Patents by Inventor Mukund Sankaranarayan
Mukund Sankaranarayan 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).
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Patent number: 10959287Abstract: A computing device that forms a group in accordance with a peer-to-peer protocol in which a device may be identified based on a credential of a user. The credential may be used to determine a unique identifier for the user such that the same identifier is used on any device operated by the same user. Such an identifier may be used in connection with a peer-to-peer protocol that supports persistent peer-to-peer groups. As a result, the unique identifier for the user may be retained by remote devices that have paired with any device operated by a particular user such that those remote devices may automatically establish a connection with any other device operated by the same user that similarly uses the same unique identifier for the user.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2019Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Henrique Filgueiras, Mukund Sankaranarayan, Amer A. Hassan, Mitesh K. Desai, Mahmoud S. Elhaddad
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Patent number: 10642645Abstract: Technology for managing operational modes of a network adapter is disclosed. The technology includes features for selectively preempting (e.g., canceling, suspending, deferring, pausing, changing to a “no-op” state, changing to a passive state, or otherwise deprioritizing) execution for a current operational mode of the network adapter, executing a requested network control operation, and optionally restoring the preempted operational mode. The operational mode may be selectively preempted based on priority information associated with the current operational mode and the requested network control operation.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2013Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Henrique Filgueiras, Mitesh Desai, Mahmoud Elhaddad, Mingtzong Lee, Yesayi Hovnanyan, Mukund Sankaranarayan, Nar Ganapathy
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Patent number: 10624011Abstract: The electronic devices described herein enhance a user experience associated with a network connection by transitioning between networks and/or network media. Determinations to switch from one network to another are based on connection quality factors which are collected and compared to defined connection quality thresholds. The connection quality factors are correlated to the quality of the connection, such that the quality of the connection is optimized by switching networks when the connection to one network is poor but the connection to an alternative network may be better. Further, the switching process between networks and/or network media, particularly between 802.11ad networks and other 802.11 networks, is enhanced such that it is substantially seamless, or unnoticeable to the user. The connection quality-based switching determination and the seamless switching between networks provide a consistent, high quality connection and a satisfying user experience.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2016Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Mukund Sankaranarayan, Mohammad Shabbir Alam, Mitesh K. Desai, Aman Arneja
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Patent number: 10530713Abstract: Technology for managing queuing resources of a shared network adapter is disclosed. The technology includes selectively transferring data from data transmission sources to a queue of the shared network adapter based on status indications from the shared network adapter regarding availability of queuing resources at the shared network adapter. In addition, the technology also includes features for selectively controlling transfer rates of data to the shared network adapter from applications, virtual network stations, other virtual adapters, or other data transmission sources. As one example, this selective control is based on how efficiently data from these data transmission sources are transmitted from the shared network adapter.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2016Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Mahmoud Elhaddad, Mukund Sankaranarayan, Mitesh Desai, Henrique Filgueiras, Mingtzong Lee, Nar Ganapathy
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Patent number: 10390273Abstract: The electronic devices described herein are configured to enhance user experience associated with a network connection when transitioning the network connection between access points. Determinations to scan for available access points and transfer the network connection to an alternative access point are based on connection attributes and/or access point attributes that are compared to scan criteria and transfer criteria. Further, the scan criteria and transfer criteria are updated, or adjusted, according to machine learning techniques such that the determinations to scan for access points and transfer between access points are tuned on a per-device and/or per-user level to fit patterns of use of a particular device and/or user. Over time, the updates to the scan criteria and transfer criteria based on machine learning provide an increasingly consistent, high quality user experience while roaming efficiently between access points.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2017Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Mukund Sankaranarayan, Mitesh Desai, Christian F. Huitema, Paul Rosswurm
