Patents by Inventor Ravi S. Patel

Ravi S. Patel 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).

  • Privacy-sensitive cooperative location naming
    Patent number: 8473517
    Abstract: A location database may be configured to store a set of subjective, arbitrary, and/or ephemeral names assigned to a location by various users. When a user of a device arrives at a particular location, the device may retrieve and present to the user the set of names assigned to the location. Moreover, the names may be associated with a privacy designation, which may permit an author of a location name to indicate whether the name of a location should be shared with the public or restricted to access by the user (or to a specified group of users, etc.) Other access criteria may also be specified, e.g., read-only access to a name for the public and read/write access to a particular group of users. Within the set of names of a location, particular names may be designated as authoritative, and may be presented to users with emphasis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew F. Sly, Reed P. Sturtevant, Shannon W. Bator, Alexander James Jenkins, Aryeh Goldberg, Ravi S. Patel
  • PRIVACY-SENSITIVE COOPERATIVE LOCATION NAMING
    Publication number: 20110072034
    Abstract: A location database may be configured to store a set of subjective, arbitrary, and/or ephemeral names assigned to a location by various users. When a user of a device arrives at a particular location, the device may retrieve and present to the user the set of names assigned to the location. Moreover, the names may be associated with a privacy designation, which may permit an author of a location name to indicate whether the name of a location should be shared with the public or restricted to access by the user (or to a specified group of users, etc.) Other access criteria may also be specified, e.g., read-only access to a name for the public and read/write access to a particular group of users. Within the set of names of a location, particular names may be designated as authoritative, and may be presented to users with emphasis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2009
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Matthew F. Sly, Reed Padi Maw Sturtevant, Shannon W. Bator, Alexander James Jenkins, Aryeh Goldberg, Ravi S. Patel