Patents by Inventor Alex Petrie

Alex Petrie 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).

  • Method and system for collecting traffic data
    Patent number: 9418545
    Abstract: A method of identifying congestion comprising the steps of monitoring traffic conditions using off call tracking data relating to cellular mobile communication devices carried in vehicles along an off call path and determining when an off call path crossing time of the call path exceeds a threshold. When the off call path crossing time exceeds the threshold, obtaining traffic data from probe vehicles on roads corresponding to the off call path, and analyzing the traffic data to determine the location of the congestion along the off call path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: INRIX HOLDING LIMITED
    Inventors: Alex Petrie, Dominic Jordan, Jonathan Burr
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COLLECTING TRAFFIC DATA
    Publication number: 20140365103
    Abstract: A method of identifying congestion comprising the steps of monitoring traffic conditions using off call tracking data relating to cellular mobile communication devices carried in vehicles along an off call path and determining when an off call path crossing time of the call path exceeds a threshold. When the off call path crossing time exceeds the threshold, obtaining traffic data from probe vehicles on roads corresponding to the off call path, and analysing the traffic data to determine the location of the congestion along the off call path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: INRIX HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Alex Petrie, Dominic Jordan, Jonathan Burr