Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Bloomfield

Jeffrey Bloomfield 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: 9906906
    Abstract: Systems and methods for distinguishing between user mobile device location data indicating user locations within an area of interest or merely near an area of interest are disclosed. User geospatial location data is obtained at user mobile devices (e.g., smartphones) upon the triggering event of a user action (e.g., visiting a web site or using an application on the user mobile device). The location data is stored and compared against polygonal map data accurately and precisely defining a map area of the area of interest. A map view may be generated by generating markers having different styles for user location data within or near the area of interest, which markers may then be overlaid on a map including a polygon representation of the area of interest. Such map view may be augmented by additional data and presented as a report including location and additional data for a plurality of users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: CARS.COM, LLC
    Inventors: Jennifer Lou Chae Pecard, Guy Jeffrey Bloomfield, Benjamin Mitchell Cohen, Ramesh Jankampet
  • Patent number: 9743236
    Abstract: Systems and methods for distinguishing between user mobile device location data indicating user locations within an area of interest or merely near an area of interest are disclosed. User geospatial location data is obtained at user mobile devices (e.g., smartphones) upon the triggering event of a user action (e.g., visiting a web site or using an application on the user mobile device). The location data is stored and compared against polygonal map data accurately and precisely defining a map area of the area of interest. A map view may be generated by generating markers having different styles for user location data within or near the area of interest, which markers may then be overlaid on a map including a polygon representation of the area of interest. Such map view may be augmented by additional data and presented as a report including location and additional data for a plurality of users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: CARS.COM, LLC
    Inventors: Jennifer Lou Chae Pecard, Guy Jeffrey Bloomfield, Benjamin Mitchell Cohen, Ramesh Jankampet
  • Patent number: 9686646
    Abstract: Systems and methods for distinguishing between user mobile device location data indicating user locations within an area of interest or merely near an area of interest are disclosed. User geospatial location data is obtained at user mobile devices (e.g., smartphones) upon the triggering event of a user action (e.g., visiting a web site or using an application on the user mobile device). The location data is stored and compared against polygonal map data accurately and precisely defining a map area of the area of interest. A map view may be generated by generating markers having different styles for user location data within or near the area of interest, which markers may then be overlaid on a map including a polygon representation of the area of interest. Such map view may be augmented by additional data and presented as a report including location and additional data for a plurality of users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: CARS.COM, LLC
    Inventors: Jennifer Lou Chae Pecard, Guy Jeffrey Bloomfield, Benjamin Mitchell Cohen, Ramesh Jankampet
  • Publication number: 20070052985
    Abstract: A color engine supports extensibility by allowing plug-ins. The color engine transforms an image file associated with a source device for consumption by a destination device. Within the color engine, a device model operates over a device model profile to generate a gamut boundary shell, which describes the range of colors a device is capable of producing. A color appearance model operates over a color appearance model profile to compensate for external viewing conditions. A gamut map model accepts as input gamut boundary shells describing the source device and the destination device, and operates over a gamut map model profile to generate a transform, which is used to transform the image file for consumption by the destination device. The device model profiles and gamut map model profiles may be extended using XML plug-ins, and the device models and gamut map models may be extended using DLL plug-ins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2005
    Publication date: March 8, 2007
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Anthony Presley, Jeffrey Bloomfield, Marilyn Chen, Michael Bourgoin, Michael Stokes
  • Publication number: 20070046691
    Abstract: Techniques relating to gamuts and gamut mapping are described. In one instance, a process identifies a gamut attribute and generates a gamut having the attribute.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2005
    Publication date: March 1, 2007
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Anthony Presley, Jeffrey Bloomfield, Michael Stokes
  • Patent number: 5357731
    Abstract: A four-sided seal packaging machine having a side sealing unit, an end sealing unit, and an end cutting unit. The side sealing unit has a frame work, a first pair of cooperative sealing members to seal a first longitudinal edge of a package as the package is formed and a second pair of cooperative sealing members to seal an opposing longitudinal edge of the package. The first pair and the second pair of sealing members are mounted independently of each other to the frame work and each pair has a respective adjustment for adjusting the extent of compression together of the members of that pair independently of the other pair. The machine is well adapted for enabling self-validation, providing reliable high integrity seals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 25, 1994
    Assignee: Datum Appropriate Technology Limited
    Inventors: Graham Conway, Jeffrey Bloomfield, Oliver F. Chastney