Patents by Inventor Will Salisbury

Will Salisbury 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).

  • Contextual search for location services
    Patent number: 10565279
    Abstract: A travel coordination system identifies geographic locations responsive to a location search request. The geographic locations are organized into a plurality of hierarchical geohash levels, each geohash level mapping the geographic location into a geohash of a different area. The locations search request designates a search context for the search, such as whether the user is searching for an origin of a trip or a destination. The context of the search can be used to determine a geohash level for selecting candidate search results. The candidate search results may be scored based on the context using prior user selections and trips scheduled with the trip coordination system. A geohash and context associated with the user's request may be used to modify a scoring function of the candidate search results based on prior trips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Srihari Reddy, Paul Mahon, Brent Hamby, Brandon Iles, Aditya Sarawgi, Will Salisbury, Zach Song, Juthika Dabholkar
  • CONTEXTUAL SEARCH FOR LOCATION SERVICES
    Publication number: 20180095977
    Abstract: A travel coordination system identifies geographic locations responsive to a location search request. The geographic locations are organized into a plurality of hierarchical geohash levels, each geohash level mapping the geographic location into a geohash of a different area. The locations search request designates a search context for the search, such as whether the user is searching for an origin of a trip or a destination. The context of the search can be used to determine a geohash level for selecting candidate search results. The candidate search results may be scored based on the context using prior user selections and trips scheduled with the trip coordination system. A geohash and context associated with the user's request may be used to modify a scoring function of the candidate search results based on prior trips.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Srihari Reddy, Paul Mahon, Brent Hamby, Brandon Iles, Aditya Sarawgi, Will Salisbury, Zach Song, Juthika Dabholkar