Patents by Inventor Theodore Sumers

Theodore Sumers 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: 20200219330
    Abstract: A transport arrangement service can determine a point of trip termination for a trip. The point of trip termination can be validated based on information collected from a computing device of a driver and a trip termination input from the driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Kevin Brinig, Maksim Ioffe, Brandon Layton, Theodore Sumers, Mohammed Waleed Kadous
  • Patent number: 10672198
    Abstract: In context of a transportation service provided through a transport arrangement service, examples determine a point of trip termination for a trip. The point of trip termination can be determined from passive information that is collected from a computing device of a driver. The point of trip termination can be determined based on driver input and the collected information from the driver's computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Brinig, Maksim Ioffe, Brandon Layton, Theodore Sumers, Mohammed Waleed Kadous
  • Patent number: 10445950
    Abstract: Examples provide for a computing system to obtain sensor data of one or more types, from one or more sensor components of a computing device associated with a user of the vehicle. The sensor data reflects an attribute of the vehicle's operation when the computing device is carried within or in proximity to the vehicle during the vehicle's operation. One or more characterizations may be determined for the vehicle based on the sensor data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Nirveek De, Dhruv Tyagi, Joseph Sullivan, Karim Wahba, Theodore Sumers, Andrew Beinstein, Gang Su
  • Publication number: 20170358147
    Abstract: In context of a transportation service provided through a transport arrangement service, examples determine a point of trip termination for a trip. The point of trip termination can be determined from passive information that is collected from a computing device of a driver. The point of trip termination can be determined based on driver input and the collected information from the driver's computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Kevin Brinig, Maksim Ioffe, Brandon Layton, Theodore Sumers, Mohammed Waleed Kadous