Patents by Inventor Ryan Joseph Clark

Ryan Joseph Clark 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: 10921136
    Abstract: A vector tile generator receives map features from a database of raw map data. Each map feature includes geometry data and property data. The vector tile generator stores the property data in a property store. The vector tile generator generates, based on the geometry data, a set of zoom data organized into a plurality of zoom levels. Each zoom level includes at least some of the map features. The vector tile generator maps the map features of the set of zoom data to a plurality of tiles that includes a set of tiles for each of the zoom levels. For each tile, the vector tile generator clips map features mapped to the tile based on a boundary of the tile, encodes the clipped map features to a vector format, and merges the encoded clipped map features with the stored property data corresponding to the map features in the tile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Mapbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Mackenzie Blake Thompson, Ryan Joseph Clark
  • Publication number: 20190128679
    Abstract: A vector tile generator receives map features from a database of raw map data. Each map feature includes geometry data and property data. The vector tile generator stores the property data in a property store. The vector tile generator generates, based on the geometry data, a set of zoom data organized into a plurality of zoom levels. Each zoom level includes at least some of the map features. The vector tile generator maps the map features of the set of zoom data to a plurality of tiles that includes a set of tiles for each of the zoom levels. For each tile, the vector tile generator clips map features mapped to the tile based on a boundary of the tile, encodes the clipped map features to a vector format, and merges the encoded clipped map features with the stored property data corresponding to the map features in the tile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Mackenzie Blake Thompson, Ryan Joseph Clark