Patents by Inventor Verra V. INAPAKOLLA

Verra V. INAPAKOLLA 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).

  • Enabling a user to purchase a ring back tone
    Patent number: 8526923
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for enabling users of mobile devices to purchase Ring Back Tones (“RBTs”). The system enables an offer message, offering for purchase an RBT and including a reply-to telephone number, to be generated and sent to a mobile device. In response to the offer message, a reply message sent from the mobile device to the reply-to telephone number of the offer message is received. A code is extracted from the reply-to telephone number to which the received reply message was sent. A particular RBT associated with the code extracted from the telephone number is identified in a table storing a plurality of codes each associated with a corresponding RBT. A user of the mobile device is determined to desire to purchase the particular RBT associated with the code in the table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Cellco Partnership
    Inventors: Verra V. Inapakolla, Madhu Bharathula, Shankar Kulkarni, Venkat Gaddam
  • ENABLING A USER TO PURCHASE A RING BACK TONE
    Publication number: 20120309369
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for enabling users of mobile devices to purchase Ring Back Tones (“RBTs”). The system enables an offer message, offering for purchase an RBT and including a reply-to telephone number, to be generated and sent to a mobile device. In response to the offer message, a reply message sent from the mobile device to the reply-to telephone number of the offer message is received. A code is extracted from the reply-to telephone number to which the received reply message was sent. A particular RBT associated with the code extracted from the telephone number is identified in a table storing a plurality of codes each associated with a corresponding RBT. A user of the mobile device is determined to desire to purchase the particular RBT associated with the code in the table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: CELLCO PARTNERSHIP D/B/A VERIZON WIRELESS
    Inventors: Verra V. INAPAKOLLA, Madhu BHARATHULA, Shankar KULKARNI, Venkat GADDAM