Patents by Inventor Umesh M. Desai

Umesh M. Desai 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).

  • Patent number: 10497005
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for acquiring services on a multiplicity of devices. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a service management center (SMC) (100) that has a plurality of service centers (102-110) for supplying services to a corresponding plurality of devices (120-128), and a controller (112) for managing operations of the service centers. The controller is programmed to receive (202) from a select one of the devices an identification reference in response to a request for service by an end user, search (210) for one or more services associated with the identification reference, select (212) from the search results one or more services appropriate for the requesting device, and enable (220) the one or more services on the selected device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: David A. Deas, Michael Grannan, Umesh M. Desai, Anil Doradla, Lalitha Suryanarayana, David Wolter, Dinesh Nadarajah
  • Publication number: 20190026751
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for acquiring services on a multiplicity of devices. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a service management center (SMC) (100) that has a plurality of service centers (102-110) for supplying services to a corresponding plurality of devices (120-128), and a controller (112) for managing operations of the service centers. The controller is programmed to receive (202) from a select one of the devices an identification reference in response to a request for service by an end user, search (210) for one or more services associated with the identification reference, select (212) from the search results one or more services appropriate for the requesting device, and enable (220) the one or more services on the selected device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: David A. Deas, Michael Grannan, Umesh M. Desai, Anil Doradla, Lalitha Suryanarayana, David Wolter, Dinesh Nadarajah
  • Patent number: 10127561
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for acquiring services on a multiplicity of devices. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a service management center (SMC) (100) that has a plurality of service centers (102-110) for supplying services to a corresponding plurality of devices (120-128), and a controller (112) for managing operations of the service centers. The controller is programmed to receive (202) from a select one of the devices an identification reference in response to a request for service by an end user, search (210) for one or more services associated with the identification reference, select (212) from the search results one or more services appropriate for the requesting device, and enable (220) the one or more services on the selected device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: David A. Deas, Michael Grannan, Umesh M. Desai, Anil Doradla, Lalitha Suryanarayana, David Wolter, Dinesh Nadarajah
  • Publication number: 20150262192
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for acquiring services on a multiplicity of devices. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a service management center (SMC) (100) that has a plurality of service centers (102-110) for supplying services to a corresponding plurality of devices (120-128), and a controller (112) for managing operations of the service centers. The controller is programmed to receive (202) from a select one of the devices an identification reference in response to a request for service by an end user, search (210) for one or more services associated with the identification reference, select (212) from the search results one or more services appropriate for the requesting device, and enable (220) the one or more services on the selected device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventors: David A. Deas, Michael Grannan, Umesh M. Desai, Anil Doradla, Lalitha Suryanarayana, David Wolter, Dinesh Nadarajah
  • Patent number: 9065978
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for acquiring services on a multiplicity of devices. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a service management center (SMC) (100) that has a plurality of service centers (102-110) for supplying services to a corresponding plurality of devices (120-128), and a controller (112) for managing operations of the service centers. The controller is programmed to receive (202) from a select one of the devices an identification reference in response to a request for service by an end user, search (210) for one or more services associated with the identification reference, select (212) from the search results one or more services appropriate for the requesting device, and enable (220) the one or more services on the selected device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP
    Inventors: David A. Deas, Michael F. Grannan, Umesh M. Desai, Anil K. Doradla, Lalitha Suryanarayana, David R. Wolter, Dinesh Nadarajah