Patents by Inventor Conor Boyce

Conor Boyce 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).

  • Routing system
    Patent number: 6459986
    Abstract: A routing system comprising one or more maps; route defining means instantiable to respond to driver interaction with a map to define a proposed pooling route and to store said pooling route; request defining means instantiable to respond to passenger interaction to define a request for a pooling route; search means instantiable to search stored pooling routes for one or more pooling routes suitable for said request; and addition means responsive to passenger selection of a suitable pooling route to include a passenger on said route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Conor Boyce, James Spencer Smith