Patents by Inventor Abhishek Patil

Abhishek Patil 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).

  • Publication number: 20130070153
    Abstract: An audio video display device (AVDD) includes a processor and a touch screen video display. The AVDD also includes a computer readable storage medium bearing instructions executable by the processor to present at least one image of a remote control (RC) on the display. Accordingly, responsive to a first user command, the processor presents an image of a full RC on the display. Responsive to a second user command, the processor presents an image of a direction-only RC on the display that permits a user only to enter direction commands and an “enter” command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Inventors: Seth Guy Hill, Natalia Manea, Travis Baurmann, Abhishek Patil, Scott Szabo, Guru Prashanth Balasubramanian
  • Publication number: 20130024927
    Abstract: A system includes a video display and a processor controlling the display. The processor accesses computer readable instructions to cause the processor to access a server associated with the service over a network responsive to viewer selection of a service. The processor then, without any viewer interaction, executes authentication with the server. Thereafter, responsive to successful authentication, the processor provides the service to a viewer at least in part by presenting an image associated with the service on the display. Responsive to the server indicating that a session for which the authentication is valid is expired, the processor automatically and without viewer input executes authentication with the server to establish a new session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2011
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Inventors: ABHISHEK PATIL, Dipendu Saha, Meeta Jain
  • Patent number: 8351451
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention involves a method for selecting and maintaining wireless communications for wireless mesh networks between tier-2 and tier-3 nodes. The method comprises a first operation of receiving channel information from a first wireless node operating as an access point. The channel information includes each channel number used by one or more wireless nodes that are detected by the first wireless node to be operating within a signal coverage area of the first wireless node. Then, an active scan is conducted on a frequency spectrum for wireless signals based on the channel information. Such scanning is accomplished by initially scanning frequencies of each channel number used by the one or more wireless nodes. After the scanning, a determination is made whether to (i) maintain wireless communications with the first wireless node or (ii) establish new wireless communications with a new wireless node (AP). Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Abhishek Patil, Xiangpeng Jing, Aixin Liu, Djung N. Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20130006625
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product for automatically analyzing multimedia data audio content are disclosed. Embodiments receive multimedia data, detect portions having specified audio features, and output a corresponding subset of the multimedia data and generated metadata. Audio content features including voices, non-voice sounds, and closed captioning, from downloaded or streaming movies or video clips are identified as a human probably would do, but in essentially real time. Particular speakers and the most meaningful content sounds and words and corresponding time-stamps are recognized via database comparison, and may be presented in order of match probability. Embodiments responsively pre-fetch related data, recognize locations, and provide related advertisements. The content features may be also sent to search engines so that further related content may be identified. User feedback and verification may improve the embodiments over time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Priyan Gunatilake, Djung Nguyen, Abhishek Patil, Dipendu Saha
  • Patent number: 8345609
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention involves a method for selecting an infrastructure mode wireless channel for a tier-2 wireless node of a plurality of wireless nodes forming a wireless mesh network. The method comprises a first operation of receiving information from at least one neighboring node. Then, the first wireless node determines if a collision has occurred with the at least one neighboring node, where the collision is an overlapping of wireless channels selected by the first node and the at least one neighboring node. If a collision has occurred, the first wireless node compares its network degree, iterative count, and MAC address (progressively in that order) with that of its neighboring node to determine which of the first wireless node or the at least one neighboring node is responsible for re-selecting a different wireless channel from a set of non-overlapping wireless channels that are available to the wireless mesh network. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Abhishek Patil, Xiangpeng Jing, Aixin Liu, Djung N. Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20120297400
    Abstract: A method for invoking a software application comprising: executing a first application on a user device; detecting a trigger event on the user device, the trigger event is non-specific and external to the first application and a second application; invoking the second application in response to the trigger event; sending metadata from the first application to the second application; and performing an action in the second application based at least partially on the metadata received from the first application, wherein, the first application and the second application are not operating system processes, and the second application is separate and independent from the first application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seth Hill, Abhishek Patil, Guru Balasubramanian, Travis Baurmann, Bibhudendu Mohapatra, Dipendu Saha
