Management system, and associated methods and apparatus, for providing improved visibility, quality control and audit capability for underground facility locate and …

S Nielsen, C Chambers, J Farr - US Patent 8,731,999, 2014 - Google Patents
A holistic approach to management and oversight of locate and marking operations is
provided. Initial requests to perform such operations are improved, and such requests are …

Methods and apparatus for managing locate and/or marking operations

S Nielsen, C Chambers, J Farr - US Patent 9,185,176, 2015 - Google Patents
First ticket information describing a locate operation to be performed is electronically
received, including image information and/or geospatial metadata relating to a dig area …

Predicting and utilizing variability of travel times in mapping services

D Woodard, EJ Horvitz, G Nogin, PB Koch… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
A system for predicting variability of travel time for a trip at a particular time may utilize a
machine learning model including latent variables that are associated with the trip. The …

Management system, and associated methods and apparatus, for dispatching tickets, receiving field information, and performing a quality assessment for underground …

S Nielsen, C Chambers, J Farr - US Patent 8,626,571, 2014 - Google Patents
An electronically generated locate request ticket identifying a dig area includes first image
data associated with the dig area. The first image data includes one or both of: i) a marked …

System and Method for Interactive Natural Language Rebooking or Rescheduling of Calendar Activities

M Orttung, TA Miller, T Lowell… - US Patent App. 11 …, 2009 - Google Patents
One embodiment provides a method, that may be imple mented on a system, for receiving
from a user a request to reschedule a scheduled itinerary of events, the request received in …

Method and system for culling star performers, trendsetters and connectors from a pool of users

S Handel, P Grady, M Orttung… - US Patent App. 11/479,097, 2007 - Google Patents
In one embodiment, method that can be performed on a system, is provided to take not just a
person's time and location into consideration, but also has knowledge of and takes into …

Methods, apparatus, and systems for dispatching service technicians

S Nielsen, C Chambers, J Farr, RS Sikand - US Patent 8,612,276, 2013 - Google Patents
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Travel services search

G Swann, P Sundaram, JP Todd, R Shroff… - US Patent …, 2016 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A system and method for searching travel services. A server computer
receives a travel request from a client device operated by a user. The server computer …

System and Method for Providing Travel Schedule of Contacts

A Munter, M Naeimi - US Patent App. 12/059,947, 2009 - Google Patents
0001. When making travel plans, a traveler may be inter esting to know if an acquaintance,
co-worker, friend, family member, or other person in his Social network may also be traveling …

Method and system for an automated trip planner

M Orttung, M Mcevoy, G Gilligan, J GaBany… - US Patent …, 2011 - Google Patents
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US7925540B1 - Method and system for an automated trip planner - Google Patents Method and …