Patents by Inventor Michael Jonathan Friedmann

Michael Jonathan Friedmann 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).

  • Shared image database with geographic navigation
    Patent number: 10599712
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method and device for operating an image database shared by a plurality of users. In an embodiment, each image captured by a user and stored in a shared image database is associating with the geographic coordinates of the location at which the image was captured. A search engine for the image database is configured to accept geographic coordinates as a search criterion for locating at least one captured image stored in the shared image database. The images having location coordinates within a predefined range of geographic coordinates is displayed to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventor: Michael Jonathan Friedmann
  • SHARED IMAGE DATABASE WITH GEOGRAPHIC NAVIGATION
    Publication number: 20190155838
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method and device for operating an image database shared by a plurality of users. In an embodiment, each image captured by a user and stored in a shared image database is associating with the geographic coordinates of the location at which the image was captured. A search engine for the image database is configured to accept geographic coordinates as a search criterion for locating at least one captured image stored in the shared image database. The images having location coordinates within a predefined range of geographic coordinates is displayed to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventor: Michael Jonathan FRIEDMANN
  • Shared image database with geographic navigation
    Patent number: 10235390
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method and device for operating an image database shared by a plurality of users. In an embodiment, each image captured by a user and stored in a shared image database is associating with the geographic coordinates of the location at which the image was captured. A search engine for the image database is configured to accept geographic coordinates as a search criterion for locating at least one captured image stored in the shared image database. The images having location coordinates within a predefined range of geographic coordinates is displayed to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventor: Michael Jonathan Friedmann
  • SHARED IMAGE DATABASE WITH GEOGRAPHIC NAVIGATION
    Publication number: 20170075926
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method and device for operating an image database shared by a plurality of users. In an embodiment, each image captured by a user and stored in a shared image database is associating with the geographic coordinates of the location at which the image was captured. A search engine for the image database is configured to accept geographic coordinates as a search criterion for locating at least one captured image stored in the shared image database. The images having location coordinates within a predefined range of geographic coordinates is displayed to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventor: Michael Jonathan FRIEDMANN
  • Shared image database with geographic navigation
    Patent number: 9552426
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method and device for operating an image database shared by a plurality of users. In an embodiment, each image captured by a user and stored in a shared image database is associating with the geographic coordinates of the location at which the image was captured. A search engine for the image database is configured to accept geographic coordinates as a search criterion for locating at least one captured image stored in the shared image database. The images having location coordinates within a predefined range of geographic coordinates is displayed to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventor: Michael Jonathan Friedmann
  • SHARED IMAGE DATABASE WITH GEOGRAPHIC NAVIGATION
    Publication number: 20150331955
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method and device for operating an image database shared by a plurality of users. In an embodiment, each image captured by a user and stored in a shared image database is associating with the geographic coordinates of the location at which the image was captured. A search engine for the image database is configured to accept geographic coordinates as a search criterion for locating at least one captured image stored in the shared image database. The images having location coordinates within a predefined range of geographic coordinates is displayed to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventor: Michael Jonathan FRIEDMANN
  • Shared image database with geographic navigation
    Patent number: 9104696
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method and device for operating an image database shared by a plurality of users. In an embodiment, each image captured by a user and stored in a shared image database is associating with the geographic coordinates of the location at which the image was captured. A search engine for the image database is configured to accept geographic coordinates as a search criterion for locating at least one captured image stored in the shared image database. The images having location coordinates within a predefined range of geographic coordinates is displayed to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventor: Michael Jonathan Friedmann
  • Shared Image Database With Geographic Navigation
    Publication number: 20140195529
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method and device for operating an image database shared by a plurality of users. In an embodiment, each image captured by a user and stored in a shared image database is associating with the geographic coordinates of the location at which the image was captured. A search engine for the image database is configured to accept geographic coordinates as a search criterion for locating at least one captured image stored in the shared image database. The images having location coordinates within a predefined range of geographic coordinates is displayed to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventor: Michael Jonathan FRIEDMANN
  • Shared image database with geographic navigation
    Patent number: 8472981
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method and device for operating an image database shared by a plurality of users. In an embodiment, each image captured by a user and stored in a shared image database is associating with the geographic coordinates of the location at which the image was captured. A search engine for the image database is configured to accept geographic coordinates as a search criterion for locating at least one captured image stored in the shared image database. The images having location coordinates within a predefined range of geographic coordinates is displayed to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventor: Michael Jonathan Friedmann
  • Shared image database with geographic navigation
    Patent number: 8107975
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method and device for operating an image database shared by a plurality of users. In an embodiment, each image captured by a user and stored in a shared image database is associating with the geographic coordinates of the location at which the image was captured. A search engine for the image database is configured to accept geographic coordinates as a search criterion for locating at least one captured image stored in the shared image database. The images having location coordinates within a predefined range of geographic coordinates is displayed to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventor: Michael Jonathan Friedmann
  • Shared image database with geographic navigation
    Patent number: 7953422
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method and device for operating an image database shared by a plurality of users. In an embodiment, each image captured by a user and stored in a shared image database is associating with the geographic coordinates of the location at which the image was captured. A search engine for the image database is configured to accept geographic coordinates as a search criterion for locating at least one captured image stored in the shared image database. The images having location coordinates within a predefined range of geographic coordinates is displayed to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Research In Motion
    Inventor: Michael Jonathan Friedmann