Patents by Inventor Madhusudhad Reddy Alla

Madhusudhad Reddy Alla 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).

  • Methods and apparatus to identify wireless subscriber activity status
    Patent number: 8792855
    Abstract: Example methods and apparatus to identify wireless subscriber activity status are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes identifying a market of interest associated with wireless services, and creating a list of telephone numbers (TNs) from the identified market of interest. The example method also includes initializing each TN in the list of TNs as dormant, monitoring each TN in the list of TNs during a monitoring duration for an indication of activity, and when the indication of activity is received, associating one of the TNs in the list of TNs with an active status.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventor: Madhusudhad Reddy Alla
  • METHODS AND APPARAUTS TO IDENTIFY WIRELESS SUBSCRIBER ACTIVITY STATUS
    Publication number: 20130149992
    Abstract: Example methods and apparatus to identify wireless subscriber activity status are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes identifying a market of interest associated with wireless services, and creating a list of telephone numbers (TNs) from the identified market of interest. The example method also includes initializing each TN in the list of TNs as dormant, monitoring each TN in the list of TNs during a monitoring duration for an indication of activity, and when the indication of activity is received, associating one of the TNs in the list of TNs with an active status.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Inventor: Madhusudhad Reddy Alla
  • Methods and apparatus to identify wireless subscriber activity status
    Patent number: 8369826
    Abstract: Example methods and apparatus to identify wireless subscriber activity status are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes identifying a market of interest associated with wireless services, and creating a list of telephone numbers (TNs) from the identified market of interest. The example method also includes initializing each TN in the list of TNs as dormant, monitoring each TN in the list of TNs during a monitoring duration for an indication of activity, and when the indication of activity is received, associating one of the TNs in the list of TNs with an active status.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventor: Madhusudhad Reddy Alla
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS TO IDENTIFY WIRELESS SUBSCRIBER ACTIVITY STATUS
    Publication number: 20100240341
    Abstract: Example methods and apparatus to identify wireless subscriber activity status are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes identifying a market of interest associated with wireless services, and creating a list of telephone numbers (TNs) from the identified market of interest. The example method also includes initializing each TN in the list of TNs as dormant, monitoring each TN in the list of TNs during a monitoring duration for an indication of activity, and when the indication of activity is received, associating one of the TNs in the list of TNs with an active status.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2009
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Inventor: Madhusudhad Reddy Alla