Patents by Inventor Eric Wistrand

Eric Wistrand 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).

  • Stateful, double-buffered dynamic navigation voice prompting
    Patent number: 8521422
    Abstract: A navigation system written in J2ME MIDP for a client device includes a plurality of media players each respectively comprising a buffer. A navigation program manages the state of the plurality of media players. The plurality of media players are in either one of an acquiring resources state, and a playing and de-allocating state. The use of a plurality of media players each respectively comprising a buffer overcomes the prior art in which navigation system can cut off a voice prompt because of the time-consuming tasks associated with playing a voice prompt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: TeleCommunication Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Eric Wistrand
  • Stateful, Double-Buffered Dynamic Navigation Voice Prompting
    Publication number: 20120284030
    Abstract: A navigation system written in J2ME MIDP for a client device includes a plurality of media players each respectively comprising a buffer. A navigation program manages the state of the plurality of media players. The plurality of media players are in either one of an acquiring resources state, and a playing and de-allocating state. The use of a plurality of media players each respectively comprising a buffer overcomes the prior art in which navigation system can cut off a voice prompt because of the time-consuming tasks associated with playing a voice prompt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Inventor: Eric Wistrand
  • Stateful, double-buffered dynamic navigation voice prompting
    Patent number: 8224572
    Abstract: A navigation system written in J2ME MIDP for a client device includes a plurality of media players each respectively comprising a buffer. A navigation program manages the state of the plurality of media players. The plurality of media players are in either one of an acquiring resources state, and a playing and de-allocating state. The use of a plurality of media players each respectively comprising a buffer overcomes the prior art in which navigation system can cut off a voice prompt because of the time-consuming tasks associated with playing a voice prompt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: TeleCommunication Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Eric Wistrand
  • Stateful, Double-Buffered Dynamic Navigation Voice Prompting
    Publication number: 20120116777
    Abstract: A navigation system written in J2ME MIDP for a client device includes a plurality of media players each respectively comprising a buffer. A navigation program manages the state of the plurality of media players. The plurality of media players are in either one of an acquiring resources state, and a playing and de-allocating state. The use of a plurality of media players each respectively comprising a buffer overcomes the prior art in which navigation system can cut off a voice prompt because of the time-consuming tasks associated with playing a voice prompt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2012
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventor: Eric Wistrand
  • Stateful, double-buffered dynamic navigation voice prompting
    Patent number: 8099238
    Abstract: A navigation system written in J2ME MIDP for a client device includes a plurality of media players each respectively comprising a buffer. A navigation program manages the state of the plurality of media players. The plurality of media players are in either one of an acquiring resources state, and a playing and de-allocating state. The use of a plurality of media players each respectively comprising a buffer overcomes the prior art in which navigation system can cut off a voice prompt because of the time-consuming tasks associated with playing a voice prompt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: TeleCommunication Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Eric Wistrand
  • Point-of-interest panning on a displayed map with a persistent search on a wireless phone using persistent point-of-interest criterion
    Publication number: 20090144247
    Abstract: A persistent point-of-interest search is performed during map panning. A persistent search criteria module identifies a search criteria from a first mapping tile request and stores the search criteria in association with a particular wireless device. A mapping tile module identifies a neighboring mapping tile from a second mapping tile request and performs a point-of-interest search for the neighboring mapping tile with the stored search criteria. In this manner, a user need only enter a search criteria for a point-of-interest once, the point-of-interest being displayed automatically for subsequent map tiles displayed for the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2008
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Inventors: Eric Wistrand, Kevin Sebastian, John Hahn, Regan Gill, Kevin Tsurutome, Robert Barcklay
  • Stateful, double-buffered dynamic navigation voice prompting
    Publication number: 20090125227
    Abstract: A navigation system written in J2ME MIDP for a client device includes a plurality of media players each respectively comprising a buffer. A navigation program manages the state of the plurality of media players. The plurality of media players are in either one of an acquiring resources state, and a playing and de-allocating state. The use of a plurality of media players each respectively comprising a buffer overcomes the prior art in which navigation system can cut off a voice prompt because of the time-consuming tasks associated with playing a voice prompt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2008
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Inventor: Eric Wistrand