Patents by Inventor Jonathan A. Metz

Jonathan A. Metz 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).

  • Alert generation based on proximate events identified by source data analytics
    Patent number: 10440092
    Abstract: A method includes receiving, at a computing device from a social media platform, a first post associated with a first social media account. The method also includes determining, by the computing device, an event category of an event described in the first post. The method further includes determining, by the computing device, an estimated location associated with the event. The method also includes determining, by the computing device, a distance threshold based on the event category. The method further includes determining, by the computing device, whether a location of concern is within the distance threshold of the estimated location. The method also includes generating, by the computing device, an alert based on a determination that the location of concern is within the distance threshold of the estimated location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Thomas Austin, Gary D. Gordon, Jonathan A. Metz, James G. Barnes, Radford J. Sorensen
  • ALERT GENERATION BASED ON PROXIMATE EVENTS IDENTIFIED BY SOURCE DATA ANALYTICS
    Publication number: 20170339006
    Abstract: A method includes receiving, at a computing device from a social media platform, a first post associated with a first social media account. The method also includes determining, by the computing device, an event category of an event described in the first post. The method further includes determining, by the computing device, an estimated location associated with the event. The method also includes determining, by the computing device, a distance threshold based on the event category. The method further includes determining, by the computing device, whether a location of concern is within the distance threshold of the estimated location. The method also includes generating, by the computing device, an alert based on a determination that the location of concern is within the distance threshold of the estimated location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Thomas Austin, Gary D. Gordon, Jonathan A. Metz, James G. Barnes, Radford J. Sorensen