Patents by Inventor Daniel Egnor
Daniel Egnor 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).
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Publication number: 20220063678Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to controlling transitions between driving modes of an autonomous vehicle. The vehicle may have a first mode that is a manual driving mode, a second mode that is an autonomous driving mode where a driver is expected to be present to take control, and a third mode where a driver is not expected to be present to take control. While operating in the second mode, a request to transition to the first mode may be received. In response, the vehicle may transition to the first mode. After transitioning to the first driving mode, the vehicle may be prevented from transitioning the first mode to the second mode or the third mode until a predetermined duration has passed even when input is received at one or more of a steering wheel, brake pedal, or accelerator during the predetermined period.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2020Publication date: March 3, 2022Inventors: Nolan McPeek-Bechtold, Daniel Egnor, Leonid Vaynberg, Ryan Cash
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Patent number: 10990638Abstract: Interactive geographic information systems (GIS) and techniques are disclosed that provide users with a greater degree of flexibility, utility, and information. A markup language is provided that facilitates communication between servers and clients of the interactive GIS, which enables a number of GIS features, such as network links (time-based and/or view-dependent dynamic data layers), ground overlays, screen overlays, placemarks, 3D models, and stylized GIS elements, such as geometry, icons, description balloons, polygons, and labels in the viewer by which the user sees the target area. Also, “virtual tours” of user-defined paths in the context of distributed geospatial visualization is enabled. Streaming and interactive visualization of filled polygon data are also enabled thereby allowing buildings and other such features to be provided in 3D. Also, techniques for enabling ambiguous search requests in a GIS are provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2019Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Lawrence Greenfield, Daniel Egnor, Francois Bailly, John Hanke
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Publication number: 20190171688Abstract: Interactive geographic information systems (GIS) and techniques are disclosed that provide users with a greater degree of flexibility, utility, and information. A markup language is provided that facilitates communication between servers and clients of the interactive GIS, which enables a number of GIS features, such as network links (time-based and/or view-dependent dynamic data layers), ground overlays, screen overlays, placemarks, 3D models, and stylized GIS elements, such as geometry, icons, description balloons, polygons, and labels in the viewer by which the user sees the target area. Also, “virtual tours” of user-defined paths in the context of distributed geospatial visualization is enabled. Streaming and interactive visualization of filled polygon data are also enabled thereby allowing buildings and other such features to be provided in 3D. Also, techniques for enabling ambiguous search requests in a GIS are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2019Publication date: June 6, 2019Inventors: Lawrence Greenfield, Daniel Egnor, Francois Bailly, John Hanke
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Patent number: 10198521Abstract: Interactive geographic information systems (GIS) and techniques are disclosed that provide users with a greater degree of flexibility, utility, and information. A markup language is provided that facilitates communication between servers and clients of the interactive GIS, which enables a number of GIS features, such as network links (time-based and/or view-dependent dynamic data layers), ground overlays, screen overlays, placemarks, 3D models, and stylized GIS elements, such as geometry, icons, description balloons, polygons, and labels in the viewer by which the user sees the target area. Also, “virtual tours” of user-defined paths in the context of distributed geospatial visualization is enabled. Streaming and interactive visualization of filled polygon data are also enabled thereby allowing buildings and other such features to be provided in 3D. Also, techniques for enabling ambiguous search requests in a GIS are provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2006Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Lawrence Greenfield, Daniel Egnor, Francois Bailly, John Hanke
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Patent number: 9323738Abstract: A location classifier generates location information based on textual strings in input text. The location information defines potential geographical relevance of the input text. In determining the location information, the location classifier may receive at least one geo-relevance profile associated with at least one string in the input text, obtain a combined geo-relevance profile for the document from the at least one geo-relevance profile, and determine geographical relevance of the input text based on the combined geo-relevance profile.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2014Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: Google Inc.Inventor: Daniel Egnor
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Patent number: 9189496Abstract: A local search engine efficiently indexes documents relevant to a geographical area by indexing, for each document, multiple location identifiers that collectively define an aggregate geographic region. When creating the index, the search engine may determine a set of geographical areas surrounding a geographical area relevant to a document and associate references to the set of geographical areas with the document index.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2010Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: Google Inc.Inventor: Daniel Egnor
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Publication number: 20150169674Abstract: Interactive geographic information systems (GIS) and techniques are disclosed that provide users with a greater degree of flexibility, utility, and information. A markup language is provided that facilitates communication between servers and clients of the interactive GIS, which enables a number of GIS features, such as network links (time-based and/or view-dependent dynamic data layers), ground overlays, screen overlays, placemarks, 3D models, and stylized GIS elements, such as geometry, icons, description balloons, polygons, and labels in the viewer by which the user sees the target area. Also, “virtual tours” of user-defined paths in the context of distributed geospatial visualization is enabled. Streaming and interactive visualization of filled polygon data are also enabled thereby allowing buildings and other such features to be provided in 3D. Also, techniques for enabling ambiguous search requests in a GIS are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2006Publication date: June 18, 2015Inventors: Lawrence Greenfield, Daniel Egnor, Francois Bailly, John Hanke
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Patent number: 8990210Abstract: Web pages of a Website may be processed to improve search results. For example, information likely to pertain to more than just the Web page it is directly associated with may be identified. One or more other, related, Web pages that such information is likely to pertain to is also identified. The identified information is associated with the identified other Web page(s) and this association is saved in a way to affect a search result score of the Web page(s).Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2013Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Daniel Egnor, Paul Haahr, Kevin D. Lacker, John Ogden Lamping, Amitabh K. Singhal, Ke Yang
