Patents Examined by Hitesh Patel
  • Systems and methods for generating a shortcut associated with a rich communication services messaging session
    Patent number: 11310289
    Abstract: A user device may receive an instruction to generate a shortcut associated with a rich communication services (RCS) messaging session that is associated with a RCS application. The user device may generate, based on receiving the instruction, a snapshot of the RCS messaging session, and may transmit, based on generating the snapshot of the RCS messaging session, the snapshot of the RCS messaging session to an application server. The user device may generate, based on transmitting the snapshot of the RCS messaging session to the application server, the shortcut associated with the RCS messaging session, where the shortcut associated with the RCS messaging session is linked to the snapshot of the RCS messaging session. The user device may display, on a display of the device, the shortcut associated with the RCS messaging session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Lodema M. Steinbach, Sethumadhav Bendi
  • Derivation of network service descriptor from network service requirements
    Patent number: 11290353
    Abstract: A Network Service Descriptor (NSD) is generated, from Virtualized Network Functions (VNFs) existing in a VNF catalog, for instantiating a network service which satisfies given network service requirements. From the VNF catalog, a system selects VNFs that provide functionalities and architectural blocks required to fulfill the NS requirements. The system generates at least a VNF forwarding graph (VNFFG), which includes relations between the functionalities and the architectural blocks of the selected VNFs as well as traffic flows between the selected VNFs. The system then creates the NSD, which includes the VNFFG, for instantiating the network service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Navid Nazarzadeoghaz, Maria Toeroe, Ferhat Khendek
  • System and method of persistent address resolution synchronization
    Patent number: 11290417
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of a device that starts an address resolution service on a network element after a boot-up of this network element is described. In an exemplary embodiment, the network element sends an indication of the boot-up. The network element further sends a request for an address resolution table and receives a reply with the requested address resolution table. In addition, the network element starts the address resolution service using the requested address resolution table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Arista Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Vijay Mahadevan, Dileep Honsoge Ramesh, Adam James Sweeney
  • Demand response event dissemination system and method
    Patent number: 11283903
    Abstract: A method may include receiving peer data describing a set of peer clients associated with a demand response application server and describing how the peer clients communicate with one another. The peer data may be configured so that a subset of the peer clients directly communicate with the demand response application server and the demand response application server does not directly communicate with each of the peer clients. The method may also include receiving announcement data describing an event specified by the demand response application server and determining event response data responsive to the announcement data. The method may also include identifying, from the set of peer clients specified by the demand response application server, a set of recipient peer clients to receive the event response data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Ulrich Herberg, Jorjeta G. Jetcheva, Daisuke Mashima
  • Content distribution server, content distribution system, content distribution method, and program
    Patent number: 11277585
    Abstract: Provided is a content distribution server that is configured to improve the convenience of virtual space sharing formats. The content distribution server comprises: a participation accepting unit that accepts a participation request from another individual to participate in a virtual space used for distribution by a distributor; an information acquiring unit that acquires motion information indicating movement by the distributor and a participant participating on the basis of a participation request, as well as information on the virtual characters of the distributor and the participant; and a distribution unit that distributes live content based on video in virtual space obtained by synthesizing motion information acquired by the information acquiring unit with movement by the virtual characters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Inventors: Nobuo Kawakami, Kentarou Matsui, Shinnosuke Iwaki, Takashi Kojima, Naoki Yamaguchi
  • On-vehicle communication device controlled based on self-driving level, communication control method controlled based on self-driving level, and non-transitory storage medium
    Patent number: 11277477
    Abstract: Provided is an on-vehicle communication device that includes a vehicle information acquiring unit that acquires vehicle speed information on a vehicle capable of performing self-driving and/or current location information on the vehicle. The on-vehicle communication device also includes a self-driving level acquiring unit that acquires self-driving level information indicating a self-driving level of the vehicle. Further, the on-vehicle communication device includes a controller that determines whether to enable or disable a connection to a high-confidential communication channel based on the self-driving level information and the vehicle speed information and/or the current location information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: JVCKENWOOD Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki Takehara, Akinori Suyama, Tatsumi Naganuma, Satoru Hirose, Takeshi Aoki, Yasushi Watanabe
  • Methods and apparatus to monitor streaming media
    Patent number: 11277461
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to monitor streaming media. An example apparatus includes a media calibrator to calibrate video data to a calibration time-base based on audio data, the video data and audio data associated with a media stream and a signature generator to generate a signature representative of the media stream based on the calibrated video data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Jose Mortensen, Alan Bosworth
  • Software application updating in a local network
    Patent number: 11277489
    Abstract: A method of updating software, performed by respective machines in a linear communication orbit includes, at a local server executed by a respective machine, receiving, via the linear communication orbit, update metadata. At an update module executed by the respective machine, an update module evaluates software version information using the update metadata to determine a set of one or more updates to be applied to one or more software programs. A patch module sends, via the linear communication orbit, requests for one or more software update files corresponding to the set of one or more updates, and receives the one or more software update files corresponding to the set of one or more updates. The update module then updates the one or more of the software programs by applying the received one or more software update files to the one or more of the software programs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: TANIUM INC.
