Douglas R Stevens

US Patent:

7127352, Oct 24, 2006

Filed:

Sep 30, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/261385

Inventors:

Michael Barinek - Park Ridge IL, US
Gary Douglas Pulford - Boulder CO, US
Douglas W. Stevens - Naperville IL, US
David Weksel - Naperville IL, US

Assignee:

Lucent Technologies Inc. - Murray Hill NJ

International Classification:

G01V 3/38
H04M 11/04

US Classification:

702 5, 379 45

Abstract:

A system and method that provides economical and accurate data for a selected area (jurisdiction) from a centralized location by generating a base-line map from commercially available information and distributing portions of this map to local jurisdictions. Inaccuracies and other information only available locally are stored in a local database. Periodically these databases are uploaded to a central location and reconciled with the base line map. Advantageously, such reconciliation may include a rules based reconciliation wherein the geo-coordinates from the commercial vendors are used and applied to the local data. A new base line map is then generated and distributed back to the local user. In this manner, the local user has an accurate yet economical map.

US Patent:

20230111384, Apr 13, 2023

Filed:

Oct 10, 2022

Appl. No.:

18/045321

Inventors:

- Bloomington IL, US
Julie L. Blankenship - Chandler AZ, US
Dillon M. Carty - Cumming GA, US
Patrick T. Carron - Oakwood OH, US
Douglas A. Stevens - Atlanta GA, US
Dustin Leland Barrons - Columbia MO, US
Daphne Outerbridge Louie - Bloomington IL, US

International Classification:

G06Q 10/20
G06Q 10/0639
G06Q 10/0631

Abstract:

A system for monitoring a plurality of repair facilities configured to (i) store a plurality of historical vehicle repair information for a plurality of repair facilities; (ii) collect a plurality of vehicle repair information from the plurality of repair facilities; (iii) for each of the plurality of repair facilities, determine a current load for the corresponding repair facility; (iv) receive, from a user computer device , a query for information about one or more repair facilities; (v) generate a user interface to include results of the query based on the plurality of historical vehicle repair information and the plurality of vehicle repair information; and (vi) instruct the user computer device to display the user interface.