  • Patent number: 8300578
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of the invention, a method for managing seamless roaming of a wireless node of a plurality of nodes forming a wireless network comprises detecting, recovering and transmitting operations. The detecting operation involves detecting receipt of a Disassociation message from the wireless node by a first node of the plurality of nodes. The wireless node is roaming and seeking to establish a new communication with a second node of the plurality of nodes. The recovering operation involves addressing information from the Disassociation message by the first node, where the addressing information identifies the second node of the plurality of nodes. The transmitting operation involves transmitting a Route Update message to at least the second node of the plurality of nodes. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Abhishek Patil, Xiangpeng Jing, Aixin Liu, Djung N. Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20120204116
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for establishing a multi-user session having a plurality of users according to a general profile, the general profile comprising at least a desktop appearance specific to the multi-user session, receiving a session request from a first user of the plurality of users, retrieving a user profile for the first user, detecting a window position for the session request and generating a first user session for the first user at the window position based on the user profile, the user profile comprising at least a desktop appearance specific to the first user wherein the first user session runs simultaneously with the multi-user session and simultaneously displaying the multi-user session and the first user session, the first user session being displayed at a location corresponding to the detected window position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2011
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Abhishek Patil, Nobukazu Sugiyama, James Amendolagine, Djung Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20120204117
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for establishing a multi-user session having a plurality of users according to a general profile, the general profile comprising at least a desktop appearance specific to the multi-user session, receiving a session request from a first user of the plurality of users, retrieving a user profile for the first user, detecting a window position for the session request and generating a first user session for the first user at the window position based on the user profile, the user profile comprising at least a desktop appearance specific to the first user wherein the first user session runs simultaneously with the multi-user session and simultaneously displaying the multi-user session and the first user session, the first user session being displayed at a location corresponding to the detected window position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2011
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Abhishek Patil, Nobukazu Sugiyama, James Amendolagine, Djung Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20120200391
    Abstract: The present invention is directed toward a system and method for identifying and authenticating a user using one or more types of pattern information. Specifically, the present invention provides a convenient user identification and authentication method using pattern information from one or more sources including (1) an audio-input device, (2) an optical-input device and/or (3) an orientation sensing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION, A JAPANESE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobukazu Sugiyama, Djung Nguyen, Abhishek Patil
  • Patent number: 8223786
    Abstract: An embodiment is a technique to perform packet scheduling for QoS. A plurality of buffers is visited in a variable round robin manner. The buffers store packets having packet types associated with priority levels and having buffer types according to the packet types. The packets are generated for transmission from an application according to a network protocol in a multi-hop mesh network having a local node and a remote node. The buffers are dequeued according to the buffer types and using an amount dynamically weighted by the priority levels associated with the buffer types.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Xiangpeng Jing, Aixin Liu, Abhishek Patil, Djung N. Nguyen
  • Patent number: 8194593
    Abstract: An embodiment is a technique to perform QoS. An interface between an upper layer and a lower layer in a multi-hop mesh network receives and transmits packets from and to a local node and a remote node. A classifier classifies the received packets into a plurality of packet types having different priority levels. A queue manager manages a plurality of buffers organized according to the packet types. The plurality of buffers stores the classified packets based on the packet types. A scheduler schedules distributing the packets from the plurality of buffers based on the priority levels according to a scheduling policy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Xiangpeng Jing, Abhishek Patil, Aixin Liu, Anuj Bhatnagar, Djung N. Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20120137329