    Inventors: Max Freilich, Andrew R. White, Christian L. Hunt, Peter Constantine, Peter Lincroft
  • Dynamic notification groups
    Patent number: 11265277
    Abstract: Techniques for dynamic notifications including generating a machine learning model based on user profiles of a collaboration application. The technique further including receiving a first message from input to a first user interface presenting the collaboration application and associated with a first user profile, the first message including first content and a domain specific language (DSL) condition. The technique further including generating a plurality of notification groups, presenting the plurality of notification groups, and receiving a selected notification group. The technique further includes sending the first content to each user profile in the selected notification group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Anton Yegorin, Stephen W. O'Donovan
  • Holo-entropy based alarm scoring approach
    Patent number: 11258655
    Abstract: A method for managing alarms in a virtual machine environment includes receiving alarm data related to a process and storing the alarm data in a database, where the alarm data comprises one or more features. The method further includes retrieving intended state information for the process and comparing the one more features of the alarm data to the intended state information to determine whether the alarm is an outlier. The method also includes computing a normal score for the alarm if the alarm is not an outlier, and computing an abnormal score for the alarm if the alarm is an outlier. The method also includes sending a notification for the alarm and the computed score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: VMware, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhen Mo, Dexiang Wang, Bin Zan, Vijay Ganti, Amit Chopra, Ruimin Sun
  • System and method of managing flow state in stateful applications
    Patent number: 11252227
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for managing flow tables at a switch in a network. The method includes establishing a static rule to distribute a first flow to a first server and a second flow to a second server and monitoring a first load on the first server and a second load on a second server. When, based on the monitoring, the first server is running at capacity and the third flow is to be distributed to the first server according to the static rule, the method includes establishing an exception to the static rule to yield an exception rule, distributing the third flow to a third server with capacity according to the exception rule and storing a flow table for the third flow at a switch, wherein the switch does not store a static rule flow table for the static rule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Venkat Pullela, Srivatsa Sangli, Anand Akella, Subhav Mital
  • Method and system for managing multimedia services
    Patent number: 11240171
    Abstract: A method for managing multimedia services includes transmitting a first request by a first device to a communication network for reserving a sub-channel of a communication channel for a multimedia service. The first device transmits the first request when the multimedia service is initiated at a second device. The first device communicates with the first communication network by way of the communication channel. The first device receives data associated with the multimedia service from the second device. The first device receives a first acknowledgement from the first communication network. The first acknowledgement indicates a reservation of the sub-channel for the multimedia service. The first device maps the multimedia service to the sub-channel based on the first acknowledgement. The first device transmits the data over the sub-channel, thereby managing a quality of service for the multimedia service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: ANI Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
    Inventors: Sriram V. Iyer, Vasuki K. Setlur, Arun Samudrala
  • System for supporting remote accesses to a host computer from a mobile computing device
    Patent number: 11240293
    Abstract: Users of a client computer having non-conventional input devices interact with a host computing platform with the same user experience as if he or she was operating the client computer natively. This is achieved by having the non-conventional input devices of the client device appear local to the applications that are running on the host platform, even though the host computing platform may not be equipped with drivers for the non-conventional input devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: VMWARE, INC.
