Patents by Inventor Fiona E. Herring

Fiona E. Herring 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).

  • ANALYZING AND INTERPRETING USER POSITIONING DATA
    Publication number: 20170337305
    Abstract: In a computer system, a pedestrian dataset that indicates position fixes for several portable devices is received, such that each portable device corresponds to a respective pedestrian. Raw heat scores for several geographic units of equal size are generated based on the pedestrian dataset, each raw heat score being indicative of a number of position fixes in the corresponding geographic unit. A selection of a geographic area that contains some of the geographic units is received, and normalized heat scores for these geographic units are generated based on at least some of the generated raw heat scores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Marc P.T. Wilson, Gemma Exton, Sarah Fortune, Andrew Eland, Fiona E. Herring
  • Analyzing and interpreting user positioning data
    Patent number: 9727669
    Abstract: In a computer system, a pedestrian dataset that indicates position fixes for several portable devices is received, such that each portable device corresponds to a respective pedestrian. Raw heat scores for several geographic units of equal size are generated based on the pedestrian dataset, each raw heat score being indicative of a number of position fixes in the corresponding geographic unit. A selection of a geographic area that contains some of the geographic units is received, and normalized heat scores for these geographic units are generated based on at least some of the generated raw heat scores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Marc P. T. Wilson, Gemma Exton, Sarah Fortune, Andrew Eland, Fiona E. Herring