Patents by Inventor Sam Critchley

Sam Critchley 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: 8332471
    Abstract: A system and method for enhanced management of social networks and interaction therein on a mobile device. The system provides the user with a means to manage a plurality of online identifications and relationship databases with relationships automatically synchronizing between systems. The system further provides an automated means to manage social networks based on geospatial, social and temporal proximity, and a means to interact with other users, and to publish content, seamlessly, across online services and mobile devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: GeoSolutions B.V.
    Inventors: Dan Harple, Sam Critchley, Rich Pizzarro, Gavin Nicol
  • Publication number: 20110105143
    Abstract: A system and method for determining node relevancy by proximal weighting and pruning in a layered linked node database, such as that used to represent connections between a set of objects. The weights of connections between nodes in the layered linked node database is used as a distance metric, with propagation semantics determining how the summed relevancy is determined. This is particularly useful for determining, for a given node in a given layer, which nodes in another layer, or on the same layer, are most relevant. In the context of mobile device users, this is particularly useful for dynamically determining which people, places, events etc. are of greatest relevance in a scalable manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: GEOSOLUTIONS B.V.
    Inventors: Dan HARPLE, Sam CRITCHLEY, Rich PIZZARRO, Gavin NICOL
  • Publication number: 20110029538
    Abstract: A system and method for a user of a mobile device or computer to easily and directly create content with correlated virtual and geospatial locations and associated context information. The content may include audio, video, and images, and be exposed via a unique URL based on content identifier. This content is indexed, including using a geospatial, “place-based” index, enabling users to easily share content with their matrix of social networks, friends, and communities, or to discover content created by others.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2009
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Inventors: Daniel HARPLE, JR., Sam CRITCHLEY, Rich PIZZARRO, Gavin NICOL
  • Publication number: 20110029608
    Abstract: A system and method for enhanced management of social networks and interaction therein on a mobile device. The system provides the user with a means to manage a plurality of online identifications and relationship databases with relationships automatically synchronizing between systems. The system further provides an automated means to manage social networks based on geospatial, social and temporal proximity, and a means to interact with other users, and to publish content, seamlessly, across online services and mobile devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2009
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Inventors: Dan HARPLE, Sam CRITCHLEY, Rich PIZZARRO, Gavin NICOL