Patents by Inventor Munirathnam Srikanth
Munirathnam Srikanth 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: 10491662Abstract: Pieces of hardware on which pieces of software are executed are configured to organize computing resources from different computing resource providers so as to facilitate their discovery. A catalog, which stores instances of cloud computing resources and their providers, and a knowledge base, which stores types of computing resources including rules which reveal their discovery, are formed by the software. A curating method is performed to enable semantic search including searching for cloud computing resources that in combination cooperate to satisfy a workload or a task in addition to having a simple computational function. Semantic indexing is performed to facilitate the semantic search.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2012Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: COMPUTENEXT, INC.Inventors: Munirathnam Srikanth, Sundar Kannan, Kevin Dougan, Steve Jamieson, Sriram Subramanian
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Patent number: 9489243Abstract: Hardware and software are configured to select and provision computing resources from heterogeneous on-demand computing environments through the framework of a layered, federated on-demand computing ecology of computing resource providers, users, and federation servers. These pieces of hardware and software include a mechanism for defining and managing the life cycle of different resource types; a mechanism for extending document-centric protocols to support computing resources as first order objects; a mechanism for routing messages to computing resources; federation topologies; and a mechanism for federation servers to access and use computing resources from providers controlled by other federation servers.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2012Date of Patent: November 8, 2016Assignee: ComputeNext Inc.Inventors: Munirathnam Srikanth, Steve Jamieson
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Patent number: 9177057Abstract: Search result re-ranking is provided by employing a concept graph from a metabase. When a search query is received, a query context of the search query is analyzed to identify dominant concepts for the search query. The dominant concepts are expanded by identifying the dominant concepts within a concept graph and identifying additional concepts having a strong relationship with the dominant concepts within the concept graph. A set of search results for the search query is analyzed to determine strength of relationship of each search result to the expanded concepts. The search results are re-ranked based on the strength of relationship of each search result to the expanded concepts and the strength of relationship of each expanded concept to the dominant concepts.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2010Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Viswanath Vadlamani, Munirathnam Srikanth, Abhinai Srivastava, Tarek Najm, Arungunram Chandrasekaran Surendran, John Midgley, Mahbubul Alam Ali
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Patent number: 9135561Abstract: A procedural inference system is described herein that infers procedural knowledge from various data sources to help a user complete one or more tasks for which the data sources provide information. The system understands users' queries, identifies a task at hand, provides recommendations on the steps to take and the agents to use based on a knowledge base of tasks and agents, and provides the fabric to determine which different agents can work together to help the user accomplish a task. Tasks can be started on one device and completed on another seamlessly. Users are able to finish complex, multi-step tasks efficiently, without trial and error or data reentry. Thus, the procedural inference system provides a generalized framework that helps users to complete tasks using already available data and does not ask each data provider to invest in infrastructure to build dedicated task information systems.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2011Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Viswanath Vadlamani, Arungunram Surendran, Prasanth Pulavarthi, Phani Vaddadi, Munirathnam Srikanth, Tarek Najm
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Patent number: 8983989Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-storage media for generating contextual queries are provided. The system includes a search engine to receive user queries and contexts, a query understanding component to generate a semantic representation of the query, and a data source command generator to transform the semantic representation into commands for multiple data sources. The data source command generator is connected to the query understanding component. The data source command generator selects data source commands based on lexical information associated with each data source.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2010Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Munirathnam Srikanth, Phani Vaddadi, Tarek Najm
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Publication number: 20140379686Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-storage media for generating lateral concepts are provided. The system includes a search engine to receive user queries, a storage to store content and its associated categories, and a lateral concept generator. The lateral concept generator is connected to both the search engine and storage. The lateral concept generator selects lateral concepts from categories associated with the content based on similarity scores for the stored content.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2014Publication date: December 25, 2014Inventors: VISWANATH VADLAMANI, MUNIRATHNAM SRIKANTH, PHANI VADDADI, ABHINAI SRIVASTAVA, TAREK NAJM, RAJEEV PRASAD, ARUNGUNRAM CHANDRASEKARAN SURENDRAN
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Patent number: 8903794Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-storage media for generating lateral concepts are provided. The system includes a search engine to receive user queries, a storage to store content and its associated categories, and a lateral concept generator. The lateral concept generator is connected to both the search engine and storage. The lateral concept generator selects lateral concepts from categories associated with the content based on similarity scores for the stored content.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2010Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Viswanath Vadlamani, Munirathnam Srikanth, Phani Vaddadi, Abhinai Srivastava, Tarek Najm, Rajeev Prasad, Arungunram Chandrasekaran Surendran
