Patents by Inventor Lokanath Penukonda

Lokanath Penukonda 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).

  • IMPROVED CHANNEL SELECTION
    Publication number: 20240107434
    Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods to share channel maps between devices for channel selection for connections. A device may perform channel scanning operations for determining channel conditions and generating channel maps, and may provide the channel maps to other devices. The other devices can reduce channel scanning operations based on receiving the channel maps from the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Lokanath Penukonda, Dongwoon Hahn
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE LOCATION AND/OR RELATIVE ENVIRONMENT OF A CONTROLLING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20240029549
    Abstract: A radio frequency connection between a controlling device and a one of a plurality of controllable appliances in an environment is used to determine when the controlling device is pointing more towards the one of the plurality of controllable appliances relative to remaining ones of the plurality of controllable appliances. When it is determined that the controlling device is pointing more towards the one of the plurality of controllable appliances relative to remaining ones of the plurality of controllable appliances, the controlling device automatically makes active a command codeset usable to transmit commands to command functional operations of the one of the plurality of controllable appliances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Michael Courtney, Jeremy Mickelsen, Khanh Nguyen, Haiming Huang, Jan van Ee, Lokanath Penukonda, Jesus Perez
  • System and method for determining the location and/or relative environment of a controlling device
    Patent number: 11756413
    Abstract: A radio frequency connection between a controlling device and a one of a plurality of controllable appliances in an environment is used to determine when the controlling device is pointing more towards the one of the plurality of controllable appliances relative to remaining ones of the plurality of controllable appliances. When it is determined that the controlling device is pointing more towards the one of the plurality of controllable appliances relative to remaining ones of the plurality of controllable appliances, the controlling device automatically makes active a command codeset usable to transmit commands to command functional operations of the one of the plurality of controllable appliances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Universal Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Courtney, Jeremy Mickelsen, Khanh Nguyen, Haiming Huang, Jan van Ee, Lokanath Penukonda, Jesus Perez
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE LOCATION AND/OR RELATIVE ENVIRONMENT OF A CONTROLLING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20220366780
    Abstract: A radio frequency connection between a controlling device and a one of a plurality of controllable appliances in an environment is used to determine when the controlling device is pointing more towards the one of the plurality of controllable appliances relative to remaining ones of the plurality of controllable appliances. When it is determined that the controlling device is pointing more towards the one of the plurality of controllable appliances relative to remaining ones of the plurality of controllable appliances, the controlling device automatically makes active a command codeset usable to transmit commands to command functional operations of the one of the plurality of controllable appliances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Courtney, Jeremy Mickelsen, Khanh Nguyen, Haiming Huang, Jan van Ee, Lokanath Penukonda, Jesus Perez
  • System and method for determining the location and/or relative environment of a controlling device
    Patent number: 11380191
    Abstract: A radio frequency connection between a controlling device and a one of a plurality of controllable appliances in an environment is used to determine when the controlling device is pointing more towards the one of the plurality of controllable appliances relative to remaining ones of the plurality of controllable appliances. When it is determined that the controlling device is pointing more towards the one of the plurality of controllable appliances relative to remaining ones of the plurality of controllable appliances, the controlling device automatically makes active a command codeset usable to transmit commands to command functional operations of the one of the plurality of controllable appliances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Universal Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Courtney, Jeremy Mickelsen, Khanh Nguyen, Haiming Huang, Jan van Ee, Lokanath Penukonda, Jesus Perez
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE LOCATION AND/OR RELATIVE ENVIRONMENT OF A CONTROLLING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20210280052
    Abstract: A radio frequency connection between a controlling device and a one of a plurality of controllable appliances in an environment is used to determine when the controlling device is pointing more towards the one of the plurality of controllable appliances relative to remaining ones of the plurality of controllable appliances. When it is determined that the controlling device is pointing more towards the one of the plurality of controllable appliances relative to remaining ones of the plurality of controllable appliances, the controlling device automatically makes active a command codeset usable to transmit commands to command functional operations of the one of the plurality of controllable appliances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Michael Courtney, Jeremy Mickelsen, Khanh Nguyen, Haiming Huang, Jan van Ee, Lokanath Penukonda, Jesus Perez