IP Library Granted Patent US 9,239,239
Granted Patent B2
US 9,239,239 · App. 14/673,496 · Granted Jan 19, 2016

Geographic coordinates coding software product

Inventors: David B Ingerman (Summit, NJ); Jude X. Huang (Millburn, NJ); Richard Earle Seeger, III (Pacifica, CA)
Assignee: Place Codes, Inc.
G01C21/00G01S19/13G06F17/30244G06K9/18H04W4/02
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Patent No.
US 9,239,239
App. No.
14/673,496
Granted
Jan 19, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A software product for easy-to-use naming, coding, and sharing of locations, including those with no addresses.

Claims (73)

1. A software product tangibly stored on a non-transitory storage device comprising a database, the product configured to cause at least one data processing device to perform operations comprising:

receiving a location input;

receiving a preferred alphanumeric grouping;

checking availability of the preferred alphanumeric grouping against a list of non-available alphanumeric codes;

checking attributes of the preferred alphanumeric grouping against a set of rules for preferred alphanumeric codes;

creating an alphanumeric code that is the preferred alphanumeric grouping and associated with the inputted location;

including a symbol in a position proximate to the alphanumeric code;

storing the inputted location, the alphanumeric code, the symbol, and the position of the symbol proximate to the alphanumeric code in said database on said non-transitory storage device;

receiving an alphanumeric code input into a device that is GPS-enabled and able to transmit information to and receive information from said at least one data processing device, wherein the alphanumeric code was created by said software product and is associated with a location;

providing the location associated with the alphanumeric code;

receiving a second location by detecting a location of the GPS-enabled device; and

transmitting to the GPS-enabled device directions from the location of GPS-enabled device to the location associated with the alphanumeric code.

2. The software product as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the symbol proximate to the alphanumeric code is disposed immediately preceding the alphanumeric code.

3. The software product as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the symbol proximate to the alphanumeric code is disposed immediately following the alphanumeric code.

4. The software product as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the symbol proximate to the alphanumeric code is disposed between characters included in the alphanumeric code.

5. The software product as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said step of receiving an alphanumeric code input into a device that is GPS-enabled and able to transmit information to and receive information from said at east one data processing device comprises the steps of:

sending online social media technologies instructions to:

recognize an input including the alphanumeric code and the symbol proximate to the alphanumeric code; and

make the input into a hyperlink, wherein the hyperlink is associated with said database of said non-transitory storage device; and

receiving a selection of the hyperlink.

6. The software product as claimed in claim 5 , wherein said step of receiving a location input comprising receiving a location input of a product.

7. The software product as claimed in claim 6 , wherein:

said step of receiving a location input comprises receiving a set of at least two locations; and

said step of providing the location associated with the alphanumeric code comprises the step of providing at least two of the locations included in the set of locations associated with the alphanumeric code in ascending order of distance from the location of the GPS-enabled device.

8. The software product as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said step of receiving an alphanumeric code input into a device that is GPS-enabled and able to transmit information to and receive information from said at least one data processing device comprises the steps of:

sending online search technologies instructions to:

recognize a search query including the alphanumeric code and the symbol proximate to the alphanumeric code; and

include a link associated with said database of said non-transitory storage device within a result set of the search query; and

receiving a selection of the link.

9. The software product as claimed in claim 8 , wherein said step of sending online search technologies instructions to include a link associated with said database of said non-transitory storage device within the result set of the search query comprises sending online search technologies instructions to include a link associated with said database of said non-transitory storage device within the result set of the search query as a first listed link within the result set of the search query.

10. The software product as claimed in claim 8 , wherein said step of receiving a location input comprising receiving a location input of a product.

11. The software product as claimed in claim 8 , wherein:

said step of receiving a location input comprises receiving a set of at least two locations; and

said step of providing the location associated with the alphanumeric code comprises the step of providing at least two of the locations included in the set of locations associated with the alphanumeric code in ascending order of distance from the location of the GPS-enabled device.

