Patents by Inventor Manidipa Bhattacharyya

Manidipa Bhattacharyya 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 systems for managing an e-reader interface
    Patent number: 8694903
    Abstract: Exemplary methods and systems for managing an e-reader interface are disclosed herein. An exemplary method includes an e-reader interface management system directing an e-reader device to display a plurality of graphical objects representative of a plurality of segments of an e-publication, detecting a user interaction with a graphical object within the plurality of graphical objects and representative of a segment within the plurality of segments, and directing the e-reader device to remove at least one other graphical object within the graphical objects from the display of the graphical objects, wherein the at least one other graphical object is representative of at least one other segment within the plurality of segments that is unrelated to the segment. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Soumya Tiwari, Ruchir Rodrigues, John F. Gallagher, Raju T. Ramakrishnan, Ashish Phutela, Peter Joseph, Manisha Gupta, Manidipa Bhattacharyya, James Y. Hwang
  • Methods and systems for managing an e-reader interface
    Patent number: 8645873
    Abstract: Exemplary methods and systems for managing an e-reader interface are disclosed herein. An exemplary method includes an e-reader interface management system directing an e-reader device to display a plurality of graphical objects representative of a plurality of segments of an e-publication and arranged in a plurality of overlapping rows, detecting that a user has accessed a particular segment within the plurality of segments and represented by a particular graphical object within the plurality of graphical objects, and dynamically altering at least one display attribute associated with the particular graphical object to indicate that the particular segment has been accessed by the user. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Manisha Gupta, Raju T. Ramakrishnan, Balamurugan Natarajan, Peter Joseph, Soumya Tiwari, James Y. Hwang, Ashish Phutela, Manidipa Bhattacharyya
  • Methods and Systems for Managing an e-Reader Interface
    Publication number: 20120227002
    Abstract: Exemplary methods and systems for managing an e-reader interface are disclosed herein. An exemplary method includes an e-reader interface management system directing an e-reader device to display a plurality of graphical objects representative of a plurality of segments of an e-publication, detecting a user interaction with a graphical object within the plurality of graphical objects and representative of a segment within the plurality of segments, and directing the e-reader device to remove at least one other graphical object within the graphical objects from the display of the graphical objects, wherein the at least one other graphical object is representative of at least one other segment within the plurality of segments that is unrelated to the segment. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING, INC.
    Inventors: Soumya Tiwari, Ruchir Rodrigues, John F. Gallagher, Raju T. Ramakrishnan, Ashish Phutela, Peter Joseph, Manisha Gupta, Manidipa Bhattacharyya, James Y. Hwang
  • Methods and Systems for Managing an e-Reader Interface
    Publication number: 20120227001
    Abstract: Exemplary methods and systems for managing an e-reader interface are disclosed herein. An exemplary method includes an e-reader interface management system directing an e-reader device to display a plurality of graphical objects representative of a plurality of segments of an e-publication and arranged in a plurality of overlapping rows, detecting that a user has accessed a particular segment within the plurality of segments and represented by a particular graphical object within the plurality of graphical objects, and dynamically altering at least one display attribute associated with the particular graphical object to indicate that the particular segment has been accessed by the user. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING, INC.
    Inventors: Manisha Gupta, Raju T. Ramakrishnan, Balamurugan Natarajan, Peter Joseph, Soumya Tiwari, James Y. Hwang, Ashish Phutela, Manidipa Bhattacharyya