Patents by Inventor Ankit Nigam

Ankit Nigam 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: 10455041
    Abstract: According to an example embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus comprising at least one processing core, at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code being configured to, with the at least one processing core, cause the apparatus at least to cause at least one first node to be provided with software and initialized with data, cause the at least one first node to be set to a slave mode, cause a load balancer to be updated with information concerning the at least one first node, and terminate at least one second node, and in connection with terminating the at least one second node, set the at least one first node to an active mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: ROVIO ENTERTAINMENT
    Inventors: Ankit Nigam, Petri Seppänen, Kai Cao, Antti Virtanen
  • Patent number: 9351107
    Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus comprising a memory configured to store information specific to a current location of the apparatus, the information comprising at least one indication of at least one prior processing performed on the information by a second apparatus distinct from the apparatus, at least one processing core configured to perform at least one processing action on the information, determine, whether the at least one processing action is superior to the at least one prior processing in accordance with a metric, and cause the information to be at least in part transmitted from the apparatus, wherein at least one of the occurrence of the transmission and the content of the transmission is at least in part dependent on a result of the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: ROVIO ENTERTAINMENT LTD
    Inventor: Ankit Nigam
  • Publication number: 20150237121
    Abstract: According to an example embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus comprising at least one processing core, at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code being configured to, with the at least one processing core, cause the apparatus at least to cause at least one first node to be provided with software and initialized with data, cause the at least one first node to be set to a slave mode, cause a load balancer to be updated with information concerning the at least one first node, and terminate at least one second node, and in connection with terminating the at least one second node, set the at least one first node to an active mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Applicant: Rovio Entertainment Ltd.
    Inventors: Ankit Nigam, Petri Seppänen, Kai Cao, Antti Virtanen
  • Publication number: 20150208196
    Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus comprising a memory configured to store information specific to a current location of the apparatus, the information comprising at least one indication of at least one prior processing performed on the information by a second apparatus distinct from the apparatus, at least one processing core configured to perform at least one processing action on the information, determine, whether the at least one processing action is superior to the at least one prior processing in accordance with a metric, and cause the information to be at least in part transmitted from the apparatus, wherein at least one of the occurrence of the transmission and the content of the transmission is at least in part dependent on a result of the determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2014
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: Rovio Entertainment Ltd
    Inventor: Ankit Nigam