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Publication number: 20190174574Abstract: A computing device that forms a group in accordance with a peer-to-peer protocol in which a device may be identified based on a credential of a user. The credential may be used to determine a unique identifier for the user such that the same identifier is used on any device operated by the same user. Such an identifier may be used in connection with a peer-to-peer protocol that supports persistent peer-to-peer groups. As a result, the unique identifier for the user may be retained by remote devices that have paired with any device operated by a particular user such that those remote devices may automatically establish a connection with any other device operated by the same user that similarly uses the same unique identifier for the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2019Publication date: June 6, 2019Inventors: Henrique FILGUEIRAS, Mukund SANKARANARAYAN, Amer A. HASSAN, Mitesh K. DESAI, Mahmoud S. ELHADDAD
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Patent number: 10244416Abstract: Techniques for monitoring presence of a remote device at Layer 2 that allow reducing power consumption without compromising the device's availability. A device that pairs with a remote wireless device may establish a Layer 3 connection, such as an IP connection, to the remote device to provide services to a user. The Layer 3 connection may be formed over a Layer 2 connection via an access point or as a peer-to-peer wireless connection between the devices. When the Layer 3 connection is not actively used to access the remote device, the Layer 3 connection and the supporting Layer 2 connection (e.g., WI-FI, WI-FI DIRECT™ or BLUETOOTH®) may be terminated and presence of the remote device may be monitored using a Layer 2 device discovery mechanism. The Layer 2 and Layer 3 connections to the device may be reestablished when use of the remote device is desired.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2017Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Arunkumar Navasivasakthivelsamy, Mitesh K. Desai, Dattatraya B. Rajpure, Henrique M. A. Filgueiras, Mukund Sankaranarayan, Abhinav Gupta, Arvind M. Murching, Manoj Kumar Miryala
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Patent number: 10231283Abstract: A computing device that forms a group in accordance with a peer-to-peer protocol in which a device may be identified based on a credential of a user. The credential may be used to determine a unique identifier for the user such that the same identifier is used on any device operated by the same user. Such an identifier may be used in connection with a peer-to-peer protocol that supports persistent peer-to-peer groups. As a result, the unique identifier for the user may be retained by remote devices that have paired with any device operated by a particular user such that those remote devices may automatically establish a connection with any other device operated by the same user that similarly uses the same unique identifier for the user.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2011Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Henrique Filgueiras, Mukund Sankaranarayan, Amer A. Hassan, Mitesh K. Desai, Mahmoud S. Elhaddad
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Patent number: 10200466Abstract: A system in which wireless devices form a group in accordance with a peer-to-peer protocol and, at a later time, a device may send an invitation request to trigger the devices to re-form the peer-to-peer group. The invitation request may contain an identifier that is associated with a set of a plurality of devices. Those devices may be related such that they perform a function for which a user would want to use those devices together. The group of devices, for example, may be multimedia devices that receive and present streaming multimedia content or may be human interface devices that collectively act as an interface for a work station incorporating a wireless computing device operated by a user. Requesting that remote devices concurrently re-form a group reduces the time and spectral congestion associated with re-forming the group, particularly when the remote devices may periodically enter a low power state.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2017Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Mitesh K. Desai, Henrique Filgueiras, Amer A. Hassan, Mukund Sankaranarayan
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Publication number: 20180234900Abstract: The electronic devices described herein are configured to enhance user experience associated with a network connection when transitioning the network connection between access points. Determinations to scan for available access points and transfer the network connection to an alternative access point are based on connection attributes and/or access point attributes that are compared to scan criteria and transfer criteria. Further, the scan criteria and transfer criteria are updated, or adjusted, according to machine learning techniques such that the determinations to scan for access points and transfer between access points are tuned on a per-device and/or per-user level to fit patterns of use of a particular device and/or user. Over time, the updates to the scan criteria and transfer criteria based on machine learning provide an increasingly consistent, high quality user experience while roaming efficiently between access points.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2017Publication date: August 16, 2018Inventors: Mukund Sankaranarayan, Mitesh Desai, Christian F. Huitema, Paul Rosswurm
