Patents by Inventor Kundan Kumar

Kundan Kumar 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).

  • Publication number: 20260018189
    Abstract: Introduced here are approaches to editing audio content using dynamic voice synthesis and systems for accomplishing the same. The system uses a transcript associated with an audio file and received input that indicates a location to add or remove text to identify preceding and succeeding segments around the indicated location. The system constructs a modified transcript, and applies a model (e.g., a Universal Variable Model (UVM)) to generate new audio content in accordance with the modified transcript. The model aligns the acoustic properties of the original audio file with linguistic features of the transcript, therefore enabling the new audio content to emulate the original audio file's properties. The system produces a final audio file by inserting the new audio content into the original audio file. This approach allows for dynamic editing of audio content, maintaining coherence and acoustic consistency while accommodating textual modifications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2025
    Publication date: January 15, 2026
    Inventors: Kundan Kumar, Rithesh Kumar, Ishaan Kumar, Alejandro Luebs
  • Publication number: 20260018160
    Abstract: Introduced here are approaches to training and then employing computer-implemented models designed to generate synthesized speech using a Universal Variable Model (UVM). The UVM is pre-trained using reference audio samples and associated text prompts to comprehend and replicate various aspects of human speech, including intonation, rhythm, and pronunciation. In the training process, the UVM learns general patterns and relationships between the acoustic properties of speech and the linguistic features of text from a dataset covering different linguistic contexts, accents, and speakers. This enables the UVM to generate natural-sounding speech without the need for personalized training on the user's voice. Users of the media production platform can submit text inputs along with a reference audio sample, and the UVM will produce corresponding audio output in the same voice as the reference sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2025
    Publication date: January 15, 2026
    Inventors: Kundan Kumar, Rithesh Kumar, Ishaan Kumar, Alejandro Luebs
  • Publication number: 20260011338
    Abstract: Introduced here are computer programs and associated computer-implemented techniques for manipulating noisy audio signals to produce clean audio signals that are sufficiently high quality so as to be largely, if not entirely, indistinguishable from “rich” recordings generated by recording studios. When a noisy audio signal is obtained by a media production platform, the noisy audio signal can be manipulated to sound as if recording occurred with sophisticated equipment in a soundproof environment. Manipulation can be performed by a model that, when applied to the noisy audio signal, can manipulate its characteristics so as to emulate the characteristics of clean audio signals that are learned through training.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2025
    Publication date: January 8, 2026
    Inventors: Prem S. Seetharaman, Kundan Kumar
  • Patent number: 12431154
    Abstract: Introduced here are computer programs and associated computer-implemented techniques for manipulating noisy audio signals to produce clean audio signals that are sufficiently high quality so as to be largely, if not entirely, indistinguishable from “rich” recordings generated by recording studios. When a noisy audio signal is obtained by a media production platform, the noisy audio signal can be manipulated to sound as if recording occurred with sophisticated equipment in a soundproof environment. Manipulation can be performed by a model that, when applied to the noisy audio signal, can manipulate its characteristics so as to emulate the characteristics of clean audio signals that are learned through training.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2025
    Assignee: Descript, Inc.
    Inventors: Prem S. Seetharaman, Kundan Kumar
  • Patent number: 12299118
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises at least one processing device configured to implement a multi-path layer in a host device, wherein the multi-path layer controls delivery of input-output (IO) operations from the host device to a storage system over selected ones of a plurality of paths through a network. The multi-path layer is configured, for each of at least a subset of the IO operations, to store at least a process identifier, a user identifier and an access type for the IO operation. The multi-path layer is further configured to perform analytics on the stored process identifiers, user identifiers and access types to detect an access pattern, and responsive to the detected access pattern having one or more designated characteristics associated with malware, to generate an alert. The alert may be generated by inserting security alert indicators into respective ones of the IO operations, for extraction therefrom by the storage system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Sanjib Mallick, Arieh Don, Elik Levin, Kundan Kumar, Gaurav Singh
  • Publication number: 20250061915
    Abstract: Introduced here are approaches to training and then employing computer-implemented models designed to upsample discrete audio signals to higher sampling rates. Assume, for example, that a media production platform obtains a first discrete signal at a relatively low sampling rate. The relatively low sampling frequency may make the first discrete audio signal unsuitable for inclusion in media compilations, so the media production platform may attempt to improve its quality through upsampling. To accomplish this, the media production platform can apply a transform to the first discrete signal to produce a first magnitude spectrogram. Then, the media production platform can apply a computer-implemented model to the first magnitude spectrogram to produce a second magnitude spectrogram. Thereafter, the media production platform can apply an inverse transform to the second magnitude spectrogram to create a second discrete signal that has a higher sampling rate than the first discrete audio signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Rithesh Kumar, Kundan Kumar
