Patents by Inventor Carmen VACA

Carmen VACA 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: 11663282
    Abstract: Systems and methods for discovering and annotating geo-fences from geo-referenced data are disclosed. The systems and methods input an area of interest containing a plurality of geo-referenced points having associated labels, and divides the area interest into cells. Each cell is assigned an initial label from among the plurality of labels and hierarchical clustering is used to find clusters of cells having a common label based on a maximization of an objective function for each cell with the objective function being dependent upon favoring spatially adjacent cells having a common label and limiting overgeneralization of the common label.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Daniele Quercia, Francesco Bonchi, Carmen Vaca
  • Publication number: 20220075838
    Abstract: Systems and methods for discovering and annotating geo-fences from geo-referenced data are disclosed. The systems and methods input an area of interest containing a plurality of geo-referenced points having associated labels, and divides the area interest into cells. Each cell is assigned an initial label from among the plurality of labels and hierarchical clustering is used to find clusters of cells having a common label based on a maximization of an objective function for each cell with the objective function being dependent upon favoring spatially adjacent cells having a common label and limiting overgeneralization of the common label.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Daniele QUERCIA, Francesco Bonchi, Carmen Vaca
  • Patent number: 11176217
    Abstract: Systems and methods for discovering and annotating geo-fences from geo-referenced data are disclosed. The systems and methods input an area of interest containing a plurality of geo-referenced points having associated labels, and divides the area interest into cells. Each cell is assigned an initial label from among the plurality of labels and hierarchical clustering is used to find clusters of cells having a common label based on a maximization of an objective function for each cell with the objective function being dependent upon favoring spatially adjacent cells having a common label and limiting overgeneralization of the common label.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: Daniele Quercia, Francesco Bonchi, Carmen Vaca
  • Publication number: 20190347306
    Abstract: Systems and methods for discovering and annotating geo-fences from geo-referenced data are disclosed. The systems and methods input an area of interest containing a plurality of geo-referenced points having associated labels, and divides the area interest into cells. Each cell is assigned an initial label from among the plurality of labels and hierarchical clustering is used to find clusters of cells having a common label based on a maximization of an objective function for each cell with the objective function being dependent upon favoring spatially adjacent cells having a common label and limiting overgeneralization of the common label.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Daniele Quercia, Francesco Bonchi, Carmen Vaca
  • Patent number: 10366134
    Abstract: Systems and methods for discovering and annotating geo-fences from geo-referenced data are disclosed. The systems and methods input an area of interest containing a plurality of geo-referenced points having associated labels, and divides the area interest into cells. Each cell is assigned an initial label from among the plurality of labels and hierarchical clustering is used to find clusters of cells having a common label based on a maximization of an objective function for each cell with the objective function being dependent upon favoring spatially adjacent cells having a common label and limiting overgeneralization of the common label.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Oath Inc.
    Inventors: Daniele Quercia, Francesco Bonchi, Carmen Vaca
  • Publication number: 20160117379
    Abstract: Systems and methods for discovering and annotating geo-fences from geo-referenced data are disclosed. The systems and methods input an area of interest containing a plurality of geo-referenced points having associated labels, and divides the area interest into cells. Each cell is assigned an initial label from among the plurality of labels and hierarchical clustering is used to find clusters of cells having a common label based on a maximization of an objective function for each cell with the objective function being dependent upon favoring spatially adjacent cells having a common label and limiting overgeneralization of the common label.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventors: Daniele QUERCIA, Francesco BONCHI, Carmen VACA