12. The software product as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said step of receiving an alphanumeric code input into a device that is GPS-enabled and able to transmit information to and receive information from said at least one data processing device comprises the steps of:

sending online mapping technologies instructions to:

recognize an input including the alphanumeric code and the symbol proximate to the alphanumeric code; and

query said database as to the location associated with the inputted alphanumeric code; and

receiving the query from the online mapping technology.

13. The software product claimed in claim 12 , wherein said step of receiving a location input comprising receiving a location input of a product.

14. The software product as claimed in claim 12 , wherein:

said step of receiving a location input comprises receiving a set of at least two locations; and

said step of providing the location associated with the alphanumeric code comprises the step of providing at least two of the locations included in the set of locations associated with the alphanumeric code in ascending order of distance from the location of the GPS-enabled device.

15. A software product tangibly stored on a non-transitory storage device comprising a database, said product configured to cause at least one data processing device to perform operations comprising:

receiving a location input;

creating a QR code associated with the inputted location;

receiving a scan of a QR code from a device that is GPS-enabled, able to scan QR codes, and able to transmit information to and receive information from said data processing device, wherein the QR code was created by said software product;

providing the location associated with the QR code;

receiving a second location by detecting a location of the GPS-enabled device; and

transmitting to the GPS-enabled device directions from the location of the GPS-enabled device to the location associated with the QR code.

16. A software product tangibly stored on a non-transitory storage device comprising a database, said product configured to cause at least one data processing device to perform operations comprising:

receiving a location input;

receiving a logo input;

associating the location input with the logo input within said database;

storing the associated location input and logo input within said database;

receiving an image scanned into a device that is GPS-enabled and able to transmit information to and receive information from said at least one data processing device;

analyzing the scanned image to determine that it is sufficiently similar to a logo input stored in said database to identify the scanned image as the logo input, wherein the logo input was stored in said database in said step of storing the associated location input and logo input within said database;

providing the location associated with the logo;

receiving a second location by detecting a location of the GPS-enabled device; and

transmitting to the GPS-enabled device directions from the location of the GPS enabled device to the location associated with the logo input.

17. The software product claimed in claim 16 , further comprising the operations of:

searching for additional images associated with the logo input; and

storing the additional images in said database as the logo input.

18. The software product as claimed in claim 16 , further comprising the operation of verifying an availability of the received logo input.

19. The software product as claimed in claim 16 , wherein said step of receiving a location input comprising receiving a location input of a product.

20. The software product as claimed in claim 16 , wherein:

said step of receiving a location input comprises receiving a set of at least two locations; and

said step of providing the location associated with the logo comprises the step of providing at least two of the locations included in the set of locations associated with the logo input in ascending order of distance from the location of the GPS-enabled device.

21. The software product claimed in claim 16 , wherein said step of transmitting to the device directions from the location of the GPS-enabled device to the location associated with the logo comprises the steps of:

transmitting an electronic map to the device, comprising the steps of:

transmitting the location associated with the logo input;

transmitting the location of the device with a dot that turns a first color when the device moves closer to the location associated with the logo input and turns a second color when the device moves farther away from the location associated with the logo input; and

transmitting directions between the two locations.

Assignments (4)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 20, 2021
From: DESTINI GLOBAL LLC; SPINS VENTURES LLC
To: KKR LOAN ADMINISTRATION SERVICES LLC
Reel/Frame 054965/0762 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 22, 2018
From: DESTINI LLC
To: DESTINI GLOBAL LLC
Reel/Frame 044693/0433 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 18, 2018
From: PLACECODES, INC.
To: DESTINI LLC
Reel/Frame 044651/0905 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 18, 2015
From: INGERMAN, DAVID B; HUANG, JUDE X; SEEGER, RICHARD EARLE, III
To: PLACECODES, INC.
Reel/Frame 035442/0887 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation In Part 14010837 · Aug 27, 2013
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