Patents by Inventor Nishanth VONTELA

Nishanth VONTELA 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).

  • Push-to-talk service features
    Patent number: 9924333
    Abstract: A device provides a user interface that includes a list of push-to-talk contacts, and receives, via the user interface, a gesture indicating a request to establish a push-to-talk call with a particular contact in the list of push-to-talk contacts. The device initiates the push-to-talk call with another device associated with the particular contact, and the push-to-talk call is initiated with the other device based on the gesture and directly from within the user interface. The device provides for display a visual indicator associated with the push-to-talk call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Howard G. Hammer, Adam J. Simon, Nishanth Vontela
  • PUSH-TO-TALK SERVICE FEATURES
    Publication number: 20160330595
    Abstract: A device provides a user interface that includes a list of push-to-talk contacts, and receives, via the user interface, a gesture indicating a request to establish a push-to-talk call with a particular contact in the list of push-to-talk contacts. The device initiates the push-to-talk call with another device associated with the particular contact, and the push-to-talk call is initiated with the other device based on the gesture and directly from within the user interface. The device provides for display a visual indicator associated with the push-to-talk call.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Howard G. HAMMER, Adam J. SIMON, Nishanth VONTELA