Patents by Inventor Alessio Colombo

Alessio Colombo 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).

  • Collecting user-contributed data relating to a navigable network
    Patent number: 12359938
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a technique for obtaining information relating to a navigable network from devices (12) that are associated with users travelling within the navigable network. For example, a central server can issue requests to the devices (12) for automatically obtaining sensor data, with a request including a set of instructions for obtaining sensor data from one or more sensor(s) (13) accessible by the device (12). The request also includes a location-specific trigger. Thus, when it is determined that the device (12) has reached the location associated with the trigger, the device is able to automatically action the instructions in order to obtain the requested sensor data, which can then be reported back to the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: TomTom Traffic B.V.
    Inventors: Vicenzo Vitale, David Silsbury, Zishan Ahmed Shaikh, Alessio Colombo, Simone Tornioli, Soren Sven Sonnenburg
  • COLLECTING USER-CONTRIBUTED DATA RELATING TO A NAVIGABLE NETWORK
    Publication number: 20220357181
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a technique for obtaining information relating to a navigable network from devices (12) that are associated with users travelling within the navigable network. For example, a central server can issue requests to the devices (12) for automatically obtaining sensor data, with a request including a set of instructions for obtaining sensor data from one or more sensor(s) (13) accessible by the device (12). The request also includes a location-specific trigger. Thus, when it is determined that the device (12) has reached the location associated with the trigger, the device is able to automatically action the instructions in order to obtain the requested sensor data, which can then be reported back to the server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2020
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Vicenzo Vitale, David Silsbury, Zishan Ahmed Shaikh, Alessio Colombo, Simone Tornioli, Soren Sven Sonnenburg