Jeremy Leon Calvert

US Patent:

20070073704, Mar 29, 2007

Filed:

Sep 23, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/234405

Inventors:

Jeffrey Bowden - Seattle WA, US
Stuart Graham - Seattle WA, US
Annabel Sherwood - Seattle WA, US
April O'Rourke - Seattle WA, US
Owyn Richen - Renton WA, US
Matthew Greene - Tukwila WA, US
Jeffrey Robinson - Snoqualmie WA, US
Jeremy Calvert - Seattle WA, US
Paul Allen - Mercer Island WA, US
Brian Milnes - Mercer Island WA, US
Daniel Sterling - Millcreek WA, US
Jeffrey Myers - Seattle WA, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707010000

Abstract:

Embodiments of the present invention include information services, methods and systems to facilitate gathering and management of information by home users and professional users of information gathering, processing, and distribution services, and user interfaces through which users communicate with information services. In one embodiment of the present invention, a central information gathering, processing, and distribution service provides a simple, but robust and highly functional, interface to remote home users and professional users to allow the home users and professional users to continuously receive updated information gleaned from continuous searching of the Internet and other information sources by the information service. The interface allows users to define, refine, and stably store interests that define information searches continuously carried out, on behalf of the user, by the information gathering, processing, and distribution service. The information service discovers and stores user preferences, interests, and bookmarked URLs and other information in a way that allows users within communities of users to share their stored interests, bookmarked information, and preferences among themselves.

US Patent:

20090012953, Jan 8, 2009

Filed:

Jul 3, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/825145

Inventors:

John Chu - Bothell WA, US
Robert Arnold - Bellevue WA, US
Stuart Graham - Kenmore WA, US
Mark Malleck - Newcastle WA, US
Dennis Schneider - Auburn WA, US
Jeremy Calvert - Seattle WA, US

International Classification:

G06F 7/00

US Classification:

707 5, 707E17017

Abstract:

Embodiments of the present invention are directed to flexible, user-adapted, continuous searching, on behalf of a particular user, for points of interest relevant to the user's current location within a specifically computed personal region of interest. In a general case, the personal region of interest is computed as a function of the user's level of disposition towards the searched-for points of interest. The level of disposition towards the searched-for points of interest may, in turn, be based on two or more of the user's location, the current date and time, a history of the user's interaction with the POI-searching system, including user-initiated searches and user selections from displayed search results, a user profile developed for, and continuously updated on behalf of, the user, and a current context for the search, as specified by a search query or by other context-specifying means. The personal region of interest generally defines an abstract area, volume, or hypervolume within which method and system embodiments of the present invention search for points of interest.

US Patent:

20090012955, Jan 8, 2009

Filed:

Sep 14, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/901282

Inventors:

John Chu - Bothell WA, US
Robert Arnold - Bellevue WA, US
Stuart Graham - Kenmore WA, US
Mark Malleck - Newcastle WA, US
Dennis Schneider - Auburn WA, US
Jeremy Calvert - Seattle WA, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707 5, 707E17008

Abstract:

Embodiments of the present invention are directed to flexible, user-adapted, continuous searching, on behalf of a particular user, for points of interest relevant to the user's current location within a specifically computed personal region of interest. In a general case, the personal region of interest is computed as a function of the user's level of disposition towards the searched-for points of interest. The level of disposition towards the searched-for points of interest may, in turn, be based on two or more of the user's location, the current date and time, a history of the user's interaction with the POI-searching system, including user-initiated searches and user selections from displayed search results, a user profile developed for, and continuously updated on behalf of, the user, and a current context for the search, as specified by a search query or by other context-specifying means. The personal region of interest generally defines an abstract area, volume, or hypervolume within which method and system embodiments of the present invention search for points of interest.

US Patent:

20100185605, Jul 22, 2010

Filed:

Jan 26, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/693670

Inventors:

John Chu - Bothell WA, US
Robert Arnold - Bellevue WA, US
Stuart Graham - Kenmore WA, US
Mark Malleck - Newcastle WA, US
Dennis Schneider - Auburn WA, US
Jeremy Calvert - Seattle WA, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707722, 707765, 707769, 707E17018, 707E17108

Abstract:

Embodiments of the present invention are directed to flexible, user-adapted, continuous searching, on behalf of a particular user, for points of interest relevant to the user's current location within a specifically computed personal region of interest. In a general case, the personal region of interest is computed as a function of the user's level of disposition towards the searched-for points of interest. The level of disposition towards the searched-for points of interest may, in turn, be based on two or more of the user's location, the current date and time, a history of the user's interaction with the POI-searching system, including user-initiated searches and user selections from displayed search results, a user profile developed for, and continuously updated on behalf of, the user, and a current context for the search, as specified by a search query or by other context-specifying means. The personal region of interest generally defines an abstract area, volume, or hypervolume within which method and system embodiments, of the present invention search for points of interest.

