United Airlines was granted a patent for personalized airport routing.

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  "detected_at": "2026-09-20T17:49:37+00:00",
  "company": {
    "name": "United Airlines",
    "domain": "united.com"
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    "detail": "In September 2026 United Airlines patented passenger-navigation technology for guiding travelers through airport terminals using flight details and individual preferences.",
    "summary": "United Airlines was granted a patent for personalized airport routing.",
    "event_at": "2026-09-15",
    "inventors": [
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    "grant_date": "2026-09-15",
    "source_url": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US12736350",
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    "patent_title": "Systems and methods for generating a path for through an airport terminal",
    "patent_number": "US12736350",
    "uspto_assignee": "UNITED AIRLINES, INC.",
    "patent_abstract": "A system may receive a flight indicator associated with a user account of a user and identify airport location details saved in a database using the flight indicator. The airport location details include at least one terminal associated with the flight indicator. The system may select a plurality of landmark locations within the at least one terminal based on the airport location details and user data associated with the user account, generate a path for the user through the at least one terminal that includes a plurality of route segments for reaching each of the plurality of landmark locations which minimizes a duration or distance to a final landmark location within the plurality of landmark locations; and transmit at least a portion of the path to a user device for display thereon.",
    "precision_class": "structural",
    "invention_explanation": "A system that uses a traveler’s flight and account information to choose useful terminal landmarks and create a route to the right place.",
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      "airport navigation",
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  -H "X-API-KEY: $AUTOBOUND_API_KEY"

curl -X POST https://signals.autobound.ai/v1/companies/enrich \
  -H "X-API-KEY: $AUTOBOUND_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"domain":"united.com","limit":20}'