for determining compliance with a location data protocol including a threshold minimum number of location data reports by users. As an example, fictitious user data including a set of locations may be generated. The set of locations may include at least one location that does not meet the threshold minimum number of location data reports by users of the location data protocol. The fictitious user data may be provided to a location data processing system that processes user location data and outputs output data including a list of locations. The output data is received and used to determine whether the at least one location is included in the list of locations. When the at least one location is included in the list of locations, it may be determined that the location data processing system has not complied with the location data protocol.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2014Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: Google LLCInventor: Brian McClendon
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Publication number: 20190028444Abstract: A computing system can initiate one or more recording mechanisms to record content within a passenger interior of the vehicle as a driver transports a rider. After the vehicle arrives at a drop-off location, the computing system can dual encrypt the content utilizing a first public key associated with the driver and a second public key associated with the requesting user and store the dually encrypted content in a storage device. Decryption can require a pair of private keys associated with the rider and the driver.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2018Publication date: January 24, 2019Inventor: Brian McClendon
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Patent number: 10129221Abstract: A transport facilitation system can manage a transportation arrangement service that links requesting users with available drivers throughout a given region. In doing so, the transport facilitation system can receive pick-up requests from users and transmit invitations to drivers to service those requests. For each ride, the transport facilitation system can initiate one or more recording mechanisms to record content within a passenger interior of the vehicle as the driver transports the requesting user from a pick-up location to a destination location. After the vehicle arrives at the destination location, the transport facilitation system can dual encrypt the content utilizing a first public key associated with the driver and a second public key associated with the requesting user, and store the dually encrypted content in a storage device. Decryption can require a pair of private keys associated with the rider and the driver.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2016Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Brian McClendon
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Publication number: 20180282955Abstract: An autonomous vehicle (AV) can process a live sensor view to autonomously operate acceleration, braking, and steering systems of the AV along a given route. While traveling along the given route, the AV can identify an encoded road stripe in the live sensor view, and decode the encoded road stripe to determine location data corresponding to the encoded road stripe.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2017Publication date: October 4, 2018Inventor: Brian McClendon
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Patent number: 9980098Abstract: Feature selection is provided for geometry data in an image-based based location determination. For example, one or more computing devices, may receive information collected at a particular area. The one or more computing devices may identify one or more features and associated locations from the received information. The identified one or more features may be ranked according to relative uniqueness among the identified one or more features. A set of geometry data for locating a mobile device at the particular area is generated based on selected ones of the ranked features and the associated locations.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2013Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Assignee: Google LLCInventor: Brian McClendon
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Patent number: 9965682Abstract: A system and method is provided for determining the location of a device based on image of objects captured by the device. In one aspect, an interior space includes a plurality of objects having discernable visual characteristics disposed throughout the space. The device captures an image containing one or more of the objects and identifies the portions of the image associated with the objects based on the visual characteristics. The visual appearance of the objects may also be used to determine the distance of the object to other objects or relative to a reference point. Based on the foregoing and the size and shape of the image portion occupied by the object, such as the height of an edge or its surface area, relative to another object or a reference, the device may calculate its location.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2015Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Ehud Rivlin, Brian McClendon, Jean-Yves Bouguet
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Publication number: 20180101548Abstract: A system for ranking geospatial entities is described. In one embodiment, the system comprises an interface for receiving ranking data about a plurality of geospatial entities and an entity ranking module. The module uses a ranking mechanism to generate place ranks for the geospatial entities based on the ranking data. Ranked entity data generated by the entity ranking module is stored in a database. The entity ranking module may be configured to evaluate a plurality of diverse attributes to determine a total score for a geospatial entity. The entity ranking module may be configured to organize ranked entity data into placemark layers.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2017Publication date: April 12, 2018Inventors: Michael T. Jones, Brian McClendon, Amin Charaniya, Michael Ashbridge
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Patent number: 9870409Abstract: A system for ranking geospatial entities is described. In one embodiment, the system comprises an interface for receiving ranking data about a plurality of geospatial entities and an entity ranking module. The module uses a ranking mechanism to generate place ranks for the geospatial entities based on the ranking data. Ranked entity data generated by the entity ranking module is stored in a database. The entity ranking module may be configured to evaluate a plurality of diverse attributes to determine a total score for a geospatial entity. The entity ranking module may be configured to organize ranked entity data into placemark layers.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2017Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Michael T. Jones, Brian McClendon, Amin Charaniya, Michael Ashbridge
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Patent number: 9785648Abstract: A system for ranking geospatial entities is described. In one embodiment, the system comprises an interface for receiving ranking data about a plurality of geospatial entities and an entity ranking module. The module uses a ranking mechanism to generate place ranks for the geospatial entities based on the ranking data. Ranked entity data generated by the entity ranking module is stored in a database. The entity ranking module may be configured to evaluate a plurality of diverse attributes to determine a total score for a geospatial entity. The entity ranking module may be configured to organize ranked entity data into placemark layers.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2016Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Michael T. Jones, Brian McClendon, Amin P. Charaniya, Michael Ashbridge
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Patent number: 9715530Abstract: A system for ranking geospatial entities is described. In one embodiment, the system comprises an interface for receiving ranking data about a plurality of geospatial entities and an entity ranking module. The module uses a ranking mechanism to generate place ranks for the geospatial entities based on the ranking data. Ranked entity data generated by the entity ranking module is stored in a database. The entity ranking module may be configured to evaluate a plurality of diverse attributes to determine a total score for a geospatial entity. The entity ranking module may be configured to organize ranked entity data into placemark layers.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2015Date of Patent: July 25, 2017Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Michael T. Jones, Brian McClendon, Amin P. Charaniya, Michael Ashbridge
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Publication number: 20170147607Abstract: A system for ranking geospatial entities is described. In one embodiment, the system comprises an interface for receiving ranking data about a plurality of geospatial entities and an entity ranking module. The module uses a ranking mechanism to generate place ranks for the geospatial entities based on the ranking data. Ranked entity data generated by the entity ranking module is stored in a database. The entity ranking module may be configured to evaluate a plurality of diverse attributes to determine a total score for a geospatial entity. The entity ranking module may be configured to organize ranked entity data into placemark layers.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2017Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventors: Michael T. Jones, Brian McClendon, Amin Charaniya, Michael Ashbridge