US Patent Issued to Yellcast on July 8 for "Mobile device and automotive device interface for geolocation searching" (California, Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,356,277, issued on July 8, was assigned to Yellcast Inc. (San Carlos, Calif.).

"Mobile device and automotive device interface for geolocation searching" was invented by Ganesan Venkatakrishnan (San Carlos, Calif.), William Foster (Tucson, Ariz.), Peter Ellenby (San Carlos, Calif.) and Thomas William Ellenby (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of presenting data on a mobile device is provided, comprising reading a compass and an accelerometer for sensing orientation and movement of the mobile device, initiating a local geographic search or query by pointing the mobile device in a desired direction, determining a bound...