Patents by Inventor Deepak Maini

Deepak Maini has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Responding with unresponsive content
    Patent number: 11854040
    Abstract: This disclosure describes systems and techniques receiving a request for information from a user and, in response, outputting the requested information along with unsolicited, interesting content that is related to, yet nonresponsive to, the requested information. In some instances, if the requested information is unknown, the techniques may output an indication that the information is unknown, followed by the additional, unsolicited, interesting content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Martin George, David Garfield Uffelman, Deepak Maini, Kyle Beyer, Amarpaul Singh Sandhu
  • Synchronizing media content streams for live broadcasts and listener interactivity
    Patent number: 11586344
    Abstract: A creator establishes a media program including a plurality of media files or content in accordance with a broadcast plan. Mixing systems establish connections with a mobile device of the creator, and with sources of the audio files or content, either manually or automatically in response to instructions of the creator. Broadcast systems establish connections with computer devices of listeners and a mixing system. Conference systems establish connections with the mobile device of the creator and a mixing system. The connections established may be one-way or two-way channels. The media program may include live or previously recorded audio content including words or sounds of the creator, as well as advertisements, music, news, sports, weather, or other programming. The media program may also include live or previously recorded interviews or other conversations with guests, including but not limited to one or more listeners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ramasubramanian Balagurunathan, Thomas Albert Faulhaber, Pratik GuhaRay, Sanjeev Kumar, Ayman Mahfouz, Deepak Maini, Matthew David Sandler, Harshal Dilip Wanjari, Ankit Kumar Yadav
  • Responding with unresponsive content
    Patent number: 11544303
    Abstract: This disclosure describes systems and techniques receiving a request for information from a user and, in response, outputting the requested information along with unsolicited, interesting content that is related to, yet nonresponsive to, the requested information. In some instances, if the requested information is unknown, the techniques may output an indication that the information is unknown, followed by the additional, unsolicited, interesting content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Martin George, David Garfield Uffelman, Deepak Maini, Kyle Beyer, Amarpaul Singh Sandhu
  • Responding with unresponsive content
    Patent number: 11315552
    Abstract: This disclosure describes systems and techniques receiving a request for information from a user and, in response, outputting the requested information along with unsolicited, interesting content that is related to, yet nonresponsive to, the requested information. In some instances, if the requested information is unknown, the techniques may output an indication that the information is unknown, followed by the additional, unsolicited, interesting content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Martin George, David Garfield Uffelman, Deepak Maini, Kyle Beyer, Amarpaul Singh Sandhu