Patents by Inventor Murray Blake Fortescu

Murray Blake Fortescu 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).

  • Patent number: 8260315
    Abstract: A device, system, and method are directed towards updating location information for a social network. A request for the location information associated with a GPS coordinate is received from a client device associated with a member of the social network. In response to the request, a location name associated with another member of the social network is provided to the client device based on the GPS coordinate. Another location name may be received from the client device. The other location name may be associated with the GPS coordinate and with the member in the social network. Thus, the GPS coordinate and/or member may be associated with a plurality of location names. A location description may also be received and associated with the location name and with the member in the social network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Murray Blake Fortescu, Paul Robert Birnie