Patents by Inventor Narasimhan Parthasarathy

Narasimhan Parthasarathy 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).

  • Publication number: 20100127854
    Abstract: A method and system for automatically controlling home appliances based on an estimated time of arrival (ETA) of a resident at his or her home. In one aspect of the invention, a system for controlling a home appliance comprises a mobile electronic device (MED) and a home automation system (HAS), wherein the MED determines that a homeward bound condition is met and in response to determining that the homeward bound condition is met commences reporting whereby the HAS acquires ETA information for a resident based in part on device location information acquired by the MED, and wherein the HAS determines based in part on the ETA information that an ETA condition is met and in response to determining that the ETA condition is met executes a control action that controls the home appliance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventors: Richard Eric Helvick, Steven A. Wade, JR., Atsushi Ishii, Narasimhan Parthasarathy
  • Publication number: 20050239504
    Abstract: A method of feature activation in a SIM-equipped mobile phone associated with a communications network and a server includes storing a subscriber profile in a database of the server, wherein the subscriber profile contains a list of activated features and a list of deactivated features associated with the subscriber; and transmitting the subscriber profile to the SIM-equipped mobile phone upon request by the SIM-equipped mobile phone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2004
    Publication date: October 27, 2005
    Inventors: Atsushi Ishii, Narasimhan Parthasarathy