Patents by Inventor Jeff Wayne Kurtti

Jeff Wayne Kurtti 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).

  • Position-based tags, reminders, and messaging
    Patent number: 9587949
    Abstract: A method performed by a user device may include determining a geographical position of the device, receiving a description of the geographical position, receiving a selection of one or more individuals to share the geographical position and the description, and saving the geographical position and the description, on another device, to permit access to the geographical position and the description, on the other device, according to the selection of the one or more individuals. Another method performed by a user device may include determining a geographical position of the user device, receiving reminder information that is tied with the geographical position, receiving a selection of a user in which the reminder information and the geographical position pertains, and notifying the user of the reminder information a next time that the user device is at or within a specified distance from the geographical position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: Donald H. Relyea, Michelle Felt, Alex Zavatone, Summer Westbrook, Jeff Wayne Kurtti
  • POSITION-BASED TAGS, REMINDERS, AND MESSAGING
    Publication number: 20100250131
    Abstract: A method performed by a user device may include determining a geographical position of the device, receiving a description of the geographical position, receiving a selection of one or more individuals to share the geographical position and the description, and saving the geographical position and the description, on another device, to permit access to the geographical position and the description, on the other device, according to the selection of the one or more individuals. Another method performed by a user device may include determining a geographical position of the user device, receiving reminder information that is tied with the geographical position, receiving a selection of a user in which the reminder information and the geographical position pertains, and notifying the user of the reminder information a next time that the user device is at or within a specified distance from the geographical position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Donald H. RELYEA, Michelle Felt, Alex Zavatone, Summer Westbrook, Jeff Wayne Kurtti