Patents by Inventor Alexander Bussmann

Alexander Bussmann 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).

  • Location based services with combinatorial data sources
    Patent number: 8798916
    Abstract: A location based service using combinatorial data sources for routing and time information is disclosed. One embodiment comprises using a user location, a first data set from a first data source containing information related to a first waypoint, and a second data set from a second data source containing information related to a second waypoint to determine a tour of the first waypoint and the second waypoint. In this way, the embodiment may send the tour of the first waypoint and the second waypoint to a navigation device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander Bussmann, Joseph Figueroa, Thomas G. Phillips
  • Navigation communication with self-identifying elements
    Patent number: 8311732
    Abstract: A navigation device includes a communication subsystem and a navigation subsystem. The communication subsystem communicates with a remote navigation database via a gateway using variable-size data payloads. Each variable-size data payload is accompanied by a content-identifier and a size-identifier. The navigation subsystem determines a current position of the navigation device and encodes the current position of the navigation device as one or more position payloads that are sent from the communication subsystem to the remote navigation database via the gateway. Each position payload is sent with an accompanying content-identifier and size-identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ali Khan, Zhangwei Xu, Alexander Bussmann, Dhiresh Kumar, Gaurav Singhal, Martin H. Hall, Jennifer Hilary Kays
  • LOCATION BASED SERVICES WITH COMBINATORIAL DATA SOURCES
    Publication number: 20100076677
    Abstract: A location based service using combinatorial data sources for routing and time information is disclosed. One embodiment comprises using a user location, a first data set from a first data source containing information related to a first waypoint, and a second data set from a second data source containing information related to a second waypoint to determine a tour of the first waypoint and the second waypoint. In this way, the embodiment may send the tour of the first waypoint and the second waypoint to a navigation device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander Bussmann, Joseph Figueroa, Thomas G. Phillips
  • NAVIGATION COMMUNICATION WITH SELF-IDENTIFYING ELEMENTS
    Publication number: 20100063732
    Abstract: A navigation device includes a communication subsystem and a navigation subsystem. The communication subsystem communicates with a remote navigation database via a gateway using variable-size data payloads. Each variable-size data payload is accompanied by a content-identifier and a size-identifier. The navigation subsystem determines a current position of the navigation device and encodes the current position of the navigation device as one or more position payloads that are sent from the communication subsystem to the remote navigation database via the gateway. Each position payload is sent with an accompanying content-identifier and size-identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2008
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ali Khan, Zhangwei Xu, Alexander Bussmann, Dhiresh Kumar, Gaurav Singhal, Martin H. Hall, Jennifer Hilary Kays