  • Publication number: 20250054509
    Abstract: Introduced here are approaches to training and then employing computer-implemented models designed to upsample discrete audio signals to higher sampling rates. Assume, for example, that a media production platform obtains a first discrete signal at a relatively low sampling rate. The relatively low sampling frequency may make the first discrete audio signal unsuitable for inclusion in media compilations, so the media production platform may attempt to improve its quality through upsampling. To accomplish this, the media production platform can apply a transform to the first discrete signal to produce a first magnitude spectrogram. Then, the media production platform can apply a computer-implemented model to the first magnitude spectrogram to produce a second magnitude spectrogram. Thereafter, the media production platform can apply an inverse transform to the second magnitude spectrogram to create a second discrete signal that has a higher sampling rate than the first discrete audio signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Rithesh Kumar, Kundan Kumar
  • Publication number: 20250045836
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes effective strategies for portfolio management that utilize innovative stock selection and transaction approaches using Deep Reinforcement Learning. Embodiments include creating a candidate set of high momentum stocks determined through momentum scores and using two or more Deep Reinforcement Learning algorithms to generate trading signals for the candidate set. These trading signals are then used to manage the portfolio by adding or removing stocks to/from the portfolio and/or adjusting their weights in the portfolio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Kaustav Bose, Kundan Kumar, Alo Ghosh
  • Publication number: 20250022467
    Abstract: Introduced here are computer programs and associated computer-implemented techniques for facilitating the creation of a master transcription (or simply “transcript”) that more accurately reflects underlying audio by comparing multiple independently generated transcripts. The master transcript may be used to record and/or produce various forms of media content, as further discussed below. Thus, the technology described herein may be used to facilitate editing of text content, audio content, or video content. These computer programs may be supported by a media production platform that is able to generate the interfaces through which individuals (also referred to as “users”) can create, edit, or view media content. For example, a computer program may be embodied as a word processor that allows individuals to edit voice-based audio content by editing a master transcript, and vice versa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Kundan Kumar, Vicki Anand
  • Patent number: 12189957
    Abstract: An apparatus in one embodiment comprises a host device comprising a processor coupled to memory. The host device is configured to communicate over a network with at least one storage system. The host device is further configured to retrieve data corresponding to a plurality of processes for submitting a plurality of input-output operations to the at least one storage system, to identify one or more constraints on the plurality of processes based at least in part on the data; and to control submissions of the plurality of input-output operations to the at least one storage system based at least in part on the one or more constraints. The retrieval of the data, the identification of the one or more constraints and the control of the submissions are performed in a user space of the host device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Prasad Vishnu Paple, Kundan Kumar, Kurumurthy Gokam
  • Patent number: 12170096
    Abstract: Introduced here are approaches to training and then employing computer-implemented models designed to upsample discrete audio signals to higher sampling rates. Assume, for example, that a media production platform obtains a first discrete signal at a relatively low sampling rate. The relatively low sampling frequency may make the first discrete audio signal unsuitable for inclusion in media compilations, so the media production platform may attempt to improve its quality through upsampling. To accomplish this, the media production platform can apply a transform to the first discrete signal to produce a first magnitude spectrogram. Then, the media production platform can apply a computer-implemented model to the first magnitude spectrogram to produce a second magnitude spectrogram. Thereafter, the media production platform can apply an inverse transform to the second magnitude spectrogram to create a second discrete signal that has a higher sampling rate than the first discrete audio signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Descript, Inc.
    Inventors: Rithesh Kumar, Kundan Kumar
  • Patent number: 12159645
    Abstract: Introduced here are approaches to training and then employing computer-implemented models designed to upsample discrete audio signals to higher sampling rates. Assume, for example, that a media production platform obtains a first discrete signal at a relatively low sampling rate. The relatively low sampling frequency may make the first discrete audio signal unsuitable for inclusion in media compilations, so the media production platform may attempt to improve its quality through upsampling. To accomplish this, the media production platform can apply a transform to the first discrete signal to produce a first magnitude spectrogram. Then, the media production platform can apply a computer-implemented model to the first magnitude spectrogram to produce a second magnitude spectrogram. Thereafter, the media production platform can apply an inverse transform to the second magnitude spectrogram to create a second discrete signal that has a higher sampling rate than the first discrete audio signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Descript, Inc.
