Patents by Inventor Kobie Thakar

Kobie Thakar 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: 10911605
    Abstract: A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium provide for receiving a request to provision a trial service to a user device, wherein the trial service includes providing a premium service to the user device during a trial time period; identifying a class of service provided to the user device, wherein the request is denied when the premium service is provided to the user device; determining whether the user device is eligible to receive the premium service; determining, when the user device is eligible to receive the premium service, whether the user device is eligible to receive the trial service; and provisioning, based on determining that the user device is eligible to receive the trial service, the trial service to the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Lemchak, Bindu Balan, Thuha T. Cung, Dale M. Gibson, Chaoying Zhu, Kobie Thakar
  • Publication number: 20190020764
    Abstract: A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium provide for receiving a request to provision a trial service to a user device, wherein the trial service includes providing a premium service to the user device during a trial time period; identifying a class of service provided to the user device, wherein the request is denied when the premium service is provided to the user device; determining whether the user device is eligible to receive the premium service; determining, when the user device is eligible to receive the premium service, whether the user device is eligible to receive the trial service; and provisioning, based on determining that the user device is eligible to receive the trial service, the trial service to the user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Paul Lemchak, Bindu Balan, Thuha T. Cung, Dale M. Gibson, Chaoying Zhu, Kobie Thakar
  • Patent number: 10110754
    Abstract: A request to provision a trial service to a user device is received, and the trial service relates to offering a service to the user device during a trial time period. The request is confirmed as originating from the user device by forwarding a confirmation code to the user device, and receiving the confirmation code from the user device. Data regarding the user device is obtained and used to determine whether the user device is eligible to receive the trial service. For example, eligibility of the user device to receive the trial service may be determined based on a service provided to the user device before the request is received, and based on whether the user device has previously received the trial service during a particular time period. When the user device is eligible to receive the trial service, the trial service is provisioned to the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Lemchak, Bindu Balan, Thuha T. Cung, Dale M. Gibson, Chaoying Zhu, Kobie Thakar
  • Publication number: 20160094724
    Abstract: A request to provision a trial service to a user device is received, and the trial service relates to offering a service to the user device during a trial time period. The request is confirmed as originating from the user device by forwarding a confirmation code to the user device, and receiving the confirmation code from the user device. Data regarding the user device is obtained and used to determine whether the user device is eligible to receive the trial service. For example, eligibility of the user device to receive the trial service may be determined based on a service provided to the user device before the request is received, and based on whether the user device has previously received the trial service during a particular time period. When the user device is eligible to receive the trial service, the trial service is provisioned to the user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventors: Paul Lemchak, Bindu Balan, Thuha T. Cung, Dale M. Gibson, Chaoying Zhu, Kobie Thakar
  • Patent number: 5421007
    Abstract: Key space analysis is provided to improve the merge phase of a sorting process or a computer merge operation where strings of records or files of presorted records are to be merged in order of a key. Key spaces are identified as strings or groups of strings, files or groups of files, whose range of entries does not overlap the range of entries of another key space. The strings or files within each key space are then combined and/or merged, as needed, independently of strings or files in other key spaces, and written directly to the output destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1995
    Assignee: Syncsort Incorporated
    Inventors: Andrew Coleman, John Svedman, Kobie Thakar