Patents by Inventor Matthew Zhong Qing Wu

Matthew Zhong Qing Wu 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).

  • Computing systems, devices and methods for identifying important access roads to a geographic location
    Patent number: 9784591
    Abstract: To identify important access roads for a geographic location, multiple previous requests for directions between a multiplicity of sources and one or more destinations identical, or proximate, to the geographic location are identified. Further, routes between the multiplicity of sources and the one or more destinations are determined. Still further, common road segments shared by at least some of the determined routes are identified, and a set of important access roads for the geographic location are selected from among the identified road segments based on how frequently the identified road segments are used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: John Payyappillil John, Yatin Chawathe, Nicholas Lee, Matthew Zhong Qing Wu, Chris Gonterman, Ross Morgan-Linial
  • Highlighting related points of interest in a geographical region
    Patent number: 9378504
    Abstract: A mapping system determines points of interest that are related to a selected point of interest within a digital map displayed at a client computing device. The system receives a request for mapping system data from a client computing device. The request indicates a selected point of interest (POI) that is displayed at a geographic location within the digital map. The selected POI corresponds to a list of words describing characteristics of the selected POI, and each word corresponding to the selected POI word includes a base score describing an importance of the word compared to a list of all words corresponding to displayable POIs. The system determines POIs that are related to the selected POI by comparing base scores of the selected POI words to base scores of related POI words, where the related POIs each include at least one word in common with the selected POI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Christopher David Vander Mey, Bernhard Seefeld, Nicholas Lee, Matthew Zhong Qing Wu, John Alistair Hawkins
  • HIGHLIGHTING RELATED POINTS OF INTEREST IN A GEOGRAPHICAL REGION
    Publication number: 20150187107
    Abstract: A mapping system determines points of interest that are related to a selected point of interest within a digital map displayed at a client computing device. The system receives a request for mapping system data from a client computing device. The request indicates a selected point of interest (POI) that is displayed at a geographic location within the digital map. The selected POI corresponds to a list of words describing characteristics of the selected POI, and each word corresponding to the selected POI word includes a base score describing an importance of the word compared to a list of all words corresponding to displayable POIs. The system determines POIs that are related to the selected POI by comparing base scores of the selected POI words to base scores of related POI words, where the related POIs each include at least one word in common with the selected POI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Christopher David Vander Mey, Bernhard Seefeld, Nicholas Lee, Matthew Zhong Qing Wu, John Alistair Hawkins
  • COMPUTING SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING IMPORTANT ACCESS ROADS TO A GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION
    Publication number: 20140343848
    Abstract: To identify important access roads for a geographic location, multiple previous requests for directions between a multiplicity of sources and one or more destinations identical, or proximate, to the geographic location are identified. Further, routes between the multiplicity of sources and the one or more destinations are determined. Still further, common road segments shared by at least some of the determined routes are identified, and a set of important access roads for the geographic location are selected from among the identified road segments based on how frequently the identified road segments are used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventors: John Payyappillil John, Yatin Chawathe, Nicholas Lee, Matthew Zhong Qing Wu, Chris Gonterman, Ross Morgan-Linial
  • Computing systems, devices and methods for identifying important access roads to a geographic location
    Patent number: 8831882
    Abstract: To identify important access roads for a geographic location, multiple previous requests for directions between a multiplicity of sources and one or more destinations identical, or proximate, to the geographic location are identified. Further, routes between the multiplicity of sources and the one or more destinations are determined. Still further, common road segments shared by at least some of the determined routes are identified, and a set of important access roads for the geographic location are selected from among the identified road segments based on how frequently the identified road segments are used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: John Payyappillil John, Yatin Chawathe, Nicholas Lee, Matthew Zhong Qing Wu, Chris Gonterman, Ross Morgan-Linial