Patents by Inventor Himanshu Khurana

Himanshu Khurana 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: 10524125
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for access control via a mobile device are described herein. One method includes receiving location information associated with a mobile device in a facility, determining that the mobile device is within a particular distance of an area of the facility based on the location information, determining whether a user of the mobile device is allowed access to the area, and allowing access to the area via a relay associated with the area responsive to a determination that the user is allowed access.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Sanjay Roy, Frank Lin, Bryan Jones, Datta Godbole, Himanshu Khurana
  • Patent number: 10257196
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling access to documents retained by a document management and collaboration system is disclosed. The document management and collaboration system may generate one or more suggested privileges associated with one or more users. An access control policy may specify whether system-generated user privileges may be enforced. If they are enforced, access to one or more document may be made subject to the generated privileges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Wei Lien Stephen Dang, Cynthia Zhang Taylor, Arun Ponniah Sethuramalingam, Catherine Emily Harrell, Sharad Kala, Liangliang Wang, Kevin Gillett, Nandhini Nandiwada Santhanam, Nagesh Pradhan Cadabam, Noah Anthony Eisner, Stephen Joseph Oakley, Himanshu Khurana
  • Patent number: 10218675
    Abstract: Devices, methods, systems, and computer-readable media for legacy device securitization within a microgrid system are described herein. One or more embodiments include a system having a microgrid network with at least one remote network connection to a non-local network device and the network having at least one local legacy device in communication with the non-local network device and a bump-in-the-wire (BITW) security device between the local legacy device and the at least one remote connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Apurva Mohan, Himanshu Khurana, Gregory Brainard, Scott Fischer
  • Publication number: 20180357880
    Abstract: Devices, Systems, and methods for building management using location information are described herein. One device includes instructions stored thereon executable by a processor to track a location of a mobile device in a building, trigger an alert responsive to a determination that the tracked location of the mobile device exceeds a threshold correlation to a predetermined location rule, and modify an operation of a building system associated with the building according to the location rule and responsive to the alert.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Arun Vijayakumari Mahasenan, Himanshu Khurana, Amit Kulkarni, Jagmeet Singh Puri
  • Publication number: 20180276775
    Abstract: Devices, methods, and systems for space utilization and building management system analysis are described herein. One apparatus includes a memory, and a processor configured to receive data collected by a plurality of different types of existing systems associated with a facility, analyze a space utilization of the facility using the received data, and provide the analysis of the space utilization of the facility to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Himanshu Khurana, Daniel Kirschner
  • Patent number: 9838992
    Abstract: Providing hospitality via a mobile device is described herein. One method includes determining, by a mobile device, a hospitality preference of a user of the mobile device for a particular location, storing the hospitality preference in a memory of the mobile device, and modifying, by the mobile device, an operation of at least one system device associated with the particular location to provide the hospitality preference responsive to a distance between the mobile device and the particular location exceeding a particular threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Himanshu Khurana, Datta Godbole, Heather Lister, Patrick Tessier
  • Publication number: 20170280322
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for access control via a mobile device are described herein. One method includes receiving location information associated with a mobile device in a facility, determining that the mobile device is within a particular distance of an area of the facility based on the location information, determining whether a user of the mobile device is allowed access to the area, and allowing access to the area via a relay associated with the area responsive to a determination that the user is allowed access.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventors: Sanjay Roy, Frank Lin, Bryan Jones, Datta Godbole, Himanshu Khurana
  • Patent number: 9713002
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for access control via a mobile device are described herein. One method includes receiving location information associated with a mobile device in a facility, determining that the mobile device is within a particular distance of an area of the facility based on the location information, determining whether a user of the mobile device is allowed access to the area, and allowing access to the area via a relay associated with the area responsive to a determination that the user is allowed access.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Sanjay Roy, Frank Lin, Bryan Jones, Datta Godbole, Himanshu Khurana
  • Patent number: 9695981
    Abstract: A method comprises receiving one or more images of a person from one or more image capture devices in response to an input, identifying one or more items of personal protective equipment in the one or more images, determining the positioning of the one or more items of personal protective equipment relative to the person in the one or more images, and verifying compliance with personal protective equipment standards based on the one or more identified items of personal protective equipment and the positioning of the one or more items of personal protective equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Kwong Wing Au, Pedro Davalos, Sharath Venkatesha, Himanshu Khurana, Saad J. Bedros, Mohammed Ibrahim Mohideen, Mahesh Kumar Gellaboina, Adishesha CS, Cleopatra Cabuz
  • Patent number: 9645566
    Abstract: Physical presence verification by an industrial control system controller is described herein. One industrial control system controller includes a mechanism configured to verify that a user of the industrial control system controller is physically present at a location of the controller, a memory, and a processor configured to execute executable instructions stored in the memory to permit the user to perform industrial control operations using the controller only if the user is physically present at the location of the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Apurva Mohan, Himanshu Khurana
  • Publication number: 20170069211
    Abstract: Devices, methods, and systems for parking management are described herein. One device includes instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to receive a first indication via a mobile device that a user intends to park a vehicle in a parking spot of a parking area, display directions to an available parking spot in the parking area via the mobile device, receive a second indication via the mobile device that the user has parked the vehicle in the available parking spot, and provide a third indication via a different mobile device that the available parking spot is no longer available.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventor: Himanshu Khurana