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Publication number: 20150012542Abstract: A location classifier generates location information based on textual strings in input text. The location information defines potential geographical relevance of the input text. In determining the location information, the location classifier may receive at least one geo-relevance profile associated with at least one string in the input text, obtain a combined geo-relevance profile for the document from the at least one geo-relevance profile, and determine geographical relevance of the input text based on the combined geo-relevance profile.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2014Publication date: January 8, 2015Inventor: Daniel EGNOR
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Patent number: 8856143Abstract: A location classifier generates location information based on textual strings in input text. The location information defines potential geographical relevance of the input text. In determining the location information, the location classifier may receive at least one geo-relevance profile associated with at least one string in the input text, obtain a combined geo-relevance profile for the document from the at least one geo-relevance profile, and determine geographical relevance of the input text based on the combined geo-relevance profile.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2009Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignee: Google Inc.Inventor: Daniel Egnor
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Publication number: 20140052735Abstract: Web pages of a Website may be processed to improve search results. For example, information likely to pertain to more than just the Web page it is directly associated with may be identified. One or more other, related, Web pages that such information is likely to pertain to is also identified. The identified information is associated with the identified other Web page(s) and this association is saved in a way to affect a search result score of the Web page(s).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2013Publication date: February 20, 2014Inventors: Daniel EGNOR, Paul HAAHR, Kevin D. LACKER, John Ogden LAMPING, Amitabh K. SINGHAL, Ke YANG
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Patent number: 8650197Abstract: A system determines documents that are associated with a location, identifies a group of signals associated with each of the documents, and determines authoritativeness of the documents for the location based on the signals.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2012Date of Patent: February 11, 2014Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Daniel Egnor, Geeta Chaudry
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Patent number: 8595250Abstract: A system determines categories for business listings identified in a list of search results and assigns scores to the categories. The system presents one or more high scoring ones of the categories as one or more category suggestions relating to the list of search results.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2011Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Daniel Egnor, Elizabeth Hamon Reid
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Patent number: 8521717Abstract: Web pages of a Website may be processed to improve search results. For example, information likely to pertain to more than just the Web page it is directly associated with may be identified. One or more other, related, Web pages that such information is likely to pertain to is also identified. The identified information is associated with the identified other Web page(s) and this association is saved in a way to affect a search result score of the Web page(s).Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2011Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Daniel Egnor, Paul Haahr, Kevin Lackner, John Lamping, Amitabh K. Singhal, Ke Yang
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Publication number: 20120173544Abstract: A system determines documents that are associated with a location, identifies a group of signals associated with each of the documents, and determines authoritativeness of the documents for the location based on the signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2012Publication date: July 5, 2012Applicant: Google Inc.Inventors: Daniel Egnor, Geeta Chaudhry
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Patent number: 8171048Abstract: Systems and methods improve search rankings for a search query by using location data associated with queries and documents related to the search query. In one aspect, a search query is received, a location score is determined, a topical score is determined, and an ordering of documents related to the search query is determined based, at least in part, on the location score and the topical score.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2009Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Xianping Ge, Abhishek Parmar, Amit Singhal, Adam Smith, Daniel Egnor, Elizabeth Hamon
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Patent number: 8078601Abstract: A system receives a search query that includes a set of search terms, determines whether at least one of the search terms corresponds to the name of a geographic area, and determines whether the geographic area corresponds to an unambiguous geographic area when at least one of the search terms corresponds to the name of the geographic area. The system performs a local search, based on one or more of the search terms, to identify documents associated with the geographic area when the geographic area corresponds to an unambiguous geographic area.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2008Date of Patent: December 13, 2011Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Daniel Egnor, Lawrence Elias Greenfield
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Patent number: 8046371Abstract: A system may identify a first document associated with a geographic location within a geographical area and identify a second document associated with a geographic location outside the geographical area. The system may also assign a first score to the first document based on a first scoring function and assign a second score to the second document based on a second scoring function.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2010Date of Patent: October 25, 2011Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Brian O'Clair, Daniel Egnor, Lawrence E Greenfield
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Patent number: 8027988Abstract: A system determines categories for business listings identified in a list of search results and assigns scores to the categories. The system presents one or more high scoring ones of the categories as one or more category suggestions relating to the list of search results.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2009Date of Patent: September 27, 2011Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Daniel Egnor, Elizabeth Hamon Reid
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Publication number: 20110196861Abstract: Web pages of a Website may be processed to improve search results. For example, information likely to pertain to more than just the Web page it is directly associated with may be identified. One or more other, related, Web pages that such information is likely to pertain to is also identified. The identified information is associated with the identified other Web page(s) and this association is saved in a way to affect a search result score of the Web page(s).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2011Publication date: August 11, 2011Applicant: Google Inc.Inventors: Daniel Egnor, Paul Haahr, Kevin Lacker, John Lamping, Amitabh K. Singhal, Ke Yang