Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Wayne Kurtti

Jeffrey 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 user-defined points and paths
    Patent number: 8682576
    Abstract: A device receives, from a user device, a user-defined starting point associated with a path to be navigated by a user associated with the user device, a user-defined destination point associated with the path, and one or more user-defined intermediate points provided between the user-defined starting point and the user-defined destination point. The device also creates a user-defined path based on the user-defined starting point, the user-defined destination point, and the one or more user-defined intermediate points, and provides the user-defined path to the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Wayne Kurtti, Donald H. Relyea, Jr.
  • Navigation based on popular user-defined paths
    Patent number: 8620586
    Abstract: A device receives, from one or more user devices, one or more user-defined paths associated with a starting point and a destination point, and receives, from the one or more user devices, information associated with the one or more user-defined paths. The device also aggregates the one or more user-defined paths and the associated information, and determines one or more popular paths based on the aggregation of the one or more user-defined paths and the associated information, where the one or more popular paths are capable of being utilized by the one or more user devices for selection of a path for navigation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Wayne Kurtti, Donald H. Relyea, Brian F. Roberts
  • Gesture-based delivery from mobile device
    Patent number: 8547342
    Abstract: A computing device displays an item on a display of the computing device and establishes a wireless connection with one or more other devices. The computing device receives an input gesture on a touch panel of the computing device, where the input gesture has a direction, and determines a geographic direction of the input gesture. The computing device also identifies one of the one or more other devices in the geographic direction and sends the item on the display to the one of the one or more devices in the geographic direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Heath Stallings, Brian F. Roberts, Donald H. Relyea, Jr., Jeffrey Wayne Kurtti, Andrew McClain Allman
  • Navigation based on popular user-defined paths
    Patent number: 8335647
    Abstract: A device receives, from one or more user devices, one or more user-defined paths associated with a starting point and a destination point, and receives, from the one or more user devices, information associated with the one or more user-defined paths. The device also aggregates the one or more user-defined paths and the associated information, and determines one or more popular paths based on the aggregation of the one or more user-defined paths and the associated information, where the one or more popular paths are capable of being utilized by the one or more user devices for selection of a path for navigation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Wayne Kurtti, Donald H. Relyea, Jr., Brian F. Roberts
  • GESTURE-BASED DELIVERY FROM MOBILE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20100156812
    Abstract: A computing device displays an item on a display of the computing device and establishes a wireless connection with one or more other devices. The computing device receives an input gesture on a touch panel of the computing device, where the input gesture has a direction, and determines a geographic direction of the input gesture. The computing device also identifies one of the one or more other devices in the geographic direction and sends the item on the display to the one of the one or more devices in the geographic direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: Verizon Data Services LLC
    Inventors: Heath STALLINGS, Brian F. ROBERTS, Donald H. RELYEA, JR., Jeffrey Wayne KURTTI, Andrew McClain ALLMAN
  • NAVIGATION BASED ON POPULAR USER-DEFINED PATHS
    Publication number: 20100145608
    Abstract: A device receives, from one or more user devices, one or more user-defined paths associated with a starting point and a destination point, and receives, from the one or more user devices, information associated with the one or more user-defined paths. The device also aggregates the one or more user-defined paths and the associated information, and determines one or more popular paths based on the aggregation of the one or more user-defined paths and the associated information, where the one or more popular paths are capable of being utilized by the one or more user devices for selection of a path for navigation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2008
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: VERIZON DATA SERVICES LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Wayne KURTTI, Donald H. RELYEA, JR., Brian F. ROBERTS
  • NAVIGATION BASED ON USER-DEFINED POINTS AND PATHS
    Publication number: 20100145601
    Abstract: A device receives, from a user device, a user-defined starting point associated with a path to be navigated by a user associated with the user device, a user-defined destination point associated with the path, and one or more user-defined intermediate points provided between the user-defined starting point and the user-defined destination point. The device also creates a user-defined path based on the user-defined starting point, the user-defined destination point, and the one or more user-defined intermediate points, and provides the user-defined path to the user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2008
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: VERIZON DATA SERVICES LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Wayne KURTTI, Donald H. RELYEA, JR.