Patents by Inventor Gopakumar Padmanabhan

Gopakumar Padmanabhan 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).

  • Method and system for providing pay-per-call services
    Patent number: 8223936
    Abstract: A method and system are provided for connecting consumers and merchants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Inventors: Thirunarayanan Srinivasan, Ramesh Ramamurthy, Krishnan Kannan, Muralidharan Anakavur, Gopakumar Padmanabhan
  • Pay-Per-Website Visit ad system
    Publication number: 20110296453
    Abstract: A method and system are provided for correlating ads viewed on a Television through a Set-Top Box (STB) to subsequent website visits or online/mobile sale transactions in an anonymous manner. In accordance with one or more embodiments, the method includes the steps of (a) receiving from a STB the contents and ad runs, with the STB being identified by a STB ID; and (b) correlating the website visit or online/mobile sale transaction with identifiers such as IP Address and/or Unique Carrier User ID to the TV ad viewed by matching the STB ID based on two Advertisers with two different Ad IDs, one of which is a Local Ad, delivered to the same STB ID from two different Content IDs, and two visits by a user from the same IP Address to the respective URLs, both visits within a pre-determined time period after the respective ad runs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2010
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Inventors: Thirunarayanan Srinivasan, Ramesh Ramamurthy, Krishnan Kannan, Gopakumar Padmanabhan
  • Pay-Per-Sale ad system
    Publication number: 20110276393
    Abstract: A method and system are provided for connecting consumer searches and in-store transactions using credit cards, debit cards, and gift cards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2010
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Inventors: Thirunarayanan Srinivasan, Ramesh Ramamurthy, Krishnan Kannan, Gopakumar Padmanabhan
  • Pay-Per-Call ad system
    Publication number: 20110231247
    Abstract: A method and system are provided for connecting consumer searches and phone calls. In accordance with one or more embodiments, the method includes the steps of (a) receiving from a search system and storing the search results relating to an online or mobile search performed by a consumer, the search results identifying one or more telephone numbers of merchants that signed up with the search system as Advertisers, and the search association identifiers such as IP Address, Cookie, and/or Carrier User ID associated with the consumer; (b) associating the Automatic Number Identification (ANI) to the online or mobile search by matching the search association identifiers based on two phone calls originated from the same ANI within a predetermined period of time of the one or more searches; (c) charging the selected Advertiser a fee for connecting the consumer to the selected Advertiser; and (d) providing detailed Return-On-Investment reports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2010
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Inventors: Thirunarayanan Srinivasan, Ramesh Ramamurthy, Krishnan Kannan, Gopakumar Padmanabhan
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING PAY-PER-CALL SERVICES
    Publication number: 20080086384
    Abstract: A method and system are provided for connecting consumers and merchants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2007
    Publication date: April 10, 2008
    Applicant: LEADHANCER, INC.
    Inventors: Thirunarayanan Srinivasan, Ramesh Ramamurthy, Krishnan Kannan, Muralidharan Anakavur, Gopakumar Padmanabhan