Patents by Inventor Eric P. Halber
Eric P. Halber 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: 9410814Abstract: The claimed subject matter is directed to systems and methods for providing passive crowd-sourced alternate route recommendations. In one embodiment, locations of users of a number of mobile location-aware devices are tracked over time. Upon receiving a request, users of mobile location-aware devices that have traveled from a desired start location to a desired stop location are identified. At least one of the different routes taken by one or more users from the desired start location to the desired stop location is provided to the requestor as at least one recommended alternate route. The different routes taken by the one or more users from the desired start location to the desired stop location include routes taken that begin before the desired start location and go through the start location and routes taken that stop beyond the desired stop location and go through the desired stop location.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2015Date of Patent: August 9, 2016Assignee: Waldeck Technology, LLCInventors: Scott Curtis, Eric P. Halber, Gregory M. Evans, Steven L. Petersen
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Publication number: 20160205512Abstract: The present disclosure relates to forming crowds of users taking into account known physical boundaries. In general, current locations of a number of users are obtained. A crowd of users is then formed based on the current locations of the users while taking into account one or more known physical boundaries such that the crowd does not include spatially proximate users on opposite sides of the one or more known physical boundaries. By utilizing known physical boundaries in a spatial crowd formation process, users that are spatially proximate to one another but are separated by a physical boundary are not included in the same crowd. In this manner, the spatial crowd formation process provides accurate and meaningful crowd formation in environments such as, but not limited to, buildings with multiple rooms, shopping malls, or the like. Crowd data representing users in the formed crowd is generated.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2016Publication date: July 14, 2016Inventors: Steven L. Petersen, Eric P. Halber, Eugene Matthew Farrelly
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Patent number: 9300704Abstract: The present disclosure relates to forming crowds of users taking into account known physical boundaries. In general, current locations of a number of users are obtained. A crowd of users is then formed based on the current locations of the users while taking into account one or more known physical boundaries such that the crowd does not include spatially proximate users on opposite sides of the one or more known physical boundaries. By utilizing known physical boundaries in a spatial crowd formation process, users that are spatially proximate to one another but are separated by a physical boundary are not included in the same crowd. In this manner, the spatial crowd formation process provides accurate and meaningful crowd formation in environments such as, but not limited to, buildings with multiple rooms, shopping malls, or the like. Crowd data representing users in the formed crowd is generated.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2013Date of Patent: March 29, 2016Assignee: WALDECK TECHNOLOGY, LLCInventors: Steven L. Petersen, Eric P. Halber, Eugene Matthew Farrelly
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Publication number: 20160003634Abstract: Systems and methods for providing passive crowd-sourced alternate route recommendations are disclosed. In one embodiment, locations of users of a number of mobile location-aware devices are tracked over time. Upon receiving a request, users of mobile location-aware devices that have traveled from a desired start location to a desired stop location are identified. At least one of the different routes taken by one or more users from the desired start location to the desired stop location is provided to the requestor as at least one recommended alternate route.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2015Publication date: January 7, 2016Inventors: Scott Curtis, Eric P. Halber, Gregory M. Evans, Steven L. Petersen
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Patent number: 9140566Abstract: Systems and methods for providing passive crowd-sourced alternate route recommendations are disclosed. In one embodiment, locations of users of a number of mobile location-aware devices are tracked over time. Upon receiving a request, users of mobile location-aware devices that have traveled from a desired start location to a desired stop location are identified. At least one of the different routes taken by one or more users from the desired start location to the desired stop location is provided to the requestor as at least one recommended alternate route.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2013Date of Patent: September 22, 2015Assignee: Waldeck Technology, LLCInventors: Scott Curtis, Eric P. Halber, Gregory M. Evans, Steven L. Petersen
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Publication number: 20140019554Abstract: The present disclosure relates to forming crowds of users taking into account known physical boundaries. In general, current locations of a number of users are obtained. A crowd of users is then formed based on the current locations of the users while taking into account one or more known physical boundaries such that the crowd does not include spatially proximate users on opposite sides of the one or more known physical boundaries. By utilizing known physical boundaries in a spatial crowd formation process, users that are spatially proximate to one another but are separated by a physical boundary are not included in the same crowd. In this manner, the spatial crowd formation process provides accurate and meaningful crowd formation in environments such as, but not limited to, buildings with multiple rooms, shopping malls, or the like. Crowd data representing users in the formed crowd is generated.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2013Publication date: January 16, 2014Inventors: Steven L. Petersen, Eric P. Halber, Eugene Matthew Farrelly
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Patent number: 8620532Abstract: Systems and methods for providing passive crowd-sourced alternate route recommendations. In one embodiment, locations of users of a number of mobile location-aware devices are tracked over time. Upon receiving a request, users of mobile location-aware devices that have traveled from a desired start location to a desired stop location are identified. Location histories for the identified users are analyzed to determine one or more different routes taken from the desired start location to the desired stop location. The one or more different routes, or a select subset thereof, are then returned to the requestor as recommended alternate routes.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2010Date of Patent: December 31, 2013Assignee: Waldeck Technology, LLCInventors: Scott Curtis, Eric P. Halber, Gregory M. Evans, Steven L. Petersen
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Patent number: 8560608Abstract: The present disclosure relates to forming crowds of users taking into account known physical boundaries. In general, current locations of a number of users are obtained. A crowd of users is then formed based on the current locations of the users while taking into account one or more known physical boundaries such that the crowd does not include spatially proximate users on opposite sides of the one or more known physical boundaries. By utilizing known physical boundaries in a spatial crowd formation process, users that are spatially proximate to one another but are separated by a physical boundary are not included in the same crowd. In this manner, the spatial crowd formation process provides accurate and meaningful crowd formation in environments such as, but not limited to, buildings with multiple rooms, shopping malls, or the like.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2010Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: Waldeck Technology, LLCInventors: Steven L. Petersen, Eric P. Halber, Eugene Matthew Farrelly
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Publication number: 20120066302Abstract: The present disclosure relates to forming crowds of users taking into account known physical boundaries. In general, current locations of a number of users are obtained. A crowd of users is then formed based on the current locations of the users while taking into account one or more known physical boundaries such that the crowd does not include spatially proximate users on opposite sides of the one or more known physical boundaries. By utilizing known physical boundaries in a spatial crowd formation process, users that are spatially proximate to one another but are separated by a physical boundary are not included in the same crowd. In this manner, the spatial crowd formation process provides accurate and meaningful crowd formation in environments such as, but not limited to, buildings with multiple rooms, shopping malls, or the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2010Publication date: March 15, 2012Applicant: WALDECK TECHNOLOGY, LLCInventors: Steven L. Petersen, Eric P. Halber, Eugene Matthew Farrelly
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Publication number: 20120046860Abstract: Systems and methods for providing passive crowd-sourced alternate route recommendations are disclosed. In one embodiment, locations of users of a number of mobile location-aware devices are tracked over time. Upon receiving a request, users of mobile location-aware devices that have traveled from a desired start location to a desired stop location are identified. Location histories for the identified users are analyzed to determine one or more different routes taken from the desired start location to the desired stop location. The one or more different routes, or a select subset thereof, are then returned to the requestor as recommended alternate routes.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2010Publication date: February 23, 2012Applicant: KOTA ENTERPRISES, LLCInventors: Scott Curtis, Eric P. Halber, Gregory M. Evans, Steven L. Petersen