Patents by Inventor Kiran Naiga

Kiran Naiga 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: 10582321
    Abstract: A device may receive audio information that includes an audio signature. The device may identify an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) based on the audio signature. The UAV may be identified based on a UAV identifier that is encoded into or determined based on the audio signature. The device may obtain profile information associated with the UAV based on the UAV identifier. The device may provide the profile information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Gaurav Goel, Kiran Naiga
  • Patent number: 10510098
    Abstract: Targeted audio advertisements may be inserted into IVR sessions. The audio advertisements may be targeted based on session data that includes information describing an ongoing IVR session of a user of a mobile device and demographic information of the user. The audio advertisements may include prompts to solicit information from the user during the ongoing IVR session. The targeted audio advertisements may be played, to the user, during the ongoing IVR session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Kiran Naiga, Momin Mirza, Gilda Majidi, Avinash S. Chugh, Manian Krishnamoorthy
  • Patent number: 10447851
    Abstract: Techniques described herein may be used to enable a user to obtain services from multiple organizations in a seamless, automated, and efficient manner. A network device may cause a user device to automatically access a web service by, for example, downloading a mobile application or accessing a web page designed to provide the web service. The network device may automatically identify a second web service that is logically related to the first web service and offer the second web service to the user. If the user accepts the second web service, the network device may cause the user device to automatically access the second web service via a mobile application, a webpage, etc. Identification and authentication issues for accessing the first or second web services may be automatically resolved by network device based on the mobile device number (MDN) of the user device and/or other profile information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Kiran Naiga, Gilda Majidi, Momin Mirza, Gaurav Gupta, Avinash S. Chugh, Manian Krishnamoorthy
  • Publication number: 20180091908
    Abstract: A device may receive audio information that includes an audio signature. The device may identify an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) based on the audio signature. The UAV may be identified based on a UAV identifier that is encoded into or determined based on the audio signature. The device may obtain profile information associated with the UAV based on the UAV identifier. The device may provide the profile information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: GAURAV GOEL, KIRAN NAIGA
  • Publication number: 20180007527
    Abstract: An exemplary method includes a subsidized access management system detecting a request provided by a user of an access device for the user to receive subsidized access to network content, identifying a plurality of user parameters provided by the user and that define a plurality of conditions associated with the subsidized access to the network content and that the user is willing to experience in order to receive the subsidized access to the network content, selecting a sponsor from a pool of potential sponsors and that is willing to sponsor the subsidized access to the network content in accordance with the plurality of user parameters, and providing the user with the subsidized access to the network content by way of the access device in accordance with a subsidized access arrangement between a subsidized access provider and the sponsor. Corresponding systems and methods are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Gilda Majidi, Momin Mirza, Kiran Naiga, Suresh Venkateswaran
  • Patent number: 9826379
    Abstract: An exemplary method includes a subsidized access management system detecting a request provided by a user of an access device for the user to receive subsidized access to network content, identifying a plurality of user parameters provided by the user and that define a plurality of conditions associated with the subsidized access to the network content and that the user is willing to experience in order to receive the subsidized access to the network content, selecting a sponsor from a pool of potential sponsors and that is willing to sponsor the subsidized access to the network content in accordance with the plurality of user parameters, and providing the user with the subsidized access to the network content by way of the access device in accordance with a subsidized access arrangement between a subsidized access provider and the sponsor. Corresponding systems and methods are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Gilda Majidi, Momin Mirza, Kiran Naiga, Suresh Venkateswaran
  • Publication number: 20170124594
    Abstract: Targeted audio advertisements may be inserted into IVR sessions. The audio advertisements may be targeted based on session data that includes information describing an ongoing IVR session of a user of a mobile device and demographic information of the user. The audio advertisements may include prompts to solicit information from the user during the ongoing IVR session. The targeted audio advertisements may be played, to the user, during the ongoing IVR session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Kiran Naiga, Momin Mirza, Gilda Majidi, Avinash S. Chugh, Manian Krishnamoorthy
  • Publication number: 20170094492
    Abstract: An exemplary method includes a subsidized access management system detecting a request provided by a user of an access device for the user to receive subsidized access to network content, identifying a plurality of user parameters provided by the user and that define a plurality of conditions associated with the subsidized access to the network content and that the user is willing to experience in order to receive the subsidized access to the network content, selecting a sponsor from a pool of potential sponsors and that is willing to sponsor the subsidized access to the network content in accordance with the plurality of user parameters, and providing the user with the subsidized access to the network content by way of the access device in accordance with a subsidized access arrangement between a subsidized access provider and the sponsor. Corresponding systems and methods are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Gilda Majidi, Momin Mirza, Kiran Naiga, Suresh Venkateswaran
  • Publication number: 20170094057
    Abstract: Techniques described herein may be used to enable a user to obtain services from multiple organizations in a seamless, automated, and efficient manner. A network device may cause a user device to automatically access a web service by, for example, downloading a mobile application or accessing a web page designed to provide the web service. The network device may automatically identify a second web service that is logically related to the first web service and offer the second web service to the user. If the user accepts the second web service, the network device may cause the user device to automatically access the second web service via a mobile application, a webpage, etc. Identification and authentication issues for accessing the first or second web services may be automatically resolved by network device based on the mobile device number (MDN) of the user device and/or other profile information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Kiran Naiga, Gilda Majidi, Momin Mirza, Gaurav Gupta, Avinash S. Chugh, Manian Krishnamoorthy