Patents by Inventor Gregory K. Coulombe

Gregory K. Coulombe 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: 9635500
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments provide a system that facilitates geolocation of a user. The system includes a server and an electronic device. First, the server receives a location of the user from an electronic device of the user and determines a window around the location. Next, the server transmits the window and one or more geofences within the window to the electronic device. The electronic device then obtains one or more precision buffers associated with one or more levels of accuracy for detecting the location of the user near the one or more geofences. Finally, the electronic device facilitates use of the one or more geofences by varying a geolocation technique for tracking the location of the user based on the one or more precision buffers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: INTUIT INC
    Inventors: Richard J. Becker, Gregory K. Coulombe, Daniel L. Moise
  • Patent number: 9060248
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments provide a system that dynamically updates a geofence of a mobile business. During operation, the system establishes a first location and a first geofence for the mobile business. Next, the system receives a second location of the mobile business different than the first location of the mobile business. The system then generates an updated geofence for the mobile business based on the second location of the mobile business. The system subsequently broadcasts the second location of the mobile business to a set of mobile clients monitoring the mobile business.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: INTUIT INC.
    Inventors: Gregory K. Coulombe, Horace Chan, Daniel L. Moise, Richard J. Becker