Patents by Inventor Mahesh C. Rao
Mahesh C. Rao 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).
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Patent number: 10606584Abstract: Gamified computerized project/workflow/activity management system and method which harnesses the innate human desire for playful competition and continual skill advancement to improve organizational productivity. The system allows team member (or team group) bidding on project tasks, where the members or groups accumulate points according to various criteria including how well their work product meets previously established criteria, as well as an opportunity to acquire additional points from mastering various task related learning material. Other factors, such as providing assistance to other team members, evaluating work product, and the like are also awarded points. Competition is fostered by allowing team members or groups to see where their point score ranks versus other players or groups, while teamwork and member skill growth is also encouraged.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2019Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: QUEST 2 EXCEL, INC.Inventor: Mahesh C. Rao
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Publication number: 20190286439Abstract: Gamified computerized project/workflow/activity management system and method which harnesses the innate human desire for playful competition and continual skill advancement to improve organizational productivity. The system allows team member (or team group) bidding on project tasks, where the members or groups accumulate points according to various criteria including how well their work product meets previously established criteria, as well as an opportunity to acquire additional points from mastering various task related learning material. Other factors, such as providing assistance to other team members, evaluating work product, and the like are also awarded points. Competition is fostered by allowing team members or groups to see where their point score ranks versus other players or groups, while teamwork and member skill growth is also encouraged.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2019Publication date: September 19, 2019Inventor: Mahesh C. Rao
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Patent number: 10339550Abstract: Gamified computerized project management system and method which harnesses the innate human desire for playful competition and continual skill advancement to improve organizational productivity. The system allows team member bidding on project tasks, where they accumulate points according to various criteria including how well their work product meets previously established criteria, as well as an opportunity to acquire additional points from mastering various task related learning material. Other factors, such as providing assistance to other team members, evaluating work product, and the like are also awarded points. Competition is fostered by allowing team members to see where their point score ranks versus other players, while teamwork and member skill growth is also encouraged. Gamified project management files containing comprehensive project records may be saved, converted to standard project management files, or constructed by translation process that gamifies standard project management files.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2013Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: QUEST 2 EXCEL, INC.Inventors: Mahesh C. Rao, Andrew Jay Hoffman, Marcello Rufus Hunter, David E. Shough
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Publication number: 20140164037Abstract: Gamified computerized project management system and method which harnesses the innate human desire for playful competition and continual skill advancement to improve organizational productivity. The system allows team member bidding on project tasks, where they accumulate points according to various criteria including how well their work product meets previously established criteria, as well as an opportunity to acquire additional points from mastering various task related learning material. Other factors, such as providing assistance to other team members, evaluating work product, and the like are also awarded points. Competition is fostered by allowing team members to see where their point score ranks versus other players, while teamwork and member skill growth is also encouraged. Gamified project management files containing comprehensive project records may be saved, converted to standard project management files, or constructed by translation process that gamifies standard project management files.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2013Publication date: June 12, 2014Applicant: Quest 2 Excel, Inc.Inventors: Mahesh C. Rao, Andrew Jay Hoffman, Marcello Rufus Hunter, David E. Shough
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Publication number: 20140162220Abstract: A system combines project management, learning management, and content management in an augmented reality game. Significant business objectives correspond to “Quests” where a Quest includes Missions and Tasks. In the augmented reality game, individual employees are scored for individual Tasks in a game in which individuals can compare their point standing with other players.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2012Publication date: June 12, 2014Applicant: QUEST 2 EXCEL, INC.Inventors: Mahesh C. RAO, Andrew Jay HOFFMAN, Marcello Rufus Hunter, David E. Shough
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Patent number: 7924693Abstract: An optical disk physical has a recording region divided into zones, each zone including physical tracks adjacent to each other. An integer number of sectors are provided in each physical track. The angular recording density is higher in the more outward zones such that the linear recording density is substantially constant throughout the recording region, and logical tracks are formed of a predetermined number of sectors, independent of the physical tracks. The conversion between the logical track and sector addresses read from the disk and the linear logical addresses supplied from a host device is easy. The addresses written in headers of the sectors in the logical track in which data are actually recorded, including substitute sectors used in place of defect sectors, are preferably consecutive to further facilitate the conversion between the logical track and sector addresses read from the disk and the linear logical addresses supplied from the host device.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2006Date of Patent: April 12, 2011Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kyosuke Yoshimoto, Mahesh C. Rao, Hiroyuki Ohata, Kazuhiko Nakane, Teruo Furukawa, Junichi Kondo, Masafumi Ototake
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Patent number: 7548497Abstract: An optical disk physical has a recording region divided into zones, each zone including physical tracks adjacent to each other. An integer number of sectors are provided in each physical track. The angular recording density is higher in the more outward zones such that the linear recording density is substantially constant throughout the recording region, and logical tracks are formed of a predetermined number of sectors. independent of the physical tracks. The conversion between the logical track and sector addresses read from the disk and the linear logical addresses supplied from a host device is easy. The addresses written in headers of the sectors in the logical track in which data are actually recorded, including substitute sectors used in place of defect sectors, are preferably consecutive to further facilitate the conversion between the logical track and sector addresses read from the disk and the linear logical addresses supplied from the host device.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2007Date of Patent: June 16, 2009Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kyosuke Yoshimoto, Mahesh C. Rao, Hiroyuki Ohata, Kazuhiko Nakane, Teruo Furukawa, Junichi Kondo, Masafumi Ototake
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Patent number: 5920733Abstract: An intelligent controller of a peripheral device such as a disk drive which stores utility algorithms. In a first embodiment, the utility algorithms are transferred from the peripheral device to a host computer in order to eliminate the need to have utility software pre-loaded into the computer. In a second embodiment, the algorithm stored within the peripheral device is executed by processing circuitry within the peripheral device in order to free the host computer to perform other tasks as the utility is being executed by the peripheral device. Exemplary utilities which may be executed by the peripheral device include data compression, data format conversion, automatic disk error correction, back-up of the disk's file allocation table or other vital disk or file information into a secondary file allocation table within the peripheral device, automatic file back-up or any other desired utility.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 1997Date of Patent: July 6, 1999Assignee: Mitsubishi Kasei America, Inc.Inventor: Mahesh C. Rao
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Patent number: 5640592Abstract: An intelligent controller of a peripheral device such as a disk drive which stores utility algorithms. In a first embodiment, the utility algorithms are transferred from the peripheral device to a host computer in order to eliminate the need to have utility software pre-loaded into the computer. In a second embodiment, the algorithm stored within the peripheral device is executed by processing circuitry within the peripheral device in order to free the host computer to perform other tasks as the utility is being executed by the peripheral device. Exemplary utilities which may be executed by the peripheral device include data compression, data format conversion, automatic disk error correction, back-up of the disk's file allocation table or other vital disk or file information into a secondary file allocation table within the peripheral device, automatic file back-up or any other desired utility.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 1994Date of Patent: June 17, 1997Assignee: Mitsubishi Kasei America, Inc.Inventor: Mahesh C. Rao