Patents by Inventor Chris Gonterman

Chris Gonterman 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).

  • Computing systems, devices and methods for identifying important access roads to a geographic location
    Patent number: 9784591
    Abstract: To identify important access roads for a geographic location, multiple previous requests for directions between a multiplicity of sources and one or more destinations identical, or proximate, to the geographic location are identified. Further, routes between the multiplicity of sources and the one or more destinations are determined. Still further, common road segments shared by at least some of the determined routes are identified, and a set of important access roads for the geographic location are selected from among the identified road segments based on how frequently the identified road segments are used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: John Payyappillil John, Yatin Chawathe, Nicholas Lee, Matthew Zhong Qing Wu, Chris Gonterman, Ross Morgan-Linial
  • COMPUTING SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING IMPORTANT ACCESS ROADS TO A GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION
    Publication number: 20140343848
    Abstract: To identify important access roads for a geographic location, multiple previous requests for directions between a multiplicity of sources and one or more destinations identical, or proximate, to the geographic location are identified. Further, routes between the multiplicity of sources and the one or more destinations are determined. Still further, common road segments shared by at least some of the determined routes are identified, and a set of important access roads for the geographic location are selected from among the identified road segments based on how frequently the identified road segments are used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventors: John Payyappillil John, Yatin Chawathe, Nicholas Lee, Matthew Zhong Qing Wu, Chris Gonterman, Ross Morgan-Linial
  • Computing systems, devices and methods for identifying important access roads to a geographic location
    Patent number: 8831882
    Abstract: To identify important access roads for a geographic location, multiple previous requests for directions between a multiplicity of sources and one or more destinations identical, or proximate, to the geographic location are identified. Further, routes between the multiplicity of sources and the one or more destinations are determined. Still further, common road segments shared by at least some of the determined routes are identified, and a set of important access roads for the geographic location are selected from among the identified road segments based on how frequently the identified road segments are used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: John Payyappillil John, Yatin Chawathe, Nicholas Lee, Matthew Zhong Qing Wu, Chris Gonterman, Ross Morgan-Linial