Christopher S Giles

US Patent:

7860012, Dec 28, 2010

Filed:

Dec 18, 2007

Appl. No.:

12/002630

Inventors:

Michael Asher - Green Cove Springs FL, US
Christopher Giles - Auburn AL, US

International Classification:

G01R 31/08

US Classification:

370238, 370252

Abstract:

A least-cost path between a pair of nodes A and B of a network is realized by segmenting the network into three or more segments, with nodes A and B being in different ones of the segments, with the third or more other segments being interposed between the segments to which nodes A and B belong, concurrently process the different segment to identify paths and their associated costs, and processing results generated by the different processing units to compute the least-cost path. Advantageously, the segmenting is chosen to equalize the work load of the different processing units so that the units finish their task roughly at the same time.

US Patent:

7877202, Jan 25, 2011

Filed:

Apr 16, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/735697

Inventors:

Michael Asher - Green Cove Springs FL, US
Christopher Giles - Auburn AL, US
Harold J. Stewart - Cumming GA, US

Assignee:

AT&T Intellectual Property, II LP - Reno NV

International Classification:

G01C 21/00

US Classification:

701207, 701208, 701214

Abstract:

A system and method for receiving a geocode request for a location including a textual description of the location, selecting a test for geocoding the location, geocoding the location using the selected test and determining a bounding area around the location indicating at least one maximum distance range from the location.