Patents by Inventor Howard R. Hayes, Jr.

Howard R. Hayes, Jr. 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).

  • Methods of providing advertisements in traffic channels and supporting apparatus, readable medium, and data structure
    Patent number: 10282988
    Abstract: A technique of providing advertisements in a traffic message is provided that obtains (704) traffic data having a traffic condition of a location description on a road network. A location reference code associated with the location description assigned by a traffic message supplier and an advertising reference code associated with the location reference code are assessed (706), (714), followed by a determination (716) as to whether the advertising reference code is present. If so, a traffic message having the location reference code and the advertising reference code is generated (710).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: HERE Global B.V.
    Inventors: John MacLeod, Lumumba Mbekeani, Howard R. Hayes, Jr.
  • Method of operating a navigation system to provide parking availability information
    Patent number: 7949464
    Abstract: A method of operating a navigation system includes obtaining a destination location and identifying a parking facility proximate said destination location. The method further includes transmitting a parking message including a determined parking availability. The determined parking availability is based on historic parking availability information and real time parking availability data. The parking message may include an identification code of said parking facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: NAVTEQ North America, LLC
    Inventors: Lawrence M. Kaplan, Howard R. Hayes, Jr., Steven DeVries, Matthew G. Lindsay
  • Method of Operating a Navigation System to Provide Parking Availability Information
    Publication number: 20100318290
    Abstract: A method of operating a navigation system includes obtaining a destination location and identifying a parking facility proximate said destination location. The method further includes transmitting a parking message including a determined parking availability. The determined parking availability is based on historic parking availability information and real time parking availability data. The parking message may include an identification code of said parking facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventors: Lawrence M. Kaplan, Howard R. Hayes, JR., Steven Devries, Matthew G. Lindsay
  • Method of operating a navigation system to provide parking availability information
    Patent number: 7805239
    Abstract: A method of operating a navigation system includes obtaining a destination location and identifying a parking facility proximate said destination location. The method further includes providing historic parking availability information for the identified parking facility. The historic parking availability information is based on past parking availability at the identified parking facility. The method may also calculate a route from an origin to the parking facility and provide guidance for following the route. Additionally, the method obtains a reservation for parking at the parking facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: NAVTEQ North America, LLC
    Inventors: Lawrence M. Kaplan, Howard R. Hayes, Jr., Steven Devries, Matthew G. Lindsay
  • Method of Operating a Navigation System to Provide Parking Availability Information
    Publication number: 20100042318
    Abstract: A method of operating a navigation system includes obtaining a destination location and identifying a parking facility proximate said destination location. The method further includes providing historic parking availability information for the identified parking facility. The historic parking availability information is based on past parking availability at the identified parking facility. The method may also calculate a route from an origin to the parking facility and provide guidance for following the route. Additionally, the method obtains a reservation for parking at the parking facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2009
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Inventors: Lawrence M. Kaplan, Howard R. Hayes, JR., Steven Devries, Matthew G. Lindsay
  • Method of collecting parking availability information for a geographic database for use with a navigation system
    Patent number: 7538690
    Abstract: A method of obtaining data for a geographic database for use with a navigation system includes collecting data indicating parking availability at a parking facility at a plurality of times and analyzing the data indicating parking availability. Based on the analyzing, the method derives historic parking data for the parking facility. The historic parking data indicates past parking availability at the parking facility at predetermined times. The historic parking data is stored in the geographic database. The historic parking data may indicate past parking availability for predetermined time intervals, days of the week, weather conditions and events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: Navteq North America, LLC
    Inventors: Lawrence M. Kaplan, Howard R. Hayes, Jr., Steven Devries, Matthew G. Lindsay
  • Method of operating a navigation system to provide parking availability information
    Patent number: 7516010
    Abstract: A method of operating a navigation system includes obtaining a destination location and identifying a parking facility proximate said destination location. The method further includes providing historic parking availability information for the identified parking facility. The historic parking availability information is based on past parking availability at the identified parking facility. The method may also calculate a route from an origin to the parking facility and provide guidance for following the route. Additionally, the method obtains a reservation for parking at the parking facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: Navteg North America, LLC
    Inventors: Lawrence M. Kaplan, Howard R. Hayes, Jr., Steven Devries, Matthew G. Lindsay