Patents by Inventor Jeffrey J. Fielding

Jeffrey J. Fielding 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).

  • Discovery of public points of interest
    Patent number: 8566014
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for discovery of public points of interest. Data identifying points of interest is obtained. Each point of interest is associated with a respective user and specifies a respective name and a respective geographic location. A public point of interest is determined based at least in part on a similarity of the respective names of a subset of the points of interest, a proximity of the respective geographic locations of the subset of the points of interest, and a number of different users associated with the subset of the points of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Kozolchyk, Darren E. Canavor, Blake P. Hess, Jeffrey J. Fielding