Patents by Inventor Brent Newman

Brent Newman 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).

  • Provision of location-based business information
    Patent number: 9031978
    Abstract: Location-based searches for venues for a mobile computing device. An application server system may determine search results in response to a search query, comprising a search location, received from the mobile computing device. The application server system determines, for each search query, whether the search location is within a threshold distance from a location of the mobile computing device. If within the threshold distance, the application server system transmits search result data comprising, for each example venue in the search results, a distance of the venue to the location of the mobile computing device. If not within the threshold distance, the application server system transmits search result data comprising, for each venue in the search results, a distance of the venue to the search location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Whitepages, Inc.
    Inventors: Sebastian Beresniewicz, Sanam Mehta, Vishal Modi, Bret Moore, Brent Newman, Owyn Richen, John Siu
  • Provision of location-based venue information
    Patent number: 8660541
    Abstract: Various embodiments are directed to systems and methods for determining a neighborhood location of a person using a mobile computing device. The mobile computing device may transmit its location to an application server system. The application server system may perform at least one search of a venue database over a plurality of venue categories considering the received location and may determine a neighborhood location of the mobile computing device based on results of the search.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Whitepages, Inc.
    Inventors: Sebastian Beresniewicz, Ryan Kazda, Sanam Mehta, Vishal Modi, Bret Moore, Brent Newman, Owyn Richen, John Siu
  • MOBILE MEDIA PLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20110066843
    Abstract: A mobile play device rights-managed media system and method are provided herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Inventors: Brent Newman, Xiaodong Fu