Patents by Inventor Bruce Heinrich

Bruce Heinrich 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).

  • Patent number: 6529722
    Abstract: System and method for enhanced 9-1-1 address development, maintenance and call routing using road access zones (RAZs). RAZs are geographic areas accessible by a particular road. RAZs are formed from geographic data in vector form which includes a plurality of road names, address numbers, and road center lines. The steps for forming the RAZ include: first assigning a number to each road name, then creating a roadname route system based on the plurality of road names and the address numbers, then creating a plurality of polygons, wherein each polygon is associated with a different road name number, and then overlaying the road center lines with the polygons so as to define a left side and a right side of each road center line. RAZs efficiently provide for the verification, maintenance and determination of road names, address parity, geo-coding and emergency service zones (ESZ).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignee: Microdata
    Inventors: Bruce Heinrich, Bruce Jason Heinrich