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Patent number: 8868534Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-storage media for generating lateral concepts are provided. The system includes a search engine to receive user queries, a storage to store content and its associated categories, and a lateral concept generator. The lateral concept generator is connected to both the search engine and storage. The lateral concept generator selects lateral concepts from categories associated with the content based on similarity scores for the stored content.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2010Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Viswanath Vadlamani, Munirathnam Srikanth, Phani Vaddadi, Abhinai Srivastava, Tarek Najm, Rajeev Prasad, Arungunram Chandrasekaran Surendran
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Publication number: 20130232254Abstract: User are alerted by software and hardware when the in-use dynamic computing resources are underutilized so as to allow the user to effectively contain and reduce the operating cost of computing resources' services and application. The software categorizes and publishes workloads and suggests low cost alternatives to the user so as to match a user search criteria or usage pattern of computing resources or workloads.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2012Publication date: September 5, 2013Applicant: COMPUTENEXT INC.Inventors: Munirathnam Srikanth, Steve Jamieson
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Publication number: 20130198386Abstract: Hardware and software are configured to select and provision computing resources from heterogeneous on-demand computing environments through the framework of a layered, federated on-demand computing ecology of computing resource providers, users, and federation servers. These pieces of hardware and software include a mechanism for defining and managing the life cycle of different resource types; a mechanism for extending document-centric protocols to support computing resources as first order objects; a mechanism for routing messages to computing resources; federation topologies; and a mechanism for federation servers to access and use computing resources from providers controlled by other federation servers.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2012Publication date: August 1, 2013Applicant: ComputeNext Inc.Inventors: Munirathnam Srikanth, Steve Jamieson
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Publication number: 20130117204Abstract: A procedural inference system is described herein that infers procedural knowledge from various data sources to help a user complete one or more tasks for which the data sources provide information. The system understands users' queries, identifies a task at hand, provides recommendations on the steps to take and the agents to use based on a knowledge base of tasks and agents, and provides the fabric to determine which different agents can work together to help the user accomplish a task. Tasks can be started on one device and completed on another seamlessly. Users are able to finish complex, multi-step tasks efficiently, without trial and error or data reentry. Thus, the procedural inference system provides a generalized framework that helps users to complete tasks using already available data and does not ask each data provider to invest in infrastructure to build dedicated task information systems.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2011Publication date: May 9, 2013Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Viswanath Vadlamani, Arungunram Surendran, Prasanth Pulavarthi, Phani Vaddadi, Munirathnam Srikanth, Tarek Najm
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Patent number: 8370278Abstract: Electronic documents are analyzed to identify assertions, which are inverted to generate questions that may be answered by the assertions. A document or a corpus of electronic documents may be analyzed to identify entities and relationships among entities within the text of the document(s). Assertions are identified based on the entities and relationships among the entities. Each assertion represents a fact about an entity, and a group of assertions represents a summary of the document or document corpus. The assertions are inverted to generate questions that may be answered by the assertions. The questions may be further analyzed to identify relevant concepts and topics and to cluster the questions around the concepts and topics. A combined graph may also be generated that facilitates traversal among topics, concepts, questions, assertions, document summaries, and documents.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2010Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Viswanath Vadlamani, Abhinai Srivastava, Tarek Najm, Munirathnam Srikanth, Phani Vaddadi, Arungunram Chandrasekaran Surendran
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Publication number: 20120303444Abstract: Advertisements are selected for presentation on search result pages and web pages based on phrases generated from lateral concepts and topics identified for the search result pages and web pages. A search query or an indication of a web page is received for which advertisements are to be provided. Lateral concepts and topics are identified based on the search query or content of the web page. The lateral concepts and topics are used as phrases for selecting advertisements from an advertisement inventory. Selected advertisements are provided for presentation on a search results page in response to a search query or on a web page initially identified.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2012Publication date: November 29, 2012Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Viswanath Vadlamani, Abhinai Srivastava, Tarek Najm, Munirathnam Srikanth, Phani Vaddadi, Arungunram Chandrasekaran Surendran, Rajeev Prasad
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Patent number: 8260664Abstract: Advertisements are selected for presentation on search result pages and web pages based on phrases generated from lateral concepts and topics identified for the search result pages and web pages. A search query or an indication of a web page is received for which advertisements are to be provided. Lateral concepts and topics are identified based on the search query or content of the web page. The lateral concepts and topics are used as phrases for selecting advertisements from an advertisement inventory. Selected advertisements are provided for presentation on a search results page in response to a search query or on a web page initially identified.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2010Date of Patent: September 4, 2012Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Viswanath Vadlamani, Abhinai Srivastava, Tarek Najm, Munirathnam Srikanth, Phani Vaddadi, Arungunram Chandrasekaran Surendran, Rajeev Prasad
