Patents by Inventor Mark E. Hardie

Mark E. Hardie 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).

  • Method and apparatus for managing location-based transactions
    Patent number: 9129333
    Abstract: An approach is provided for managing location-based transactions. A posting application determines to associate transaction information with a geographic location, the transaction information relating to one or more users. The posting application determines location information associated with respective devices of the one or more users. The posting application determines to transmit a notification related to the one or more transactions to the respective devices based, at least in part, on the location information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: NOKIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mark E. Hardie, Scott Eliot, Dean Andrews
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING LOCATION-BASED TRANSACTIONS
    Publication number: 20140337173
    Abstract: An approach is provided for managing location-based transactions. A posting application determines to associate transaction information with a geographic location, the transaction information relating to one or more users. The posting application determines location information associated with respective devices of the one or more users. The posting application determines to transmit a notification related to the one or more transactions to the respective devices based, at least in part, on the location information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventors: Mark E. HARDIE, Scott ELIOT, Dean ANDREWS
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING LOCATION-BASED TRANSACTIONS
    Publication number: 20110313874
    Abstract: An approach is provided for managing location-based transactions. A posting application determines to associate transaction information with a geographic location, the transaction information relating to one or more users. The posting application determines location information associated with respective devices of the one or more users. The posting application determines to transmit a notification related to the one or more transactions to the respective devices based, at least in part, on the location information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Mark E. Hardie, Scott Eliot, Dean Andrews