Patents by Inventor Daniel Stiner

Daniel Stiner 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).

  • Location tracking based on overlapping geo-fences
    Patent number: 9774995
    Abstract: A system for controlling a device to track the location of the device is provided. The system identifies an initial location of the device. The system then identifies a plurality of areas having different sizes. Each area encompasses the identified location. For each of the areas, the system registers the area with a location provider to receive a notification when the location provider detects that the device has left the area. Upon receiving a notification that the device has left an area, the system may repeat the process of identifying the location and the areas and registering the areas to continue tracking the location of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Alisa So, Peter Eberhardy, Rubaiyat Khan, Abigail Welbom, Hong Lin, Daniel Larsen, Daniel Stiner
  • LOCATION TRACKING BASED ON OVERLAPPING GEO-FENCES
    Publication number: 20150327015
    Abstract: A system for controlling a device to track the location of the device is provided. The system identifies an initial location of the device. The system then identifies a plurality of areas having different sizes. Each area encompasses the identified location. For each of the areas, the system registers the area with a location provider to receive a notification when the location provider detects that the device has left the area. Upon receiving a notification that the device has left an area, the system may repeat the process of identifying the location and the areas and registering the areas to continue tracking the location of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Alisa So, Peter Eberhardy, Rubaiyat Khan, Abigail Welbom, Hong Lin, Daniel Larsen, Daniel Stiner