    Inventors: Rithesh Kumar, Kundan Kumar
  • Publication number: 20240395256
    Abstract: Introduced here are computer programs and associated computer-implemented techniques for facilitating the creation of a master transcription (or simply “transcript”) that more accurately reflects underlying audio by comparing multiple independently generated transcripts. The master transcript may be used to record and/or produce various forms of media content, as further discussed below. Thus, the technology described herein may be used to facilitate editing of text content, audio content, or video content. These computer programs may be supported by a media production platform that is able to generate the interfaces through which individuals (also referred to as “users”) can create, edit, or view media content. For example, a computer program may be embodied as a word processor that allows individuals to edit voice-based audio content by editing a master transcript, and vice versa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventors: Kundan Kumar, Vicki Anand
  • Patent number: 12147344
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and processes to provide coherency across disjoint caches in clustered environments. It is determined whether a data object is owned by an owner node, where the owner node is one of multiple nodes of a cluster. If the owner node for the data object is identified by the determining, a request is sent to the owner node for the data object. However, if the owner node for the data object is not identified by the determining, selects a node in the cluster is selected as the owner node, and the request for the data object is sent to the owner node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Veritas Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Bhushan Jagtap, Mark Hemment, Anindya Banerjee, Ranjit Noronha, Jitendra Patidar, Kundan Kumar, Sneha Pawar
  • Patent number: 12136423
    Abstract: Introduced here are computer programs and associated computer-implemented techniques for facilitating the creation of a master transcription (or simply “transcript”) that more accurately reflects underlying audio by comparing multiple independently generated transcripts. The master transcript may be used to record and/or produce various forms of media content, as further discussed below. Thus, the technology described herein may be used to facilitate editing of text content, audio content, or video content. These computer programs may be supported by a media production platform that is able to generate the interfaces through which individuals (also referred to as “users”) can create, edit, or view media content. For example, a computer program may be embodied as a word processor that allows individuals to edit voice-based audio content by editing a master transcript, and vice versa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Descript, Inc.
    Inventors: Kundan Kumar, Vicki Anand
  • Patent number: 12062373
    Abstract: Introduced here are computer programs and associated computer-implemented techniques for facilitating the creation of a master transcription (or simply “transcript”) that more accurately reflects underlying audio by comparing multiple independently generated transcripts. The master transcript may be used to record and/or produce various forms of media content, as further discussed below. Thus, the technology described herein may be used to facilitate editing of text content, audio content, or video content. These computer programs may be supported by a media production platform that is able to generate the interfaces through which individuals (also referred to as “users”) can create, edit, or view media content. For example, a computer program may be embodied as a word processor that allows individuals to edit voice-based audio content by editing a master transcript, and vice versa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Descript, Inc.
    Inventors: Kundan Kumar, Vicki Anand
  • Patent number: 12039195
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for provisioning zoned storage devices to sequential workloads. One method comprises obtaining a sequentiality classification of at least one workload of an application associated with a storage system comprising a plurality of zoned storage devices; and provisioning at least one of the zoned storage devices for storing the data of the at least one workload in response to the at least one workload being classified as a sequential workload. A sequentiality classification of a workload (e.g., as a sequential workload or a random workload) can be determined by: (i) evaluating the application name and/or application type of an application, (ii) learning input-output workload patterns, such as sequential read/write operations or random read/write operations, and/or (iii) detecting the application access mode to persistent volumes, such as a sequential write access mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Kurumurthy Gokam, Kundan Kumar, Remesh Parakunnath
  • Patent number: 12001595
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises at least one processing device comprising a processor coupled to a memory, with the at least one processing device being configured to provide at least a portion of an input-output (IO) stack for processing of IO operations in a host device for delivery to a storage system over selected ones of a plurality of paths through a network. The IO stack comprises at least a multi-path device overlying one or more logical storage devices. The at least one processing device is further configured to perform a check at each of one or more points in the IO stack to confirm that a given IO operation directed to a given device of the IO stack is received from an expected overlying device of the IO stack. The IO stack illustratively comprises an encryption device overlying the multi-path device, supporting end-to-end encryption for one or more logical storage devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Sanjib Mallick, Gopinath Marappan, Kundan Kumar
  • Patent number: 11816139
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and processor-readable storage media for block-level classification of unstructured data are provided herein. An example apparatus includes a host device comprising a processor coupled to memory, the host device being configured to communicate over a network with a storage system, and further being configured to: obtain a pointer to a page cache associated with an input-output operation for at least one page of unstructured data of a file; obtain an index node object of the file based at least in part on the pointer to the page cache; derive at least one characteristic of the file based at least in part on the obtained index node object; and provide an indication of the at least one characteristic to the storage system. The storage system determines whether to apply one or more functions to the unstructured data based on the indication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Sanjib Mallick, Kundan Kumar, Sumana Ramachandra
  • Publication number: 20230351013
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises at least one processing device configured to implement a multi-path layer in a host device, wherein the multi-path layer controls delivery of input-output (IO) operations from the host device to a storage system over selected ones of a plurality of paths through a network. The multi-path layer is configured, for each of at least a subset of the IO operations, to store at least a process identifier, a user identifier and an access type for the IO operation. The multi-path layer is further configured to perform analytics on the stored process identifiers, user identifiers and access types to detect an access pattern, and responsive to the detected access pattern having one or more designated characteristics associated with malware, to generate an alert. The alert may be generated by inserting security alert indicators into respective ones of the IO operations, for extraction therefrom by the storage system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Sanjib Mallick, Arieh Don, Elik Levin, Kundan Kumar, Gaurav Singh