Patents by Inventor Vishal Mhatre
Vishal Mhatre 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: 10856130Abstract: The present disclosure discloses automated discovery of and seamless connection to wireless receivers for mirroring, extending, and/or projecting images, audio, and/or video from a computing device to the wireless receivers. A smart discovery program discovers a specific wireless receiver that matches a location for a meeting and provides the user with an option to wirelessly connect to the matching receiver during the meeting. The smart discovery program may also use a current location of the computing device to provide a user with a list relevant wireless receivers. Relevant receivers may include those receivers that are both available and located near the computing device. When a computing device connects to a wireless receiver, it may store the receiver ID for the connected receiver in a local receiver log so that the computing device may use this information to connect to the same receiver at a later time.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2017Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Michael Perez, Mario Barba Garcia, Gianluigi Nusca, Vishal Mhatre
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Patent number: 10602557Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for device discovery, pairing, and transmission of audio and video media, using two or more communication paths between a media sender/source node and a media receiver/sink node. In one example of the disclosed technology, a method performed with a sink node adapted to receive data via a peer-to-peer communication and a different, second communication path, includes selecting at least a portion of a second communication path to the sink node, determining whether the second communication path is secure, and, if the second communication path is determined to be secure, then accepting connections via the second communication path.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2017Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Drew Baron, Vishal Mhatre, Gianluigi Nusca, Christian Huitema
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Patent number: 10455632Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for device discovery, pairing, and transmission of audio and video media, using preference data shared between a media sender/source node and a media receiver/sink node. In some examples of the disclosed technology, a sink node sends, via a peer-to-peer wireless communication path, a discovery message to a source node comprising a preference indication including an indication of a first one of two communication paths to use for the establishing a connection. The sink node receives a request to establish a connection between the sink node and the source node based on the indicated preference. Based on the received request, the sink node establishes a connection between the sink node and the source node. A selected communication path (e.g., peer-to-peer wireless or wireless infrastructure) can be indicated as preferred, along with additional parameters for the media connection.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2017Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Drew Baron, Vishal Mhatre, Yatharth Gupta, Gianluigi Nusca
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Publication number: 20190182652Abstract: The present disclosure discloses automated discovery of and seamless connection to wireless receivers for mirroring, extending, and/or projecting images, audio, and/or video from a computing device to the wireless receivers. A smart discovery program discovers a specific wireless receiver that matches a location for a meeting and provides the user with an option to wirelessly connect to the matching receiver during the meeting. The smart discovery program may also use a current location of the computing device to provide a user with a list relevant wireless receivers. Relevant receivers may include those receivers that are both available and located near the computing device. When a computing device connects to a wireless receiver, it may store the receiver ID for the connected receiver in a local receiver log so that the computing device may use this information to connect to the same receiver at a later time.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2017Publication date: June 13, 2019Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Michael PEREZ, Mario Barba GARCIA, Gianluigi NUSCA, Vishal MHATRE
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Patent number: 10219219Abstract: The disclosure generally relates to identifying a Bluetooth Low Energy (BTLE) enabled Wi-Fi network receiver and automatically connecting to the BTLE-enabled network receiver via a Wi-Fi signal without using a Wi-Fi scanning operation. In some aspects, an initial connection may be established between the network receiver and a BTLE-enabled device during which the Wi-Fi scanning operation of the device is disabled. Thereafter, the device may automatically detect the BTLE-enabled network receiver via BTLE signal and automatically connect to the network receiving using a Wi-Fi signal without using the Wi-Fi scanning operation. In this way, the battery life of the device may be conserved by disabling the Wi-Fi scanning operation. Although the electronic device may be within the Wi-Fi range of the network receiver, the device may not search for or connect to the network receiver if it is outside of the BTLE range of the network receiver.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2017Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Andrew Baron, Vishal Mhatre, Gianluigi Nusca, Andrew Cunningham, Matthew Durak
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Patent number: 10075838Abstract: The present disclosure discloses automated discovery of and seamless connection to wireless receivers for mirroring, extending, and/or projecting images, audio, and/or video from a computing device to the wireless receivers. A smart discovery program discovers a specific wireless receiver that matches a location for a meeting and provides the user with an option to wirelessly connect to the matching receiver during the meeting. The smart discovery program may also use a current location of the computing device to provide a user with a list relevant wireless receivers. Relevant receivers may include those receivers that are both available and located near the computing device. When a computing device connects to a wireless receiver, it may store the receiver ID for the connected receiver in a local receiver log so that the computing device may use this information to connect to the same receiver at a later time.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2017Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Michael Perez, Mario Barba Garcia, Gianluigi Nusca, Vishal Mhatre
