Patents
Several patents have been issued for methods or devices for calculating estimated times of arrival, including:
- US patent 2646924, Oscar Hugo Schuck, "Computer for estimated time of arrival", issued 1948-11-29
- US patent 3443073, Richard L. Cohen, "Groundspeed and estimated time of arrival computer", issued 1969-05-06
- US patent 3619579, Earl Stuart Perkins, "Time of arrival and ground speed computer", issued 1971-10-28
- US patent 4012900, Wayne Jay Enright, "Setting means for estimated time of arrival clock hands", issued 1977-03-22
- US patent 4153874, Erwin A. Kaestner, "Mobile perpetually self-correcting estimated time of arrival calculator", issued 1977-05-08
- US patent 5570100, Gary W. Grube, Mark C. Naddell, Mark L. Shaugnessy, "Method for providing a communication unit's estimated time of arrival", issued 1996-10-29
- US patent 5742635, H. Britton Sanderford, Jr., "Enhanced time of arrival method", issued 1998-04-21
- US patent 5764686, H. Britton Sanderford, John R. Souvestre, "Enhanced time of arrival method", issued 1998-06-09
- US patent 6144917, Thomas H. Walters, Darin J. Beesley, Stephen C. Robinson, "Calculation of estimated time of arrival (ETA) based on thoroughfare classification and driving history", issued 2000-11-07
- US patent 7212975, David Frederick Bantz, Steven J. Mastrianni, "Apparatus and methods for providing an estimated time of arrival based marketplace", issued 2007-05-01
- US patent 7457195, Robert Hughes Jones, "Estimating the time of arrival of a seismic wave", issued 2008-11-25
- US patent 7536321, Shinichi Takahashi, Takenari Kawano, Kazuo Tsugu, Ken Nishioka, "Estimated time of arrival (ETA) systems and methods", issued 2009-05-19
- US patent 6370231, Janice Paris Hice, "Method and system for calculating the estimated time of arrival of a service technician", issued 2002-04-09
- US patent 6469665, Domenico G. Porcino, "Time of arrival estimation positioning systems", issued 2002-04-12
- US patent 6675018, Eric Villier, Luis Lopes, Brendan Luddon, "Method of and system for estimating a time of arrival of a radio signal", issued 2004-01-06
- US patent 8165792, Jeffrey Clinton Mikan, Justin McNamara, John Ervin Lewis, Fulvio Arturo Cenciarelli, "Methods and systems for broadcasting an estimated time of arrival", issued 2012-04-24
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