Patents by Inventor Apurva Goyal

Apurva Goyal 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).

  • Pre-pay communication services
    Patent number: 7958022
    Abstract: A method and system for crediting a user account of a pre-pay communication service is presented. The method comprises the steps of: providing a shared credit resource to which a plurality of users of the pre-pay communication service are authorized access and to which at least one user contributes credit; and transferring credit from the shared credit resource to the user account, thereby enabling the user associated with the user account to use the pre-pay service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Apurva Goyal, Badrinarayan Ravichandran, Muralidhar Srinivasa Rao, Padma Voothani
  • Pre-Pay Communication Services
    Publication number: 20090276342
    Abstract: A method and system for crediting a user account of a pre-pay communication service is presented. The method comprises the steps of: providing a shared credit resource to which a plurality of users of the pre-pay communication service are authorized access and to which at least one user contributes credit; and transferring credit from the shared credit resource to the user account, thereby enabling the user associated with the user account to use the pre-pay service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2008
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Inventors: Apurva GOYAL, Badrinarayan Ravichandran, Muralidhar Srinivasa Rao, Padma Voothani