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Brian Smartt — 23 Patents

DNDash Navigation: 7 patents #2 of 12Top 20%
PTPeloton Technology: 4 patents #12 of 46Top 30%
BLBlackberry Limited: 3 patents #902 of 2,554Top 40%
TETelcontar: 3 patents #4 of 7Top 60%
DEDecarta: 2 patents #3 of 20Top 15%
Uber Technologies: 2 patents #388 of 900Top 45%
Los Gatos, CA: #365 of 2,986 inventorsTop 15%
California: #24,547 of 386,348 inventorsTop 7%
Overall (All Time): #178,160 of 4,157,543Top 5%
23 Patents All Time
Brian Smartt has been granted 23 US patents while listed as an inventor at Dash Navigation. The first was granted in 1998 and the most recent in July 2025. Brian Smartt ranks #178,160 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.3%). Patent records list Brian Smartt in Los Gatos, CA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–23 of 23 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12346427 Devices, systems, and methods for remote authorization of vehicle platooning Charles A. Price, Joshua P. Switkes 2025-07-01
11669108 Control of automated following in vehicle convoys Shad Laws, Joshua P. Switkes, Art Gavrysh, Marc Tange, Mark D. Herbert +16 more 2023-06-06
11100211 Devices, systems, and methods for remote authorization of vehicle platooning Charles A. Price, Joshua P. Switkes 2021-08-24
11047701 User interface system and method for a vehicle navigation device Laurie J. Vertelney, Daniel M. Kohn, Steven C. Wollenberg, Paul J. Lima, Eric S. Wels 2021-06-29 $57,195,000
10713285 Geocoding locations near a specified city Richard F. Poppen, Linnea A. Dunn 2020-07-14 $136,086,000
10712748 Devices, systems, and methods for generating travel forecasts for vehicle pairing Charles A. Price, Joshua P. Switkes 2020-07-14
10078338 Devices, systems, and methods for remote authorization of autonomous vehicle operation Charles A. Price, Joshua P. Switkes 2018-09-18
9518835 User interface system and method for a vehicle navigation device Laurie J. Vertelney, Daniel M. Kohn, Steven C. Wollenberg, Paul J. Lima, Eric S. Wels 2016-12-13 $2,318,000
9453739 Geocoding locations near a specified city Richard F. Poppen, Linnea A. Dunn 2016-09-27
8693458 Presenting information at one or more mobile communication devices in a transportation network Peter L. Froeberg 2014-04-08 $2,049,000
8606516 User interface system and method for a vehicle navigation device Laurie J. Vertelney, Daniel M. Kohn, Steven C. Wollenberg, Paul J. Lima, Eric S. Wels 2013-12-10
8566021 Method and systems for deducing road geometry and connectivity 2013-10-22
8306777 System and method for identifying road features Craig Weisenfluh 2012-11-06
8271190 Methods and system for deducing road geometry and connectivity 2012-09-18
7957893 Methods and systems for deducing road geometry and connectivity 2011-06-07
7949491 System and method for identifying road features Craig Weisenfluh 2011-05-24
7813873 Geocoding locations near a specified city Richard F. Poppen, Linnea A. Dunn 2010-10-12
7725425 System and method of optimizing database queries in two or more dimensions 2010-05-25
7516041 System and method for identifying road features Craig Weisenfluh 2009-04-07
7035869 System and method of optimizing database queries in two or more dimensions 2006-04-25
6470287 System and method of optimizing database queries in two or more dimensions 2002-10-22
5963956 System and method of optimizing database queries in two or more dimensions 1999-10-05
5706503 Method of clustering multi-dimensional related data in a computer database by combining the two verticles of a graph connected by an edge having the highest score Richard F. Poppen, Linnea A. Dunn, Frank Joseph DeRose 1998-01-06