Patents by Inventor Robert C. Cahn

Robert C. Cahn 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: 20100185382
    Abstract: Techniques are described for displaying or otherwise providing information to users regarding various types of road traffic condition information in various ways. The information may be provided, for example, as part of a user interface (or “UI”), which may in some situations further include one or more types of user-selectable controls to allow a user to manipulate in various ways what road traffic condition information is displayed and/or how the information is displayed. A variety of types of road traffic condition information may be presented to users in various manners, including by presenting information on graphically displayed maps for geographic areas to indicate various information about road conditions in the geographic area. In addition, provided controls may allow users to select particular times, select particular routes, indicate to perform animation of various types of changing traffic conditions over a sequence of multiple successive times, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: Inrix, Inc.
    Inventors: Alec Barker, Todd Asher, Mitchel A. Burns, Oliver B. Downs, Craig H. Chapman, Robert C. Cahn
  • Publication number: 20070208497
    Abstract: Techniques are described for automatically detecting anomalous road traffic conditions and for providing information about the detected anomalies, such as for use in facilitating travel on roads of interest. Anomalous road traffic conditions may be identified using target traffic conditions for a particular road segment at a particular selected time, such as target traffic conditions that reflect actual traffic conditions for a current or past selected time, and/or target traffic conditions that reflect predicted future traffic conditions for a future selected time. Target traffic conditions may be compared to distinct expected road traffic conditions for a road segment at a selected time, with the expected conditions reflecting road traffic conditions that are typical or normal for the road segment at the selected time. Anomalous conditions may be identified based on sufficiently large differences from the expected conditions, and information about the anomalous conditions may be provided in various ways.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2006
    Publication date: September 6, 2007
    Applicant: Inrix, Inc.
    Inventors: Oliver B. Downs, Alec Barker, Robert C. Cahn, Craig H. Chapman, Wayne Stoppler