Patents by Inventor Elangovan Soundararajan

Elangovan Soundararajan 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).

  • Publication number: 20140047508
    Abstract: A method is provided for controlling multiple access to a network service to prevent fraudulent use of the network service. The method includes identifying an account access counter for an account using identification information received from a user at a first device using a network, wherein the user is requesting access to a service provided at a second device, and further wherein the account access counter is the number of service access sessions active for the account; comparing the account access counter to a maximum account access number, wherein the maximum account access number defines a maximum number of service access sessions allowed for the account; and providing the user at the first device access to the service at the second device if the account access counter is less than the maximum account access number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: MLB Advanced Media, L.P.
    Inventors: Joseph Francis CHOTI, Justin Alexander SHAFFER, Christopher SUN, Elangovan SOUNDARARAJAN, Shadeed S. WILLIS, Lincoln HOCHBERG, Sean CURTIS
  • Patent number: 8566907
    Abstract: A method is provided for controlling multiple access to a network service to prevent fraudulent use of the network service. The method includes identifying an account access counter for an account using identification information received from a user at a first device using a network, wherein the user is requesting access to a service provided at a second device, and further wherein the account access counter is the number of service access sessions active for the account; comparing the account access counter to a maximum account access number, wherein the maximum account access number defines a maximum number of service access sessions allowed for the account; and providing the user at the first device access to the service at the second device if the account access counter is less than the maximum account access number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: MLB Advanced Media, L.P.
    Inventors: Joseph Francis Choti, Justin Alexander Shaffer, Christopher Sun, Elangovan Soundararajan, Shadeed S. Willis, Lincoln Hochberg, Sean Curtis
  • Publication number: 20120324537
    Abstract: A method is provided for controlling multiple access to a network service to prevent fraudulent use of the network service. The method includes identifying an account access counter for an account using identification information received from a user at a first device using a network, wherein the user is requesting access to a service provided at a second device, and further wherein the account access counter is the number of service access sessions active for the account; comparing the account access counter to a maximum account access number, whrerein the maximum account access number defines a maximum number of service access sessions allowed for the account; and providing the user at the first device access to the service at the second device if the account access counter is less than the maximum account access number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Inventors: Joseph Francis Choti, Justin Alexander Shaffer, Christopher Sun, Elangovan Soundararajan, Shadeed S. Willis, Lincoln Hochberg, Sean Curtis
  • Patent number: 8272032
    Abstract: A method is provided for controlling multiple access to a network service to prevent fraudulent use of the network service. The method includes identifying an account access counter for an account using identification information received from a user at a first device using a network, wherein the user is requesting access to a service provided at a second device, and further wherein the account access counter is the number of service access sessions active for the account; comparing the account access counter to a maximum account access number, wherein the maximum account access number defines a maximum number of service access sessions allowed for the account; and providing the user at the first device access to the service at the second device if the account access counter is less than the maximum account access number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: MLB Advanced Media, L.P.
    Inventors: Joseph Francis Choti, Justin Alexander Shaffer, Christopher Sun, Elangovan Soundararajan, Shadeed S. Willis, Lincoln Hochberg, Sean Curtis
  • Publication number: 20060098795
    Abstract: A method is provided for controlling multiple access to a network service to prevent fraudulent use of the network service. The method includes identifying an account access counter for an account using identification information received from a user at a first device using a network, wherein the user is requesting access to a service provided at a second device, and further wherein the account access counter is the number of service access sessions active for the account; comparing the account access counter to a maximum account access number, wherein the maximum account access number defines a maximum number of service access sessions allowed for the account; and providing the user at the first device access to the service at the second device if the account access counter is less than the maximum account access number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2004
    Publication date: May 11, 2006
    Inventors: Joseph Choti, Justin Shaffer, Christopher Sun, Elangovan Soundararajan, Shadeed Willis, Lincoln Hochberg, Sean Curtis