Nicholas Moses Lee

US Patent:

8341156, Dec 25, 2012

Filed:

Apr 4, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/079416

Inventors:

Diane Barram Westgate - Mountain View CA, US
Nicholas Lee - Bothell WA, US
Ethan G. Russell - Jersey City NJ, US
Paul Eastlund - Mamaroneck NY, US
Alex Lorbeer - Hoboken NJ, US
Todd Gardner - New York NY, US

Assignee:

Google Inc. - Mountain View CA

International Classification:

G06F 7/00

US Classification:

707736

Abstract:

A system and method is provided that detect a business listing having erroneous geospatial data. In one aspect, it is determined whether a first location and a second location are at least partially situated within a cell, the cell representing a geographic region having a predetermined area. If the first location and the second location are at least partially situated within the cell, it is determined whether a geospatial coordinate of the first location is within a predetermined radius of the second location. If it is determined that the geospatial coordinate of the first location is within a predetermined radius of the second location, the first location is flagged for inspection.

US Patent:

20080066107, Mar 13, 2008

Filed:

Oct 17, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/550388

Inventors:

Rajas Moonka - San Ramon CA, US
Peter C. Chane - Palo Alto CA, US
Manish Gupta - Santa Clara CA, US
Nicholas Lee - Seattle WA, US

Assignee:

GOOGLE INC. - Mountain View CA

International Classification:

H04N 5/445
H04N 7/173
G06F 3/00
G06F 13/00
H04N 7/025
H04N 7/10

US Classification:

725 42, 725 34, 725 35, 725112, 725113, 725 43, 725 40, 725 41

Abstract:

At a client, a video is received. The video includes one or more advertisement slots. The video is played back to a user. During the playback of the video, an impending advertisement slot is detected. One or more advertisements are requested for placement in the advertisement slot. The one or more advertisements are received and placed in the advertisement slot.

US Patent:

20110289531, Nov 24, 2011

Filed:

May 19, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/111857

Inventors:

Rajas Moonka - San Ramon CA, US
Peter C. Chane - Palo Alto CA, US
Manish Gupta - Santa Clara CA, US
Nicholas Lee - Seattle WA, US

Assignee:

GOOGLE INC. - Mountain View CA

International Classification:

H04N 5/445

US Classification:

725 38

Abstract:

At a client, a video is received. The video includes one or more advertisement slots. The video is played back to a user. During the playback of the video, an impending advertisement slot is detected. One or more advertisements are requested for placement in the advertisement slot. The one or more advertisements are received and placed in the advertisement slot.

US Patent:

20150187107, Jul 2, 2015

Filed:

May 21, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/898677

Inventors:

- Mountain View CA, US
Bernhard Seefeld - San Francisco CA, US
Nicholas Lee - Bothell WA, US
Matthew Zhong Qing Wu - Seattle WA, US
John Alistair Hawkins - London, GB

Assignee:

GOOGLE INC. - Mountain View CA

International Classification:

G06T 11/60

Abstract:

A mapping system determines points of interest that are related to a selected point of interest within a digital map displayed at a client computing device. The system receives a request for mapping system data from a client computing device. The request indicates a selected point of interest (POI) that is displayed at a geographic location within the digital map. The selected POI corresponds to a list of words describing characteristics of the selected POI, and each word corresponding to the selected POI word includes a base score describing an importance of the word compared to a list of all words corresponding to displayable POIs. The system determines POIs that are related to the selected POI by comparing base scores of the selected POI words to base scores of related POI words, where the related POIs each include at least one word in common with the selected POI.

US Patent:

20150019625, Jan 15, 2015

Filed:

Jan 29, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/167607

Inventors:

- Mountain View CA, US
Gavin Reaney - Tokyo, JP
Yatin Chawathe - Mountain View CA, US
Nicholas Lee - Mountain View CA, US
Sascha Benjamin Brawer - Mountain View CA, US
Paul Messmer - Mountain View CA, US

Assignee:

GOOGLE INC. - Mountain View CA

International Classification:

H04L 29/08

US Classification:

709203

Abstract:

A map data server may provide map data to a client device by generating a description of a geographic area that includes outdoor map features including a multi-story building. The multi-story building includes a “default” floor. The map data server may also provide data to the client device to graphically represent the indoor features of the default floor in the description of the geographic area. The indoor map features may be annotated to allow the client device to selectively activate or deactivate the display of the indoor map features.

US Patent:

20150020008, Jan 15, 2015

Filed:

Jan 29, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/167496

Inventors:

- Mountain View CA, US
Gavin Reaney - Tokyo, JP
Yatin Chawathe - Mountain View CA, US
Nicholas Lee - Mountain View CA, US
Sascha Benjamin Brawer - Mountain View CA, US
Paul Messmer - Mountain View CA, US

Assignee:

GOOGLE INC. - Mountain View CA

International Classification:

G06F 3/0484

US Classification:

715765

Abstract:

A map data server may provide metadata about available indoor map data that accompanies map data for drawing a base map. For example, map data may include vector data for drawing a footprint of a building, and the metadata may include information about the physical properties of the building (e.g., an indication of how many floors the building has and if detailed map data is available for the indicated floors, etc.). A mapping application running on the client can use this metadata to display an interface that allows a user to select floors or otherwise interact with the floor data. Further, the metadata accompanying map data can include a bounding box, or a bounding polygon, for one or more floors. The mapping application can use these bounding shapes to properly reposition the viewport as map data for a new floor is being loaded, for example.

US Patent:

20140340419, Nov 20, 2014

Filed:

May 15, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/895310

Inventors:

- Mountain View CA, US
Nicholas Lee - Mountain View CA, US
James Darpinian - Seattle WA, US
Jennifer Maurer - Seattle WA, US

Assignee:

GOOGLE INC. - Mountain View CA

International Classification:

G06T 1/00

US Classification:

345619

Abstract:

To provide map data for rendering map images corresponding to a selected geographic region at a client device, a map server generates a set of base map tiles having vector descriptors, each of which indicates a geometry of a respective map element, in accordance with a non-raster format for rendering a first map image. The map server, at some point, provides the base map tiles to the client device. Upon receiving an indication that a specific map image for the selected geographic region is to be rendered at the client device, the map server further generates a set of difference map tiles that indicate changes to be made to the set of base map tiles and sends the difference map tiles to the client device for use, along with the set of base map tiles, in rendering the requested specific map image.

US Patent:

20140343848, Nov 20, 2014

Filed:

Jul 31, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/448369

Inventors:

- Mountain View CA, US
Yatin Chawathe - Mountain View CA, US
Nicholas Lee - Mountain View CA, US
Matthew Zhong Qing Wu - Mountain View CA, US
Chris Gonterman - Mountain View CA, US

International Classification:

G01C 21/36

US Classification:

701533

Abstract:

To identify important access roads for a geographic location, multiple previous requests for directions between a multiplicity of sources and one or more destinations identical, or proximate, to the geographic location are identified. Further, routes between the multiplicity of sources and the one or more destinations are determined. Still further, common road segments shared by at least some of the determined routes are identified, and a set of important access roads for the geographic location are selected from among the identified road segments based on how frequently the identified road segments are used.