Patents by Inventor Durga Devi

Durga Devi 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).

  • Location based, software control of mobile devices
    Patent number: 9071938
    Abstract: Methods are disclosed for controlling mobile computing devices such as laptops, PDAs and cellular telephones, based on their location. A mobile computing device may include a software-rendered map of defined geographic regions, location handlers for defining behavior of a mobile device in a given geographic region, and a location handling engine for determining when a new geographic zone has been entered and exited, and for executing and terminating location handlers accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Vivekanand Vellanki, Durga Devi
  • Location based, software control of mobile devices
    Patent number: 8374623
    Abstract: Methods are disclosed for controlling mobile computing devices such as laptops, PDAs and cellular telephones, based on their location. A mobile computing device may include a software-rendered map of defined geographic regions, location handlers for defining behavior of a mobile device in a given geographic region, and a location handling engine for determining when a new geographic zone has been entered and exited, and for executing and terminating location handlers accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Vivekanand Vellanki, Durga Devi
  • LOCATION BASED, SOFTWARE CONTROL OF MOBILE DEVICES
    Publication number: 20080019317
    Abstract: Methods are disclosed for controlling mobile computing devices such as laptops, PDAs and cellular telephones, based on their location. A mobile computing device may include a software-rendered map of defined geographic regions, location handlers for defining behavior of a mobile device in a given geographic region, and a location handling engine for determining when a new geographic zone has been entered and exited, and for executing and terminating location handlers accordingly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2006
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Vivekanand Vellanki, Durga Devi