Patents by Inventor Mini M. Varkey

Mini M. Varkey 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).

  • Multimodal telephone calls
    Patent number: 8559606
    Abstract: A method for establishing a multimodal telephone call is provided. On a first computing device, a telephone call is received from a second computing device. On the first computing device, a response is sent to the second computing device that a telephony session is established between the first computing device and the second computing device. On the first computing device, a request message is sent to register the first computing device for a data session at an online registry service. On the first computing device, a response message is received indicating that the first computing device is registered at the online registry service. The response message includes a key that uniquely identifies the data session. On the first computing device, the key is used to establish the data session with the second computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Bernardo S. P. Sana, Mini M. Varkey, Diego H. Carlomagno
  • Multimodal Telephone Calls
    Publication number: 20120140908
    Abstract: A method for establishing a multimodal telephone call is provided. On a first computing device, a telephone call is received from a second computing device. On the first computing device, a response is sent to the second computing device that a telephony session is established between the first computing device and the second computing device. On the first computing device, a request message is sent to register the first computing device for a data session at an online registry service. On the first computing device, a response message is received indicating that the first computing device is registered at the online registry service. The response message includes a key that uniquely identifies the data session. On the first computing device, the key is used to establish the data session with the second computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bernardo S.P. Sana, Mini M. Varkey, Diego H. Carlomagno