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Publication number: 20180176843Abstract: The electronic devices described herein enhance a user experience associated with a network connection by transitioning between networks and/or network media. Determinations to switch from one network to another are based on connection quality factors which are collected and compared to defined connection quality thresholds. The connection quality factors are correlated to the quality of the connection, such that the quality of the connection is optimized by switching networks when the connection to one network is poor but the connection to an alternative network may be better. Further, the switching process between networks and/or network media, particularly between 802.11ad networks and other 802.11 networks, is enhanced such that it is substantially seamless, or unnoticeable to the user. The connection quality-based switching determination and the seamless switching between networks provide a consistent, high quality connection and a satisfying user experience.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2016Publication date: June 21, 2018Inventors: Mukund Sankaranarayan, Mohammad Shabbir Alam, Mitesh K. Desai, Aman Arneja
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Publication number: 20180176841Abstract: The electronic devices described herein enhance a user experience associated with a network connection by transitioning between networks and/or network media. Determinations to switch from one network to another are based on connection quality factors which are collected and compared to defined connection quality thresholds. The connection quality factors are correlated to the quality of the connection, such that the quality of the connection is optimized by switching networks when the connection to one network is poor but the connection to an alternative network may be better. Further, the switching process between networks and/or network media, particularly between 802.11 ad networks and other 802.11 networks, is enhanced such that it is substantially seamless, or unnoticeable to the user. The connection quality-based switching determination and the seamless switching between networks provide a consistent, high quality connection and a satisfying user experience.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2016Publication date: June 21, 2018Inventors: Mukund Sankaranarayan, Mitesh K. Desai, Mohammad Shabbir Alam, Shwetha J. Bhat
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Patent number: 9998522Abstract: A wireless peer-to-peer protocol that supports fast and low power joining to an existing group. The protocol may be an extension of a peer-to-peer protocol that supports a sleep state for a device controlling the group. When a device is seeking to join a group at a time when the controlling device is in a sleep state, another device that has information about the controlling device may provide information to the joining device that may then be used by the joining device to more quickly, and using less power, synchronize with the controlling device. The information may include information about a channel used by the controlling device or about timing of availability of the controlling device. The information may also reveal whether the group provides a service being sought by the joining device or may otherwise influence whether the joining device will attempt to join a group.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2015Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Mitesh K. Desai, Amer A. Hassan, Mukund Sankaranarayan, Henrique Filgueiras
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Publication number: 20180132120Abstract: Techniques for monitoring presence of a remote device at Layer 2 that allow reducing power consumption without compromising the device's availability. A device that pairs with a remote wireless device may establish a Layer 3 connection, such as an IP connection, to the remote device to provide services to a user. The Layer 3 connection may be formed over a Layer 2 connection via an access point or as a peer-to-peer wireless connection between the devices. When the Layer 3 connection is not actively used to access the remote device, the Layer 3 connection and the supporting Layer 2 connection (e.g., WI-FI, WI-FI DIRECT™ or BLUETOOTH®) may be terminated and presence of the remote device may be monitored using a Layer 2 device discovery mechanism. The Layer 2 and Layer 3 connections to the device may be reestablished when use of the remote device is desired.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2017Publication date: May 10, 2018Inventors: Arunkumar Navasivasakthivelsamy, Mitesh K. Desai, Dattatraya B. Rajpure, Henrique M.A. Filgueiras, Mukund Sankaranarayan, Abhinav Gupta, Arvind M. Murching, Manoj Kumar Miryala
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Publication number: 20170353539Abstract: A system in which wireless devices form a group in accordance with a peer-to-peer protocol and, at a later time, a device may send an invitation request to trigger the devices to re-form the peer-to-peer group. The invitation request may contain an identifier that is associated with a set of a plurality of devices. Those devices may be related such that they perform a function for which a user would want to use those devices together. The group of devices, for example, may be multimedia devices that receive and present streaming multimedia content or may be human interface devices that collectively act as an interface for a work station incorporating a wireless computing device operated by a user. Requesting that remote devices concurrently re-form a group reduces the time and spectral congestion associated with re-forming the group, particularly when the remote devices may periodically enter a low power state.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2017Publication date: December 7, 2017Inventors: Mitesh K. Desai, Henrique Filgueiras, Amer A. Hassan, Mukund Sankaranarayan
