Patents by Inventor Simon MADINE

Simon MADINE 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: 11653172
    Abstract: It is inter-alia disclosed a method comprises: obtaining or holding available at least one training set of radio signal observation results, wherein a respective training set of radio signal observation results is held available in association with identification information of a corresponding area of interest on a site, wherein a respective training set of radio signal observation results is captured at a corresponding observation position within a corresponding area of interest on said site; obtaining or holding available area of interest information indicating whether at least one tracking device has been determined to have entered and/or to have been located within a corresponding area of interest on the site; obtaining or holding available current radio signal observation data of a current tracking device representing one or more current sets of radio signal observation results captured by a radio interface of the current tracking device when present on said site, wherein a respective current set of r
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: HERE Global B.V.
    Inventors: Minja Volotinen, Mika Viitala, Simon Madine
  • Publication number: 20220167116
    Abstract: It is inter-alia disclosed a method comprises: obtaining or holding available at least one training set of radio signal observation results, wherein a respective training set of radio signal observation results is held available in association with identification information of a corresponding area of interest on a site, wherein a respective training set of radio signal observation results is captured at a corresponding observation position within a corresponding area of interest on said site; obtaining or holding available area of interest information indicating whether at least one tracking device has been determined to have entered and/or to have been located within a corresponding area of interest on the site; obtaining or holding available current radio signal observation data of a current tracking device representing one or more current sets of radio signal observation results captured by a radio interface of the current tracking device when present on said site, wherein a respective current set of r
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Minja VOLOTINEN, Mika VIITALA, Simon MADINE
  • Publication number: 20220167115
    Abstract: It is inter-alia disclosed a method comprises: obtaining or holding available radio signal observation data of a tracking device representing one or more sets of radio signal observation results captured by a radio interface of the tracking device when present on a site, wherein a respective set of radio signal observation results is captured at a corresponding observation position on said site; obtaining or holding available setting information; associating at least one training set of radio signal observation results with identification information of an area of interest on said site, if at least one of the one or more sets of radio signal observation results is indicated as the at least one training set of radio signal observation results by the setting information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Minja VOLOTINEN, Mika VIITALA, Simon MADINE
  • Patent number: 11165526
    Abstract: A method is disclosed comprising: scanning for one or more signals sent by one or more beacon devices, wherein each signal of the one or more signals comprises an identifier of the beacon device, which has sent the signal of the one or more signals, wherein one or more identifiers of the one or more beacon devices are determined based on the one or more signals of the one or more beacon devices; obtaining a position information representing the position of the at least one first apparatus; and outputting a report information comprising the determined one or more identifiers of the one or more beacon devices and the position information of the at least one first apparatus to allow usage of the outputted report information to determine the position of at least one of the one or more beacon devices. A corresponding apparatus, computer program and system are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: HERE GLOBAL B.V.
    Inventors: Simon Madine, Massimiliano Marcon, Aleksi Salo
  • Publication number: 20210150470
    Abstract: Inter alia, a method is disclosed comprising: obtaining one or more position estimates each indicative of a position of a physical tracking device, wherein the one or more position estimates are obtained based, at least in part, on an identification information of a transportable asset; and generating an aggregate trace information based, at least in part, on the obtained one or more position estimates, or updating the aggregate trace information based, at least in part, on the obtained one or more position estimates and one or more further position estimates of one or more further physical tracking devices provided that aggregate trace information is available prior to the obtaining of the one or more position estimates, wherein the aggregate trace information is associated with the transportable asset and indicates at least one position of the transportable asset. It is further disclosed an according apparatus, computer program and system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Mika VIITALA, Simon MADINE
  • Publication number: 20190158202
    Abstract: A method is disclosed comprising: scanning for one or more signals sent by one or more beacon devices, wherein each signal of the one or more signals comprises an identifier of the beacon device, which has sent the signal of the one or more signals, wherein one or more identifiers of the one or more beacon devices are determined based on the one or more signals of the one or more beacon devices; obtaining a position information representing the position of the at least one first apparatus; and outputting a report information comprising the determined one or more identifiers of the one or more beacon devices and the position information of the at least one first apparatus to allow usage of the outputted report information to determine the position of at least one of the one or more beacon devices. A corresponding apparatus, computer program and system are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Simon MADINE, Massimiliano MARCON, Aleksi SALO
  • Patent number: 10234305
    Abstract: An approach is provided for generating a targeted map display from a plurality of data sources. A mapping platform receives at least one request to provision at least one targeted map display for at least one device based, at least in part, on at least one targeted mapping object. The at least one targeted mapping object includes one or more parameters for retrieving targeted content from a plurality of data sources. The mapping platform also determines one or more map item detail records based, at least in part, on the one or more parameters. The one or more map item detail records include payload content assembled from the plurality of data sources about one or more map items. The mapping platform then causes, at least in part, a selective updating of the one or more map item detail records based, at least in part, on one or more validity criteria for provisioning the at least one targeted map display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: HERE Global B.V.
    Inventors: Simon Madine, Massimiliano Marcon
  • Patent number: 9955307
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for relative positioning performed by a first mobile device that is one of a plurality of mobile devices. The method determines a first probe signal parameter that is indicative for a distance between the first mobile device and a second mobile device. The method obtains one or more further probe signal parameters. Each further probe signal parameter is indicative for a distance between two of the plurality of mobile devices. The method selects probe signal parameters of the first probe signal parameter and the further probe signal parameters for determining one or more relative positions between two or more of the plurality of mobile devices. The method determines one or more relative positions between two or more of the plurality of mobile devices at least based on the selected probe signal parameters. A corresponding apparatus, system and computer readable medium are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: HERE Global B.V.
    Inventors: Simon Madine, Massimiliano Marcon
  • Patent number: 9710484
    Abstract: An approach is provided for associating physical locations to websites. The element platform may determine one or more user interactions by at least one user with at least one user interface element embedded in at least one website of at least one online entity, wherein the at least one user interface element is associated with one or more physical locations of the at least one online entity. Then, the element platform may cause, at least in part, a storage of the one or more physical locations in at least one user collection database based, at least in part, on the one or more interactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: HERE Global B.V.
    Inventors: Massimiliano Marcon, Simon Madine, Bernd Mrohs
  • Publication number: 20170059353
    Abstract: An approach is provided for generating a targeted map display from a plurality of data sources. A mapping platform receives at least one request to provision at least one targeted map display for at least one device based, at least in part, on at least one targeted mapping object. The at least one targeted mapping object includes one or more parameters for retrieving targeted content from a plurality of data sources. The mapping platform also determines one or more map item detail records based, at least in part, on the one or more parameters. The one or more map item detail records include payload content assembled from the plurality of data sources about one or more map items. The mapping platform then causes, at least in part, a selective updating of the one or more map item detail records based, at least in part, on one or more validity criteria for provisioning the at least one targeted map display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Simon MADINE, Massimiliano MARCON
  • Publication number: 20150081655
    Abstract: An approach is provided for associating physical locations to websites. The element platform may determine one or more user interactions by at least one user with at least one user interface element embedded in at least one website of at least one online entity, wherein the at least one user interface element is associated with one or more physical locations of the at least one online entity. Then, the element platform may cause, at least in part, a storage of the one or more physical location sin at least one user collection database based, at least in part, on the one or more interactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: HERE Global B.V.
    Inventors: Massimiliano MARCON, Simon MADINE, Bernd MROHS