Patents by Inventor Phil Benz

Phil Benz 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).

  • Publication number: 20090089070
    Abstract: A system includes an address validation and resolution module operable to determine a location corresponding to a civic address; a location key generator operable to generate a location key adapted to index a set of location-based services identifiers; and an available services determination module operable to use the location key to index the set of location-based services identifiers to determine location-based services available at the civic address. An embodiment of a computer-implemented method includes receiving address data identifying a civic address associated with a, determining a location corresponding to the identified civic address based on the address data; and determining whether one or more services are available at the identified civic address based on the determined location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2007
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Applicant: LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Dean Engel, Phil Benz, Sudhir Pondugula, Susan Pruett, Chad Hartman