Patents by Inventor Jeffery Wayne Kurtti

Jeffery 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).

  • Navigation based on direction of travel/user-defined path
    Patent number: 9097553
    Abstract: A device receives global navigation satellite system coordinates associated with a mobile user device, and determines a direction of travel of the mobile user device based on the global navigation satellite system coordinates. The device creates a user-defined path based on a user-defined starting point, a user-defined destination point, and one or more user-defined intermediate points received from the mobile user device, and receives, from the mobile user device, a search request for points of interest in one of the direction of travel or along the user-defined path. The device further determines, based on the search request, one or more points of interest in the direction of travel or along the user-defined path, and provides, to the mobile user device, the determined one or more points of interest in the direction of travel or along the user-defined path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: Jeffery Wayne Kurtti, Donald H. Relyea, Jr.
  • NAVIGATION BASED ON DIRECTION OF TRAVEL/USER-DEFINED PATH
    Publication number: 20100268463
    Abstract: A device receives global navigation satellite system coordinates associated with a mobile user device, and determines a direction of travel of the mobile user device based on the global navigation satellite system coordinates. The device creates a user-defined path based on a user-defined starting point, a user-defined destination point, and one or more user-defined intermediate points received from the mobile user device, and receives, from the mobile user device, a search request for points of interest in one of the direction of travel or along the user-defined path. The device further determines, based on the search request, one or more points of interest in the direction of travel or along the user-defined path, and provides, to the mobile user device, the determined one or more points of interest in the direction of travel or along the user-defined path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2009
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffery Wayne Kurtti, Donald H. Relyea, JR.