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Publication number: 20180213478Abstract: The disclosure generally relates to identifying a Bluetooth Low Energy (BTLE) enabled Wi-Fi network receiver and automatically connecting to the BTLE-enabled network receiver via a Wi-Fi signal without using a Wi-Fi scanning operation. In some aspects, an initial connection may be established between the network receiver and a BTLE-enabled device during which the Wi-Fi scanning operation of the device is disabled. Thereafter, the device may automatically detect the BTLE-enabled network receiver via BTLE signal and automatically connect to the network receiving using a Wi-Fi signal without using the Wi-Fi scanning operation. In this way, the battery life of the device may be conserved by disabling the Wi-Fi scanning operation. Although the electronic device may be within the Wi-Fi range of the network receiver, the device may not search for or connect to the network receiver if it is outside of the BTLE range of the network receiver.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2017Publication date: July 26, 2018Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Andrew BARON, Vishal MHATRE, Gianluigi NUSCA, Andrew CUNNINGHAM, Matthew DURAK
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Publication number: 20180152976Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for device discovery, pairing, and transmission of audio and video media, using two or more communication paths between a media sender/source node and a media receiver/sink node. In one example of the disclosed technology, a method performed with a sink node adapted to receive data via a peer-to-peer communication and a different, second communication path, includes selecting at least a portion of a second communication path to the sink node, determining whether the second communication path is secure, and, if the second communication path is determined to be secure, then accepting connections via the second communication path.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2017Publication date: May 31, 2018Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Drew Baron, Vishal Mhatre, Gianluigi Nusca, Christian Huitema
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Publication number: 20180152977Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for device discovery, pairing, and transmission of audio and video media, using preference data shared between a media sender/source node and a media receiver/sink node. In some examples of the disclosed technology, a sink node sends, via a peer-to-peer wireless communication path, a discovery message to a source node comprising a preference indication including an indication of a first one of two communication paths to use for the establishing a connection. The sink node receives a request to establish a connection between the sink node and the source node based on the indicated preference. Based on the received request, the sink node establishes a connection between the sink node and the source node. A selected communication path (e.g., peer-to-peer wireless or wireless infrastructure) can be indicated as preferred, along with additional parameters for the media connection.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2017Publication date: May 31, 2018Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Drew Baron, Vishal Mhatre, Yatharth Gupta, Gianluigi Nusca
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Publication number: 20180152827Abstract: The present disclosure discloses automated discovery of and seamless connection to wireless receivers for mirroring, extending, and/or projecting images, audio, and/or video from a computing device to the wireless receivers. A smart discovery program discovers a specific wireless receiver that matches a location for a meeting and provides the user with an option to wirelessly connect to the matching receiver during the meeting. The smart discovery program may also use a current location of the computing device to provide a user with a list relevant wireless receivers. Relevant receivers may include those receivers that are both available and located near the computing device. When a computing device connects to a wireless receiver, it may store the receiver ID for the connected receiver in a local receiver log so that the computing device may use this information to connect to the same receiver at a later time.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2017Publication date: May 31, 2018Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Michael Perez, Mario Barba Garcia, Gianluigi Nusca, Vishal Mhatre
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Publication number: 20180034923Abstract: A computing device is provided with a discovery framework that may include a discovery user interface (UI) and a discovery engine configured to use various standard discovery protocols in a protocol stack of the computing device. The discovery engine may respond to an invocation of the discovery framework by determining discovery criteria and based thereon selecting one of the discovery protocols, requesting discovery through the selected discovery protocol, receiving corresponding first discovery results, and maintaining a discovery list comprised of indicia of devices discovered through at least the selected discovery protocol. The discovery UI allows interactive adjustment of the discovery criteria, displays the discovery list, and responds to selection of a discovered device in the discovery list by enabling a connection with the discovered device based on a network address of the discovered device obtained through one of the discovery protocols.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2016Publication date: February 1, 2018Inventors: Rouella Joan Mendonca, Cristian M. Matesan, Yi-Chang Richard Shen, Gianluigi Nusca, Andrew T. Baron, Anders Edgar Klemets, Vishal A. Mhatre, Darren R. Davis
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Publication number: 20150286812Abstract: The manual entry of displayed access codes can be avoided by using a camera connected to or integrated with a computer system to capture an image of a display on another device containing a displayed access code. In response to an indication of where a pin is located in the captured image, optical character recognition is performed on the captured image to extract the access code and enter the access code into the computer system.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2014Publication date: October 8, 2015Inventors: Vishal Mhatre, Sunil Pai, Yatharth Gupta, Gianluigi Nusca