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Publication number: 20120198073Abstract: Pieces of hardware on which pieces of software are executed are configured to organize computing resources from different computing resource providers so as to facilitate their discovery. A catalog, which stores instances of cloud computing resources and their providers, and a knowledge base, which stores types of computing resources including rules which reveal their discovery, are formed by the software. A curating method is performed to enable semantic search including searching for cloud computing resources that in combination cooperate to satisfy a workload or a task in addition to having a simple computational function. Semantic indexing is performed to facilitate the semantic search.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2012Publication date: August 2, 2012Applicant: COMPUTENEXT INC.Inventors: Munirathnam Srikanth, Sundar Kannan, Kevin Dougan, Steve Jamieson, Sriram Subramanian
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Publication number: 20110302149Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-storage media for identifying dominant concepts are provided. The system includes a search engine connected to various sources, an entity extraction component, a metabase, and a ranking component. The search engine receives a contextual query and provides results in response to the contextual query. The entity extraction component parses the results and identifies entities included in the results. The metabase provides a distance between the entities included in the results and the query terms included in the contextual query. The ranking component ranks the entities based on the provided distance and selects dominant concepts within the results based on the ranks assigned to entities.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2010Publication date: December 8, 2011Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: VISWANATH VADLAMANI, TAREK NAJM, ABHINAI SRIVASTAVA, MUNIRATHNAM SRIKANTH, ARUNGUNRAM CHANDRASEKARAN SURENDRAN, RAJEEV PRASAD
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Publication number: 20110302156Abstract: Search result re-ranking is provided by employing a concept graph from a metabase. When a search query is received, a query context of the search query is analyzed to identify dominant concepts for the search query. The dominant concepts are expanded by identifying the dominant concepts within a concept graph and identifying additional concepts having a strong relationship with the dominant concepts within the concept graph. A set of search results for the search query is analyzed to determine strength of relationship of each search result to the expanded concepts. The search results are re-ranked based on the strength of relationship of each search result to the expanded concepts and the strength of relationship of each expanded concept to the dominant concepts.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2010Publication date: December 8, 2011Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: VISWANATH VADLAMANI, MUNIRATHNAM SRIKANTH, ABHINAI SRIVASTAVA, TAREK NAJM, ARUNGUNRAM CHANDRASEKARAN SURENDRAN, JOHN MIDGLEY, MAHBUBUL ALAM ALI
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Publication number: 20110231395Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-storage media for presenting answers are provided. The system includes a search engine to receive user queries and contexts, a query understanding component to provide results, and an answer generator to present answers to the user queries. The answers may include a link to a browser that provides a graph, table, or cluster for the results, where nodes of the graph are associated with a confidence level.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2010Publication date: September 22, 2011Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: VISWANATH VADLAMANI, MUNIRATHNAM SRIKANTH, PHANI VADDADI, TAREK NAJM, ARUNGUNRAM CHANDRASEKARAN SURENDRAN
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Publication number: 20110218947Abstract: Electronic documents are analyzed to identify assertions, which are inverted to generate questions that may be answered by the assertions. A document or a corpus of electronic documents may be analyzed to identify entities and relationships among entities within the text of the document(s). Assertions are identified based on the entities and relationships among the entities. Each assertion represents a fact about an entity, and a group of assertions represents a summary of the document or document corpus. The assertions are inverted to generate questions that may be answered by the assertions. The questions may be further analyzed to identify relevant concepts and topics and to cluster the questions around the concepts and topics. A combined graph may also be generated that facilitates traversal among topics, concepts, questions, assertions, document summaries, and documents.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2010Publication date: September 8, 2011Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: VISWANATH VADLAMANI, ABHINAI SRIVASTAVA, TAREK NAJM, MUNIRATHNAM SRIKANTH, PHANI VADDADI, ARUNGUNRAM CHANDRASEKARAN SURENDRAN
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Publication number: 20110196851Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-storage media for generating lateral concepts are provided. The system includes a search engine to receive user queries, a storage to store content and its associated categories, and a lateral concept generator. The lateral concept generator is connected to both the search engine and storage. The lateral concept generator selects lateral concepts from categories associated with the content based on similarity scores for the stored content.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2010Publication date: August 11, 2011Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: VISWANATH VADLAMANI, MUNIRATHNAM SRIKANTH, PHANI VADDADI, ABHINAI SRIVASTAVA, TAREK NAJM, RAJEEV PRASAD, ARUNGUNRAM CHANDRASEKARAN SURENDRAN