  • Patent number: 9589403
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for access control via a mobile device are described herein. One device includes instructions stored thereon executable by a processor to receive location information associated with a mobile device in a facility, determine that the mobile device is within a particular distance of an area of the facility based on the location information, receive an indication of a user input by the mobile device, determine whether a user of the mobile device is allowed access to the area, and allow access to the area via a relay associated with the area responsive to a determination that the user is allowed access and the user input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Magesh Lingan, Rajkumar Palanivel, Murugan Gopalan, Mandar Tigga, Vivek Kalyan, Sanjay Roy, Frank Lin, Bryan Jones, Datta Godbole, Himanshu Khurana
  • Publication number: 20170063918
    Abstract: Devices, methods, systems, and computer-readable for providing a cyber-security architecture for microgrid systems are described herein. One or more embodiments include a system for providing a cyber-security architecture for a microgrid, comprising a supervisory control and data acquisition network device having at least one remote network connection to a non-local network device and allowing communication of data and control instructions between the non-local network device and at least one local device in a microgrid network and a control network for providing control instructions to the local device based on data from the microgrid and a power generation network device, the control network allowing communication of data and control instructions between the power generation network device and the local device in the microgrid network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Apurva Mohan, Himanshu Khurana, Gregory Brainard, Scott Fischer
  • Publication number: 20170052997
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for processing service requests for non-transactional databases are disclosed. In the method and apparatus, the execution of a first operation may be initiated based at least in part on receiving a service request from a user. The first operation may be executed synchronously with receipt of the request. Further, one or more execution workflows may be provisioned for asynchronous execution of one or more other operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Noah Anthony Eisner, Kevin Gillett, Himanshu Khurana, Arun Ponniah Sethuramalingam, Nagesh Pradhan Cadabam, Liangliang Wang, Sharad Kala, Stephen Joseph Oakley, Nandhini Nandiwada Santhanam
  • Publication number: 20170012984
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling access to documents retained by a document management and collaboration system is disclosed. The document management and collaboration system may generate one or more suggested privileges associated with one or more users. An access control policy may specify whether system-generated user privileges may be enforced. If they are enforced, access to one or more document may be made subject to the generated privileges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Wei Lien Stephen Dang, Cynthia Zhang Taylor, Arun Ponniah Sethuramalingam, Catherine Emily Harrell, Sharad Kala, Liangliang Wang, Kevin Gillett, Nandhini Nandiwada Santhanam, Nagesh Pradhan Cadabam, Noah Anthony Eisner, Stephen Joseph Oakley, Himanshu Khurana
  • Patent number: 9542391
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for processing service requests for non-transactional databases are disclosed. In the method and apparatus, the execution of a first operation may be initiated based at least in part on receiving a service request from a user. The first operation may be executed synchronously with receipt of the request. Further, one or more execution workflows may be provisioned for asynchronous execution of one or more other operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Noah Anthony Eisner, Kevin Gillett, Himanshu Khurana, Arun Ponniah Sethuramalingam, Nagesh Pradhan Cadabam, Liangliang Wang, Sharad Kala, Stephen Joseph Oakley, Nandhini Nandiwada Santhanam
  • Publication number: 20160335819
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for access control via a mobile device are described herein. One device includes instructions stored thereon executable by a processor to receive location information associated with a mobile device in a facility, determine that the mobile device is within a particular distance of an area of the facility based on the location information, receive an indication of a user input by the mobile device, determine whether a user of the mobile device is allowed access to the area, and allow access to the area via a relay associated with the area responsive to a determination that the user is allowed access and the user input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Magesh Lingan, Rajkumar Palanivel, Murugan Gopalan, Mandar Tigga, Vivek Kalyan, Sanjay Roy, Frank Lin, Bryan Jones, Datta Godbole, Himanshu Khurana
  • Publication number: 20160337508
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for access control via a mobile device are described herein. One method includes receiving location information associated with a mobile device in a facility, determining that the mobile device is within a particular distance of an area of the facility based on the location information, determining whether a user of the mobile device is allowed access to the area, and allowing access to the area via a relay associated with the area responsive to a determination that the user is allowed access.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Sanjay Roy, Frank Lin, Bryan Jones, Datta Godbole, Himanshu Khurana
  • Publication number: 20160315941
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling access to documents retained by a document management and collaboration system is disclosed. The document management and collaboration system may generate one or more suggested privileges associated with one or more users. An access control policy may specify whether system-generated user privileges may be enforced. If they are enforced, access to one or more document may be made subject to the generated privileges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: Wei Lien Stephen Dang, Cynthia Zhang Taylor, Arun Ponniah Sethuramalingam, Catherine Emily Harrell, Sharad Kala, Liangliang Wang, Kevin Gillett, Nandhini Nandiwada Santhanam, Nagesh Pradhan Cadabam, Noah Anthony Eisner, Stephen Joseph Oakley, Himanshu Khurana
  • Publication number: 20160301689
    Abstract: Digital identity enrollment systems are described herein. One device includes a memory, and a processor configured to execute executable instructions stored in the memory to receive information verifying a user's physical identity, generate a digital identity and a physical badge corresponding to the physical identity of the user, and send the digital identity to a mobile device of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: Sanjay Roy, Bryan Jones, Frank Lin, Datta Godbole, Himanshu Khurana