Patents by Inventor Kavitha Devara

Kavitha Devara 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).

  • Apparatus and method of program classification using observed cues in the transcript information
    Patent number: 7210157
    Abstract: A method for classification of a program includes receiving transcript information associated with the program, identifying at least one cue of a plurality of cues in the transcript information wherein each of the plurality of cues has associated therewith a type of program, correlating the at least one cue of the plurality of cues identified in the transcript information to the type of program, and classifying the program based on the correlation of the at least one cue of the plurality of cues identified in the transcript information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventor: Kavitha Devara
  • Method and apparatus for updating mobile IP data connectivity on transitions between wireless networks
    Publication number: 20060023668
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are presented to facilitate the transfer of a PPP session of a mobile communication device that is handed between multiple communication networks with different air interfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2005
    Publication date: February 2, 2006
    Inventors: Venkateshwaran Ramaswamy, Jeffrey Dyck, Kavitha Devara, Sriram Nookala
  • Apparatus and method of program classification based on syntax of transcript information
    Patent number: 6798912
    Abstract: A method of program classification based on syntax of transcript information includes receiving transcript information associated with the program wherein the transcript information has a plurality of sentences, determining characteristics of at least one of the plurality of sentences of the transcript information to identify at least the type and subject of the sentence, comparing the characteristics of the at least one of the plurality of sentences with a list of sentence characteristics having associated therewith a plurality of program types, and based on the comparing step, selecting a classification of program which is most closely associated with the characteristics of the at least one of the plurality of sentences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventor: Kavitha Devara