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Patent number: 9762662Abstract: A system in which wireless devices form a group in accordance with a peer-to-peer protocol and, at a later time, a device may send an invitation request to trigger the devices tore-form the peer-to-peer group. The invitation request may contain an identifier that is associated with a set of a plurality of devices. Those devices may be related such that they perform a function for which a user would want to use those devices together. The group of devices, for example, may be multimedia devices that receive and present streaming multimedia content or may be human interface devices that collectively act as an interface for a work station incorporating a wireless computing device operated by a user. Requesting that remote devices concurrently re-form a group reduces the time and spectral congestion associated with re-forming the group, particularly when the remote devices may periodically enter a low power state.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2011Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Mitesh K. Desai, Henrique Filgueiras, Amer A. Hassan, Mukund Sankaranarayan
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Patent number: 9693252Abstract: Techniques for monitoring presence of a remote device at Layer 2 that allow reducing power consumption without compromising the device's availability. A device that pairs with a remote wireless device may establish a Layer 3 connection, such as an IP connection, to the remote device to provide services to a user. The Layer 3 connection may be formed over a Layer 2 connection via an access point or as a peer-to-peer wireless connection between the devices. When the Layer 3 connection is not actively used to access the remote device, the Layer 3 connection and the supporting Layer 2 connection (e.g., WI-FI, WI-FI DIRECT™ or BLUETOOTH®) may be terminated and presence of the remote device may be monitored using a Layer 2 device discovery mechanism. The Layer 2 and Layer 3 connections to the device may be reestablished when use of the remote device is desired.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2016Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Arunkumar Navasivasakthivelsamy, Mitesh K. Desai, Dattatraya B. Rajpure, Henrique M. A. Filgueiras, Mukund Sankaranarayan, Abhinav Gupta, Arvind M. Murching, Manoj Kumar Miryala
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Publication number: 20170181020Abstract: Techniques for monitoring presence of a remote device at Layer 2 that allow reducing power consumption without compromising the device's availability. A device that pairs with a remote wireless device may establish a Layer 3 connection, such as an IP connection, to the remote device to provide services to a user. The Layer 3 connection may be formed over a Layer 2 connection via an access point or as a peer-to-peer wireless connection between the devices. When the Layer 3 connection is not actively used to access the remote device, the Layer 3 connection and the supporting Layer 2 connection (e.g., WI-FI, WI-FI DIRECT™ or BLUETOOTH®) may be terminated and presence of the remote device may be monitored using a Layer 2 device discovery mechanism. The Layer 2 and Layer 3 connections to the device may be reestablished when use of the remote device is desired.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2016Publication date: June 22, 2017Inventors: Arunkumar Navasivasakthivelsamy, Mitesh K. Desai, Dattatraya B. Rajpure, Henrique M.A. Filgueiras, Mukund Sankaranarayan, Abhinav Gupta, Arvind M. Murching, Manoj Kumar Miryala
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Patent number: 9668153Abstract: Techniques for monitoring presence of a remote device at Layer 2 that allow reducing power consumption without compromising the device's availability. A device that pairs with a remote wireless device may establish a Layer 3 connection, such as an IP connection, to the remote device to provide services to a user. The Layer 3 connection may be formed over a Layer 2 connection via an access point or as a peer-to-peer wireless connection between the devices. When the Layer 3 connection is not actively used to access the remote device, the Layer 3 connection and the supporting Layer 2 connection (e.g., WI-FI, WI-FI DIRECT™ or BLUETOOTH®) may be terminated and presence of the remote device may be monitored using a Layer 2 device discovery mechanism. The Layer 2 and Layer 3 connections to the device may be reestablished when use of the remote device is desired.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2015Date of Patent: May 30, 2017Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Arunkumar Navasivasakthivelsamy, Mitesh K. Desai, Dattatraya B. Rajpure, Henrique M. A. Filgueiras, Mukund Sankaranarayan, Abhinav Gupta, Arvind M. Murching, Manoj Kumar Miryala
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Publication number: 20170142732Abstract: Technology for allocating network adapter resources such as air interface time and queue space amongst multiple virtual network stations or other virtual adapters is disclosed. As one example, the resource allocation may be based on analysis of the relative latency, jitter, or bandwidth considerations for applications communicating via each of the multiple virtual adapters. The resource allocation may also be based on how efficiently each of the virtual adapters utilized previously allocated resources.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2017Publication date: May 18, 2017Inventors: Mahmoud Elhaddad, Mitesh Desai, Yatharth Gupta, Henrique Filgueiras, Mukund Sankaranarayan