Patents by Inventor Katherine Anne Maertens

Katherine Anne Maertens 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).

  • Multi modal annotation of maps
    Patent number: 10627246
    Abstract: Techniques for modifying and presenting instructions for traversing a route include obtaining original instructions and receiving input to modify the instructions. The instructions may be modified and/or annotated based on the input received to provide more intuitive and helpful instructions for traversing a route. The modified instructions may be presented to a user of a computing device as the computing device traverses the route. The modifications and/or annotations to the original instructions may be presented as the computing device traverses the route based at least in part on the location and/or speed of the computing device on the route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Felix Andrew, Silvana Moncayo, Katherine Anne Maertens, Myron Thomas
  • MULTI MODAL ANNOTATION OF MAPS
    Publication number: 20170276497
    Abstract: Techniques for modifying and presenting instructions for traversing a route include obtaining original instructions and receiving input to modify the instructions. The instructions may be modified and/or annotated based on the input received to provide more intuitive and helpful instructions for traversing a route. The modified instructions may be presented to a user of a computing device as the computing device traverses the route. The modifications and/or annotations to the original instructions may be presented as the computing device traverses the route based at least in part on the location and/or speed of the computing device on the route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventors: Felix Andrew, Silvana Moncayo, Katherine Anne Maertens, Myron Thomas