Patents by Inventor Michael L. Kaufman

Michael L. Kaufman 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 of providing geographic information for a navigation system
    Patent number: 8265864
    Abstract: A method of providing geographic information for a navigation system comprises obtaining a request for a geographic region and accessing geographic data corresponding to the geographic region from a geographic database. The method also comprises providing a plurality of first map images generated from the geographic data. Each of the first map images represents a unique portion of the geographic region. When the first map images are displayed together, they provide a first map depicting the geographic region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Navteq B.V.
    Inventors: Michael L. Kaufman, James M. Herbst
  • Method of operating a navigation system to report effects of updated portions of a geographic database
    Patent number: 7403851
    Abstract: A method for operating a navigation system that executes a navigation application software program to provide a navigation-related feature is provided. The method comprises identifying that the navigation application software program uses both updated geographic data and un-updated geographic data from a geographic database associated with said navigation system. The un-updated geographic data has an associated date or version different from the updated geographic data. The method further comprises providing a report indicating that an inconsistency between the updated geographic data and the un-updated geographic data may exist. The method may further include identifying the inconsistency between the updated geographic data and the un-updated geographic data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignee: Navteq North America, LLC
    Inventors: Michael L. Kaufman, Christian Andreas Hecht
  • Map display for a navigation system
    Patent number: 7177761
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for displaying map information on a computing device. Data are stored for rendering a simulation of travel along one or more road segments prior to embarking on travel along the road segments. The simulation is comprised of a sequence of views of the road network along each road segment from vantage points above or along the road network. Each road segment may be part of a calculated route and the simulation may include views for all the road segments contained in the calculated route. While the computing device is being conveyed along each road segment, the data stored for the simulation is used to show a view of the road network that includes the current position of the computing device on a display of the computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: Navteq North America, LLC
    Inventors: Michael L. Kaufman, James M. Herbst, Steven P. Devries, Eric Groth