    Inventors: Praveen Vegulla, Geoffrey Thomas Lywood, Olivier Alain Cremel
  • Customized cloud service
    Patent number: 11240124
    Abstract: Some examples described herein relate to providing a customized cloud service. In an example, Key Service Indicators (KSI) may be received for a cloud service. The Key Service Indicators may be associated with a cloud service template for providing the cloud service. The resources required for providing the cloud service may be identified based on the Key Service Indicators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Suse LLC
    Inventor: Sandhya Balakrishnan
  • Methods and apparatus to generate reference signatures from streaming media
    Patent number: 11234029
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to generate reference signatures from streaming media through the collection of metadata, generation of audio signatures, and association of the metadata with the generated audio signatures. The disclosure consists of a media monitor that collects metadata and generates audio signatures at a household and a central processing facility that generates reference signatures therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Adam Schenker, Nigel Smith, Shailendra Paranjape, Vinay Chauhan
  • Multiple user recognition with voiceprints on online social networks
    Patent number: 11223699
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes, by one or more computing devices of an online social network, receiving, from a client system of a first user of the online social network, an audio input from a second user, wherein the audio input comprises one or more voice commands, identifying the second user based on a comparison of the audio input to one or more voiceprints stored by the online social network, wherein each voiceprint comprises audio data for auditory identification of a unique user of the online social network, determining a relationship status between the first user and the identified second user within the online social network, and determining whether to perform an action associated with each voice command based on permission settings associated with the action and the determined relationship status between the first user and the identified second user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventor: Mateusz Marek Niewczas
  • Methods and network nodes for controlling resources of a service session as well as corresponding system and computer program
    Patent number: 11223570
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a methods and network nodes for controlling resources of a service session in a communication network as well as to a corresponding system and computer program to improve the handling of resources in the network, and particularly to optimize signaling in the network. The method for controlling resources for a service session by a policy and charging system in a communication network comprises the steps of obtaining, at a first network node, a request including service session data indicating the type of service; determining, based on the service session data obtained at said first network node, a resource type to be assigned to said service; and sending to a second network node an indication of said resource type assigned to said service, according to which resource type it is determined when a service session associated with said service is terminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Reiner Ludwig, Fabian Castro Castro, Susana Fernandez Alonso, Pablo Molinero Fernandez
  • Systems and methods for improving quality of service while streaming code-agnostic content
    Patent number: 11223545
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for a media guidance application (e.g., implemented on a user device) that improves quality of service while streaming code-agnostic content by optimizing buffering based on bit rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: ROVI GUIDES, INC.
    Inventor: Reda Harb
  • Virtual network interface objects
    Patent number: 11218420
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for interfaces to manage virtual network interface objects. A system may include resource instances and a network interface virtualization coordinator. Responsive to a record creation request, the coordinator creates an interface records that may include an IP address, subnet information and security properties. The coordinator may, in response to a request to attach the record to a resource instance, enable traffic directed to the IP address to flow to the resource instance. In response to a subsequent detach request, the traffic to the IP address may be disabled at the resource instance. The same interface record may be attached to another resource instance in response to another attach request, enabling traffic directed to the IP address to flow to the second resource instance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric W. Schultze, Aaron C. Thompson, Arijit Ganguly, Padmini C. Iyer, Tobias L. Holgers, Christopher J. Lefelhocz, Ian Roger Searle
  • Generating and displaying customized avatars in electronic messages
    Patent number: 11218433
    Abstract: Among other things, embodiments of the present disclosure improve the functionality of electronic messaging software and systems by generating customized images with avatars of different users within electronic messages. For example, users of different mobile computing devices can exchange electronic communications with images generated to include avatars representing themselves as well as their friends, colleagues, and other acquaintances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Dorian Franklin Baldwin, Jacob Edward Blackstock, David James Kennedy, Shahan Panth