Patents by Inventor Jan USADEL

Jan USADEL 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).

  • Method for visually displaying the positions of selected destinations in maps in an altered manner
    Patent number: 10634513
    Abstract: The method for displaying a starting point (1) and several destination locations (3) on a screen comprises the following steps: selecting a starting point (1) on a location-based representation, and representing the starting point as such on the screen; selecting several destination locations (3) and representing them as destination symbols in the location-based representation on the screen, setting a selection criterion for reaching the destination locations (3) starting from the starting point (1), calculating the position of the destination locations (3) in a time-based representation in accordance with the distance from the starting point and taking into account the selection criterion, displaying the destination locations (3) on the screen as destination symbols in the time-based representation, wherein the location-based representation still remains visible on the screen, the time-based representation being centered around the starting symbol, and the distance of the destination symbols in the time-b
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Usadel GmbH
    Inventor: Jan Usadel
  • METHOD FOR VISUALLY DISPLAYING THE POSITIONS OF SELECTED DESTINATIONS IN MAPS IN AN ALTERED MANNER
    Publication number: 20190154460
    Abstract: The method for displaying a starting point (1) and several destination locations (3) on a screen comprises the following steps: selecting a starting point (1) on a location-based representation, and representing the starting point as such on the screen; selecting several destination locations (3) and representing them as destination symbols in the location-based representation on the screen, setting a selection criterion for reaching the destination locations (3) starting from the starting point (1), calculating the position of the destination locations (3) in a time-based representation in accordance with the distance from the starting point and taking into account the selection criterion, displaying the destination locations (3) on the screen as destination symbols in the time-based representation, wherein the location-based representation still remains visible on the screen, the time-based representation being centered around the starting symbol, and the distance of the destination symbols in the time-b
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventor: Jan USADEL