Patents by Inventor Brendan Edward Dhein

Brendan Edward Dhein 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).

  • Patent number: 9977959
    Abstract: Provided are systems, methods, and computer-readable media for determining a salient region of a geographic map. Geographic areas corresponding to viewports are determined using map coordinates corresponding to perimeters of those viewports. Grid points, and the geographic areas, are overlaid on a portion of the geographic map. Each point is assigned a score based at least on the number of geographic areas overlaying that point. A polygon defined by a subset of the grid points is determined based on the scores, and the polygon is identified as defining a salient region of the geographic map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventor: Brendan Edward Dhein
  • Publication number: 20160026860
    Abstract: Provided are systems, methods, and computer-readable media for determining a salient region of a geographic map. Geographic areas corresponding to viewports are determined using map coordinates corresponding to perimeters of those viewports. Grid points, and the geographic areas, are overlaid on a portion of the geographic map. Each point is assigned a score based at least on the number of geographic areas overlaying that point. A polygon defined by a subset of the grid points is determined based on the scores, and the polygon is identified as defining a salient region of the geographic map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventor: Brendan Edward Dhein
  • Patent number: 9183438
    Abstract: Provided are systems, methods, and computer-readable media for determining a salient region of a geographic map. Areas defined by map coordinates and corresponding to viewports from previously executed user queries are determined. The areas are overlaid on a geographic map portion having a fixed grid of points. Each point is assigned a weighted scores based on the number of areas that overlay each point. A polygon enclosing a set of points having weighted scores above a threshold is determined, and the region enclosed by the polygon is identified as a salient region of the geographic map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventor: Brendan Edward Dhein