Patents by Inventor Dionysius Nicolaas

Dionysius Nicolaas 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).

  • Method and apparatus for providing point of interest information
    Patent number: 10401188
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method of providing data associated with a point of interest (POI), comprising determining, based on a location of a POI, a portion of digital map data of a geographic region, said digital map data comprising a plurality of segments representing navigable elements of a navigable network within the geographic region, and generating POI-map data associated with the POI indicative of at least some segments within the portion of digital map data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: TOMTOM TRAFFIC B.V.
    Inventors: Dionysius Nicolaas, Vladislav Dmitrev, David Silsbury, Rory Jones
  • Method and apparatus for providing point of interest information
    Patent number: 10317239
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method of providing information associated with a point of interest (POI), comprising: communicating location information indicative of a determined geographic location of a portable device to a server computer; receiving at least one POI-map from the server computer based on the location information, wherein each POI-map is associated with at least one POI and comprises segments representative of navigable elements of a navigable network; determining a segment of a received POI-map corresponding to the determined geographic location of the portable device; and outputting a notification associated with a POI of the received POI-map based on the navigable segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: TOMTOM TRAFFIC B.V.
    Inventors: Dionysius Nicolaas, Vladislav Dmitrev, David Silsbury, Rory Jones
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING POINT OF INTEREST INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20180306600
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method of providing data associated with a point of interest (POI), comprising determining, based on a location of a POI, a portion of digital map data of a geographic region, said digital map data comprising a plurality of segments representing navigable elements of a navigable network within the geographic region, and generating POI-map data associated with the POI indicative of at least some segments within the portion of digital map data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Dionysius Nicolaas, Vladislav Dmitrev, David Silsbury, Rory Jones
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING POINT OF INTEREST INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20170268900
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method of providing information associated with a point of interest (POI), comprising: communicating location information indicative of a determined geographic location of a portable device to a server computer; receiving at least one POI-map from the server computer based on the location information, wherein each POI-map is associated with at least one POI and comprises segments representative of navigable elements of a navigable network; determining a segment of a received POI-map corresponding to the determined geographic location of the portable device; and outputting a notification associated with a POI of the received POI-map based on the navigable segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Dionysius Nicolaas, Vladislav Dmitrev, David Silsbury, Rory Jones