Eric P Halber

US Patent:

8620532, Dec 31, 2013

Filed:

Mar 25, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/731242

Inventors:

Scott Curtis - Durham NC, US
Eric P. Halber - Morrisville NC, US
Gregory M. Evans - Raleigh NC, US
Steven L. Petersen - Los Gatos CA, US

Assignee:

Waldeck Technology, LLC - Wilmington DE

International Classification:

G06F 19/00

US Classification:

701 50, 701 7, 701 4, 701 11, 701 14, 379 9302, 37921102, 709224, 709227, 370401, 707999102

Abstract:

Systems and methods for providing passive crowd-sourced alternate route recommendations. In one embodiment, locations of users of a number of mobile location-aware devices are tracked over time. Upon receiving a request, users of mobile location-aware devices that have traveled from a desired start location to a desired stop location are identified. Location histories for the identified users are analyzed to determine one or more different routes taken from the desired start location to the desired stop location. The one or more different routes, or a select subset thereof, are then returned to the requestor as recommended alternate routes.

US Patent:

20120066302, Mar 15, 2012

Filed:

Nov 8, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/941457

Inventors:

Steven L. Petersen - Los Gatos CA, US
Eric P. Halber - Apex NC, US
Eugene Matthew Farrelly - Cary NC, US

Assignee:

WALDECK TECHNOLOGY, LLC - Wilmington DE

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709204

Abstract:

The present disclosure relates to forming crowds of users taking into account known physical boundaries. In general, current locations of a number of users are obtained. A crowd of users is then formed based on the current locations of the users while taking into account one or more known physical boundaries such that the crowd does not include spatially proximate users on opposite sides of the one or more known physical boundaries. By utilizing known physical boundaries in a spatial crowd formation process, users that are spatially proximate to one another but are separated by a physical boundary are not included in the same crowd. In this manner, the spatial crowd formation process provides accurate and meaningful crowd formation in environments such as, but not limited to, buildings with multiple rooms, shopping malls, or the like.

US Patent:

20140019554, Jan 16, 2014

Filed:

Sep 17, 2013

Appl. No.:

14/028863

Inventors:

- , unknown
Eric P. Halber - Morrisville NC, US
Eugene Matthew Farrelly - Cary NC, US

International Classification:

H04L 29/06

US Classification:

709204

Abstract:

The present disclosure relates to forming crowds of users taking into account known physical boundaries. In general, current locations of a number of users are obtained. A crowd of users is then formed based on the current locations of the users while taking into account one or more known physical boundaries such that the crowd does not include spatially proximate users on opposite sides of the one or more known physical boundaries. By utilizing known physical boundaries in a spatial crowd formation process, users that are spatially proximate to one another but are separated by a physical boundary are not included in the same crowd. In this manner, the spatial crowd formation process provides accurate and meaningful crowd formation in environments such as, but not limited to, buildings with multiple rooms, shopping malls, or the like. Crowd data representing users in the formed crowd is generated.

US Patent:

20160205512, Jul 14, 2016

Filed:

Mar 24, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/079779

Inventors:

- Wilmington DE, US
Eric P. Halber - Morrisville NC, US
Eugene Matthew Farrelly - Cary NC, US

International Classification:

H04W 4/04
H04L 29/08

Abstract:

The present disclosure relates to forming crowds of users taking into account known physical boundaries. In general, current locations of a number of users are obtained. A crowd of users is then formed based on the current locations of the users while taking into account one or more known physical boundaries such that the crowd does not include spatially proximate users on opposite sides of the one or more known physical boundaries. By utilizing known physical boundaries in a spatial crowd formation process, users that are spatially proximate to one another but are separated by a physical boundary are not included in the same crowd. In this manner, the spatial crowd formation process provides accurate and meaningful crowd formation in environments such as, but not limited to, buildings with multiple rooms, shopping malls, or the like. Crowd data representing users in the formed crowd is generated.

US Patent:

20160003634, Jan 7, 2016

Filed:

Sep 11, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/851341

Inventors:

- Wilmington DE, US
Eric P. Halber - Morrisville NC, US
Gregory M. Evans - Raleigh NC, US
Steven L. Petersen - Los Gatos CA, US

International Classification:

G01C 21/34
H04W 4/02

Abstract:

Systems and methods for providing passive crowd-sourced alternate route recommendations are disclosed. In one embodiment, locations of users of a number of mobile location-aware devices are tracked over time. Upon receiving a request, users of mobile location-aware devices that have traveled from a desired start location to a desired stop location are identified. At least one of the different routes taken by one or more users from the desired start location to the desired stop location is provided to the requestor as at least one recommended alternate route. The different routes taken by the one or more users from the desired start location to the desired stop location include routes taken that begin before the desired start location and go through the start location and routes taken that stop beyond the desired stop location and go through the desired stop location