Patents by Inventor Nicola A. Crane

Nicola A. Crane 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: 8160606
    Abstract: A mobile location sharing system comprising: enabling a sender wireless device to send a payload including a location descriptor and a list of target identifiers to a group of targets; identifying a preferred communication mode for each in the group of targets; selecting a transmission format for the preferred communication mode; and sending the location descriptor in the transmission format selected for each in the group of targets for audio-visual output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: TeleNav, Inc.
    Inventors: Musiri Shrivathsan, Nicola A. Crane, Richard J. Yang
  • Publication number: 20110288755
    Abstract: A method of operating a mutable mobile traffic routing system includes: sending traffic routing parameters with a traffic segment from a server for displaying on a client; receiving a traffic re-routing request parameter based on a traffic routing control parameter including the traffic routing parameters with the traffic segment; updating the traffic routing parameters based on the traffic re-routing request parameter; and sending the traffic routing parameters updated with an updated traffic segment with the traffic re-routing request parameter for displaying on the client.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: TELENAV, INC.
    Inventors: Musiri Shrivathsan, Nicola A. Crane, David Chiu
  • Publication number: 20090171710
    Abstract: A method of operating a mobile advertisement system includes receiving an advertisement parameter by a client from a server to be shown on a display of the client; detecting an advertisement control parameter with the advertisement parameter in the client; operating the client based on the advertisement control parameter and the advertisement parameter; creating an advertisement status parameter based on the advertisement parameter in the client; and sending the advertisement status parameter from the client to the server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2007
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Applicant: TELENAV, INC.
    Inventors: Musiri Shrivathsan, Nicola A. Crane, Salman Dhanani
  • Publication number: 20090171779
    Abstract: A method of operating a mobile advertisement and rating system includes receiving an advertisement parameter by a client from a server to be shown on a display of the client; detecting an advertisement control parameter with the advertisement parameter in the client; operating the client based on the advertisement control parameter and the advertisement parameter; entering a rating parameter in the client; and sending the rating parameter from the client to the server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Applicant: TELENAV, INC.
    Inventors: Musiri Shrivathsan, Nicola A. Crane
  • Publication number: 20090170538
    Abstract: A mobile location sharing system comprising: enabling a sender wireless device to send a payload including a location descriptor and a list of target identifiers to a group of targets; identifying a preferred communication mode for each in the group of targets; selecting a transmission format for the preferred communication mode; and sending the location descriptor in the transmission format selected for each in the group of targets for audio-visual output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Applicant: TELENAV, INC.
    Inventors: Musiri Shrivathsan, Nicola A. Crane, Richard J. Yang
  • Publication number: 20090171556
    Abstract: A method of operating a mutable mobile traffic routing system includes receiving traffic routing parameters by a client from a server to be shown on a display of the client; selecting a traffic re-routing request parameters based on a traffic routing control parameter, from a portion of the traffic routing parameters at the client; sending the traffic re-routing request parameter from the client to the server; updating the traffic routing parameters at the server based on the traffic re-routing request parameter; and sending the traffic routing parameters updated with the traffic re-routing request parameter from the server to the client.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2007
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Applicant: TELENAV, INC.
    Inventors: Musiri Shrivathsan, Nicola A. Crane, David Chiu