US Patent:

20180121959, May 3, 2018

Filed:

Dec 13, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/841191

Inventors:

- Seattle WA, US
Robert Arnold - Bellevue WA, US
Mark Malleck - Newcastle WA, US
Stuart Graham - Kenmore WA, US
Jeremy Calvert - Seattle WA, US
Dennis Schneider - Auburn WA, US

International Classification:

G06Q 30/02
G01C 21/36

Abstract:

Embodiments of the present invention are directed to flexible, user-adapted, continuous searching, on behalf of a particular user, for points of interest relevant to the user's current location within a specifically computed personal region of interest. In a general case, the personal region of interest is computed as a function of the user's level of disposition towards the searched-for points of interest. The level of disposition towards the searched-for points of interest may, in turn, be based on two or more of the user's location, the current date and time, a history of the user's interaction with the POI-searching system, including user-initiated searches and user selections from displayed search results, a user profile developed for, and continuously updated on behalf of, the user, and a current context for the search, as specified by a search query or by other context-specifying means. The personal region of interest generally defines an abstract area, volume, or hypervolume within which method and system embodiments of the present invention search for points of interest.

US Patent:

20140344306, Nov 20, 2014

Filed:

Dec 2, 2013

Appl. No.:

14/094680

Inventors:

- Seattle WA, US
Annabel Christine Sherwood - Seattle WA, US
Paul Gardner Allen - Seattle WA, US
Matthew Greene - Tukwila WA, US
Brian G. Milnes - Seattle WA, US
Jeffrey Quinn Robinson - North Bend WA, US
Stuart Fischer Graham - Seattle WA, US
April Irene O'Rourke - Seattle WA, US
Owyn More Richen - Renton WA, US
Jeremy Leon Calvert - Seattle WA, US
Jeffrey R. Meyers - Tacoma WA, US
Daniel Reed Sterling - Mill Creek WA, US

Assignee:

VULCAN , Inc. - Seattle WA

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707769

Abstract:

Embodiments of the present invention include information services, methods and systems to facilitate gathering and management of information by home users and professional users of information gathering, processing, and distribution services, and user interfaces through which users communicate with information services. In one embodiment of the present invention, a central information gathering, processing, and distribution service provides a simple, but robust and highly functional, interface to remote home users and professional users to allow the home users and professional users to continuously receive updated information gleaned from continuous searching of the Internet and other information sources by the information service. The interface allows users to define, refine, and stably store interests that define information searches continuously carried out, on behalf of the user, by the information gathering, processing, and distribution service. The information service discovers and stores user preferences, interests, and bookmarked URLs and other information in a way that allows users within communities of users to share their stored interests, bookmarked information, and preferences among themselves.

US Patent:

20140297415, Oct 2, 2014

Filed:

Jan 3, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/147016

Inventors:

- Seattle WA, US
Robert Arnold - Bellevue WA, US
Mark Malleck - Newcastle WA, US
Stuart Graham - Kenmore WA, US
Jeremy Calvert - Seattle WA, US
Dennis Schneider - Auburn WA, US

Assignee:

Vulcan, Inc. - Seattle WA

International Classification:

G06Q 30/02

US Classification:

705 1458

Abstract:

Embodiments of the present invention are directed to flexible, user-adapted, continuous searching, on behalf of a particular user, for points of interest relevant to the user's current location within a specifically computed personal region of interest. In a general case, the personal region of interest is computed as a function of the user's level of disposition towards the searched-for points of interest. The level of disposition towards the searched-for points of interest may, in turn, be based on two or more of the user's location, the current date and time, a history of the user's interaction with the POI-searching system, including user-initiated searches and user selections from displayed search results, a user profile developed for, and continuously updated on behalf of, the user, and a current context for the search, as specified by a search query or by other context-specifying means. The personal region of interest generally defines an abstract area, volume, or hypervolume within which method and system embodiments of the present invention search for points of interest.