Patents by Inventor Craig Allen Miller

Craig Allen Miller 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).

  • Meeting location determination using spatio-semantic modeling
    Patent number: 6865538
    Abstract: One or more embodiments of the invention provide a method, method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for determining a meeting location. A location for each of two or more persons is obtained. A central location is then determined based on the obtained locations. A list of activity preferences for each of the two or more persons is also obtained. Thereafter, a ranked list of activity preferences based on the obtained lists of activity preferences is computed. The ranked list represents a convergence of interests for the two or more persons. One or more meeting locations are then determined by combining the central location and ranked list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2005
    Assignee: Autodesk, Inc.
    Inventors: Nemmara Chithambaram, Craig Allen Miller
  • Meeting location determination using spatio-semantic modeling
    Publication number: 20040039579
    Abstract: One or more embodiments of the invention provide a method, method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for determining a meeting location. A location for each of two or more persons is obtained. A central location is then determined based on the obtained locations. A list of activity preferences for each of the two or more persons is also obtained. Thereafter, a ranked list of activity preferences based on the obtained lists of activity preferences is computed. The ranked list represents a convergence of interests for the two or more persons. One or more meeting locations are then determined by combining the central location and ranked list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2002
    Publication date: February 26, 2004
    Applicant: Autodesk, Inc.
    Inventors: Nemmara Chithambaram, Craig Allen Miller