Patents by Inventor Emma Burrows

Emma Burrows 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).

  • Patent number: 11043014
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for presenting information relative to a map. In one aspect, a method includes identifying points of interest within a geographical region; displaying a map for the geographical region; constructing one or more heat areas for the map using the identified points of interest; and displaying one or more polygons on the map, wherein a polygon is displayed to encompass an area within a constructed heat area. In another aspect, a method includes identifying points of interest within a geographical region; displaying a map for the geographical region; displaying one or more polygons on the map, wherein the polygons are displayed to encompass one or more points of interest within the geographical region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Emma Burrows, Stefan H. Pharies, Jiri Semecky, David P. Marmaros, Andrew J. McCarthy, Alejandro Diaz, Konrad Gianno, Marcin Z. Brodziak
  • Publication number: 20200160571
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for presenting information relative to a map. In one aspect, a method includes identifying points of interest within a geographical region; displaying a map for the geographical region; constructing one or more heat areas for the map using the identified points of interest; and displaying one or more polygons on the map, wherein a polygon is displayed to encompass an area within a constructed heat area. In another aspect, a method includes identifying points of interest within a geographical region; displaying a map for the geographical region; displaying one or more polygons on the map, wherein the polygons are displayed to encompass one or more points of interest within the geographical region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Emma Burrows, Stefan H. Pharies, Jiri Semecky, David P. Marmaros, Andrew J. McCarthy, Alejandro Diaz, Konrad Gianno, Marcin Z. Brodziak
  • Patent number: 10453226
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for presenting information relative to a map. In one aspect, a method includes identifying points of interest within a geographical region; displaying a map for the geographical region; constructing one or more heat areas for the map using the identified points of interest; and displaying one or more polygons on the map, wherein a polygon is displayed to encompass an area within a constructed heat area. In another aspect, a method includes identifying points of interest within a geographical region; displaying a map for the geographical region; displaying one or more polygons on the map, wherein the polygons are displayed to encompass one or more points of interest within the geographical region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Emma Burrows, Stefan H. Pharies, Jiri Semecky, David P. Marmaros, Andrew J. McCarthy, Alejandro Diaz, Konrad Gianno, Marcin Z. Brodziak
  • Publication number: 20150073941
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving a search query, where the search query includes one or more terms; identifying one or more locations associated with the one or more terms prior to execution of the search query; providing the one or more locations as query suggestions; receiving a selection of a location; and in response to the selection, determining that the selected location references a hotel and providing a hotel search results interface, the hotel search results interface including a first region displaying one or more hotel listings, where the hotels listings include hotels located within a geographic region containing the selected hotel, and a second region, where the second region is configured to present one or more user selected hotels from the one or more hotel listings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Emma Burrows, Andrew J. McCarthy, Aleksandra K. Wozniak, Stefan H. Pharies, Amar Singh Sagoo
  • Publication number: 20130124238
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for detecting travel information. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a document; annotating detected entities in the document; generating one or more travel leg structures using the annotations, wherein generating the one or more travel leg structures includes determining that one or more annotations match a valid travel schedule; and generating an itinerary from the one or more travel leg structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Emma Burrows, Diana Stroe
  • Publication number: 20130031506
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for information retrieval. In one aspect, a method includes receiving an input specifying one or more hotel search parameters; obtaining hotel search results responsive to the input; presenting the hotel search results in a first region of a hotel search results interface; receiving a user selected hotel from among the hotel search results; and presenting the user selected hotel in a second region of the hotel search results interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Alejandro Diaz, Emmet J. Connolly, Stefan H. Pharies, Emma Burrows, Amar Singh Sagoo, Andrew J. McCarthy