    Abstract: The user of an Internet TV device can control the Internet TV device using a mobile device such as a smart phone. The smart phone also obtains program information from the Internet TV device and sends the information to a server as a search term, presenting supplemental program information received from the server on the display of the mobile device so that a person can browse the supplemental information without disturbing viewers of the Internet TV device. The mobile device can also grab a link related to the program from the Internet TV device and use that link as a recommendation to friends on social networking sites.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Inventors: Abhishek Patil, Sriram Sampathkumaran, Guru Prashanth Balasubramanian, Dipendu Saha, Meeta Jain, Aravind Babu Asam, Seungwook Hong
  • Publication number: 20120136934
    Abstract: An audio video display device (AVDD) includes a display and a processor controlling the display to present an Internet-sourced program. Additionally, the processor causes the display to present a “share” selector element selectable by a user to cause a link associated with the program to automatically be sent to a friend device over a social networking site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Inventors: Abhishek Patil, Djung Nguyen, Dipendu Saha, Sriram Sampathkumaran
  • Publication number: 20120117184
    Abstract: A process of accessing media resources on Android capable wireless devices running an i-jetty HTTP server from a personal Internet interface device such as the Sony Dash. Activating a servlet on the Android device to transmit an IP address to a Dash capable device and establishing a wireless communication connection from the Dash device to the Android device using the IP address. Operating a service on the Dash device that accesses multimedia resources on the Android device where the Android device dynamically generates multimedia metadata for extraction and display on the Dash device. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventors: Aixin Liu, Shuo Chen, Djung Nguyen, Abhishek Patil
  • Publication number: 20120117118
    Abstract: An Internet-enabled TV that provides virtual channels to online services that source content responds to a viewer search query by passing the query only to services designated as “searchable” and that thus possess a search application programming interface (API) to return links directly to the content and not just to the hosting services.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventors: Abhishek Patil, Dipendu Saha, Sriram Sampathkumaran
  • Patent number: 8175613
    Abstract: Systems and methods for determining a location of a device with a wireless network. Characteristics of signals received from the device at a plurality of nodes are measured. Based upon the measurements, estimates of the range from the device to the nodes are made. Then, based upon the estimated ranges, and knowing the location of the nodes, a location of the device is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Misonimo Chi Acquisitions L.L.C.
    Inventors: Abhishek Patil, Xudong Wang, Chao Gui, Weilin Wang, Michael Nova
  • Patent number: 8130704
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for a multi-tier wireless home mesh network is described. The method may include formation of an infrastructure-less wireless home mesh networking environment comprising a collection of nodes that operate as a decentralized, ad hoc wireless network with multiple sub-networks or tiers that are responsible for different functions within the network. Each node of the multi-tier network is configured to forward data to other nodes and is assigned to a particular tier based on the node's performance capabilities. A further embodiment includes identification of a wireless home mesh network. Once identified, one or more proprietary messages may be exchanged in a secure manner to establish connections with a home electronics device as either a mobile node or a stationary node of the home network. A home electronics device may wirelessly communicate to route data within one or more nodes of the wireless home mesh network. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Xiangpeng Jing, Abhishek Patil, Aixin Liu, Djung N. Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20120051340
    Abstract: Available features of each of a group of wireless devices accessible over one of a group of different wireless communication protocol interfaces of a first wireless bridging computing device are registered for sharing. A request for use of an available feature of a first wireless device over a first wireless communication protocol interface is received from a second wireless device over a second wireless communication protocol interface. In response to the request, use of the requested available feature of the first wireless device by the second wireless device is facilitated over the first wireless communication protocol interface and the second wireless communication protocol interface. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Inventors: Abhishek Patil, Xiangpeng Jing, Aixin Liu, Djung Nguyen
  • Patent number: 8116336
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for a multi-tier wireless home mesh network is described. The method may include formation of a wireless home networking environment comprising a collection of nodes that operate as a decentralized, wireless network with multiple sub-networks or tiers that are responsible for different functions within the network. Each node of the multi-tier network is configured to forward data to other nodes and is assigned to a particular tier based on the node's performance capabilities. The method may include the automatic establishment of a unique Internet protocol (IP) address within a multi-hop wireless home mesh network with the ability to do automatic collision detection and correction. Once established as either a mobile node or a stationary node of the wireless home mesh network, a new node (the home electronics device) may wirelessly communicate with one or more existing nodes of the wireless home mesh network. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Xiangpeng Jing, Aixin Liu, Abhishek Patil, Djung N. Nguyen