Patents by Inventor Robert Bowmaker

Robert Bowmaker 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).

  • Presenting multiple map results with on-map labels
    Patent number: 9218675
    Abstract: Client-side and server-side methods for displaying points of interest (POIs) within a map displayed on a client computing device are presented. In an example, the method includes transmitting a request for map data and receiving, in response, map data and POI data related to the request. The method further includes filtering POIs in the POI data to determine one or more sets of POIs wherein each POI in any set of POIs is within a predetermined distance from the other POIs in the set. The method includes creating a merged icon for the set of POIs, the merged icon comprising a collection of layered icons and creating a merged, multi-line label for the set of POIs, wherein each label is associated with a corresponding one POI in the set. The method also includes displaying, for each set of POIs, the merged icon adjacent to the merged, multi-line label.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Alex Berry, Robert Bowmaker
  • PRESENTING MULTIPLE MAP RESULTS WITH ON-MAP LABELS
    Publication number: 20150187100
    Abstract: Client-side and server-side methods for displaying points of interest (POIs) within a map displayed on a client computing device are presented. In an example, the method includes transmitting a request for map data and receiving, in response, map data and POI data related to the request. The method further includes filtering POIs in the POI data to determine one or more sets of POIs wherein each POI in any set of POIs is within a predetermined distance from the other POIs in the set. The method includes creating a merged icon for the set of POIs, the merged icon comprising a collection of layered icons and creating a merged, multi-line label for the set of POIs, wherein each label is associated with a corresponding one POI in the set. The method also includes displaying, for each set of POIs, the merged icon adjacent to the merged, multi-line label.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: Alex Berry, Robert Bowmaker