Patents by Inventor Alexander Grosse

Alexander Grosse 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 apparatus for integration of community-provided place data
    Patent number: 10387438
    Abstract: An approach is provided for integrating place metadata provided by a community of metadata builders, including receiving registration data that indicates one or more values for a corresponding one or more attributes that describe a place. A place is associated with a geographic location. Providing an indication of match between the registration data and metadata for a predetermined place is also initiated. In some embodiments, a new entry for a set of predetermined places is generated based on validating the registration data and a negligible degree of match. In some embodiments, a unique identifier for the place is included in indication of match for either a new place represented by the registration data or a matching predetermined place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: HERE Global B.V.
    Inventors: Andreas Schmidt, Alexander Grosse
  • Method and apparatus for a paged update protocol
    Patent number: 9792381
    Abstract: An approach is provided for providing an update feed to clients. An update document comprising one or more update statuses of one or more resources is generated. At least one of the one or more resources is identified using a respective obfuscation identifier. The update document is divided into one or more pages. The one or more pages are archived.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: HERE Global B.V.
    Inventors: Alexander Grosse, Andreas Schmidt, Felix Weigel, Konstantin Clemens
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTEGRATION OF COMMUNITY-PROVIDED PLACE DATA
    Publication number: 20160004753
    Abstract: An approach is provided for integrating place metadata provided by a community of metadata builders, including receiving registration data that indicates one or more values for a corresponding one or more attributes that describe a place. A place is associated with a geographic location. Providing an indication of match between the registration data and metadata for a predetermined place is also initiated. In some embodiments, a new entry for a set of predetermined places is generated based on validating the registration data and a negligible degree of match. In some embodiments, a unique identifier for the place is included in indication of match for either a new place represented by the registration data or a matching predetermined place.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Andreas SCHMIDT, Alexander GROSSE
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A PAGED UPDATE PROTOCOL
    Publication number: 20110320408
    Abstract: An approach is provided for providing an update feed to clients. An update document comprising one or more update statuses of one or more resources is generated. At least one of the one or more resources is identified using a respective obfuscation identifier. The update document is divided into one or more pages. The one or more pages are archived.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2010
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander Grosse, Andreas Schmidt, Felix Weigel, Konstantin Clemens
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTEGRATION OF COMMUNITY-PROVIDED PLACE DATA
    Publication number: 20100250599
    Abstract: An approach is provided for integrating place metadata provided by a community of metadata builders, including receiving registration data that indicates one or more values for a corresponding one or more attributes that describe a place. A place is associated with a geographic location. Providing an indication of match between the registration data and metadata for a predetermined place is also initiated. In some embodiments, a new entry for a set of predetermined places is generated based on validating the registration data and a negligible degree of match. In some embodiments, a unique identifier for the place is included in indication of match for either a new place represented by the registration data or a matching predetermined place.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2009
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Andreas SCHMIDT, Alexander Grosse