Patents by Inventor Steven Milton

Steven Milton 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).

  • Device-dwell graphs
    Patent number: 10592914
    Abstract: Provided is a process that determines a device-dwell graph based on noisy reported geolocations for mobile computing devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: PlaceIQ, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven Milton
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD TO COLLECT DEVICE LOCATION CONTEXT WITHOUT THE COLLECTION OF RAW, DETAILED LOCATION DATA AT SCALE
    Publication number: 20180152836
    Abstract: Provided is a distributed application that shifts certain server-side operations from geolocation analytics platforms to client computing devices to enhance consumer privacy and the collection and use of potentially sensitive, personal data about an individual and their mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Steven Milton, Drew Breunig
  • DEVICE-DWELL GRAPHS
    Publication number: 20180040011
    Abstract: Provided is a process that determines a device-dwell graph based on noisy reported geolocations for mobile computing devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventor: Steven Milton
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROFILING USERS
    Publication number: 20170017661
    Abstract: Provided is a process of profiling a user of a mobile computing device, the process including: obtaining a location history of a user, the location history being based on signals from a mobile computing device of the user; obtaining a location-attribute score of a location identified in, or inferred from, the location history; determining, with a computer, a user-attribute score based on the location-attribute score; and storing the user-attribute score in a user-profile datastore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Steven Milton, Duncan McCall
  • Method and apparatus for updating information within a communication system
    Publication number: 20050261006
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided to update information within a first network (103) via a second network (102) when communication no longer exists with the first network. During operation the first network is accessed via a PSTN (108) message that is never answered by the first network. Based on the called number and caller-identification information, the first network updates its system information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2005
    Publication date: November 24, 2005
    Inventors: Alex Hirsbrunner, Anatoly Belkin, Sandra Abramson, David Chavez, Steven Milton