Patents by Inventor Rao Salapaka
Rao Salapaka 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: 10419317Abstract: Examples of the disclosure describe automatically associating devices of a user with a network service subscription of the user. The user has a subscription to services offered by an entity. Connection statistics for the devices to networks are generated and compared to criteria to determine whether any of the devices should be associated with the subscription of the user. After association, the devices are able to access networks and/or services associated with the subscription.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2014Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Thomas Kuehnel, Calvin Choe, Sidharth Nabar, James Gray, Rao Salapaka, Nick Banks
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Patent number: 9877250Abstract: A continual learning process is applied to a class of risk estimate-based algorithms and associated risk thresholds used for deciding when to initiate a handoff between different types of network connections that are available to a mobile device having telephony functionality. The process is implemented as a virtuous loop providing ongoing tuning and adjustment to improve call handoff algorithms and risk thresholds so that handoffs can be performed with the goals of minimizing dropped calls and unacceptable degradation in call quality as well as avoiding premature handoffs. Device characteristics, environmental context, connection measurements, and outcomes of call handoff decisions are crowd-sourced from a population of mobile devices into a cloud-based handoff decision enabling service.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2016Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Gursharan S. Sidhu, Thomas Kuehnel, Rao Salapaka, Vishal Soni, Ranveer Chandra, Mansoor Jafry, Anish Desai, Ruchir Astavans, Humayun Khan, John Mark Miller
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Patent number: 9756540Abstract: An extensible framework for offloading data traffic sent to a mobile computing device over a cellular network to a wireless network comprises software plugins, a plugin host that is typically part of the mobile device operating system, and plugin interfaces through which the plugin host communicates with the plugins. A plugin is associated with one or more mobile operators. The framework can comprise one or more plugins, but typically, only one plugin is active at a time. The framework can automatically detect and connect to wireless networks associated with a mobile operator associated with an active plugin. The plugin can automatically authenticate the mobile device or a mobile device user with the mobile operator over the connected wireless network. The plugins are not allowed access to operating system functions responsible for detecting and connecting and disconnecting to a wireless network, which can improve mobile operating system stability and battery life.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2014Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Vladimir Holostov, Mohammad Shabbir Alam, Shai Guday, Rao Salapaka
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Publication number: 20170034754Abstract: A continual learning process is applied to a class of risk estimate-based algorithms and associated risk thresholds used for deciding when to initiate a handoff between different types of network connections that are available to a mobile device having telephony functionality. The process is implemented as a virtuous loop providing ongoing tuning and adjustment to improve call handoff algorithms and risk thresholds so that handoffs can be performed with the goals of minimizing dropped calls and unacceptable degradation in call quality as well as avoiding premature handoffs. Device characteristics, environmental context, connection measurements, and outcomes of call handoff decisions are crowd-sourced from a population of mobile devices into a cloud-based handoff decision enabling service.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2016Publication date: February 2, 2017Inventors: Gursharan S. Sidhu, Thomas Kuehnel, Rao Salapaka, Vishal Soni, Ranveer Chandra, Mansoor Jafry, Anish Desai, Ruchir Astavans, Humayun Khan, John Mark Miller
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Patent number: 9510251Abstract: A continual learning process is applied to a class of risk estimate-based algorithms and associated risk thresholds used for deciding when to initiate a handoff between different types of network connections that are available to a mobile device having telephony functionality. The process is implemented as a virtuous loop providing ongoing tuning and adjustment to improve call handoff algorithms and risk thresholds so that handoffs can be performed with the goals of minimizing dropped calls and unacceptable degradation in call quality as well as avoiding premature handoffs. Device characteristics, environmental context, connection measurements, and outcomes of call handoff decisions are crowd-sourced from a population of mobile devices into a cloud-based handoff decision enabling service.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2013Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Gursharan S Sidhu, Thomas Kuehnel, Rao Salapaka, Vishal Soni, Ranveer Chandra, Mansoor Jafry, Anish Desai, Ruchir Astavans, Humayun Khan, John Mark Miller
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Publication number: 20150189556Abstract: A continual learning process is applied to a class of risk estimate-based algorithms and associated risk thresholds used for deciding when to initiate a handoff between different types of network connections that are available to a mobile device having telephony functionality. The process is implemented as a virtuous loop providing ongoing tuning and adjustment to improve call handoff algorithms and risk thresholds so that handoffs can be performed with the goals of minimizing dropped calls and unacceptable degradation in call quality as well as avoiding premature handoffs. Device characteristics, environmental context, connection measurements, and outcomes of call handoff decisions are crowd-sourced from a population of mobile devices into a cloud-based handoff decision enabling service.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2013Publication date: July 2, 2015Inventors: Gursharan S. Sidhu, Thomas Kuehnel, Rao Salapaka, Vishal Soni, Ranveer Chandra, Mansoor Jafry, Anish Desai, Ruchir Astavans, Humayun Khan, John Mark Miller
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Publication number: 20150081860Abstract: Examples of the disclosure describe automatically associating devices of a user with a network service subscription of the user. The user has a subscription to services offered by an entity. Connection statistics for the devices to networks are generated and compared to criteria to determine whether any of the devices should be associated with the subscription of the user. After association, the devices are able to access networks and/or services associated with the subscription.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2014Publication date: March 19, 2015Inventors: Thomas Kuehnel, Calvin Choe, Sidharth Nabar, James Gray, Rao Salapaka, Nick Banks
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Publication number: 20150016406Abstract: An extensible framework for offloading data traffic sent to a mobile computing device over a cellular network to a wireless network comprises software plugins, a plugin host that is typically part of the mobile device operating system, and plugin interfaces through which the plugin host communicates with the plugins. A plugin is associated with one or more mobile operators. The framework can comprise one or more plugins, but typically, only one plugin is active at a time. The framework can automatically detect and connect to wireless networks associated with a mobile operator associated with an active plugin. The plugin can automatically authenticate the mobile device or a mobile device user with the mobile operator over the connected wireless network. The plugins are not allowed access to operating system functions responsible for detecting and connecting and disconnecting to a wireless network, which can improve mobile operating system stability and battery life.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2014Publication date: January 15, 2015Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Vladimir Holostov, Mohammad Shabbir Alam, Shai Guday, Rao Salapaka
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Patent number: 8897782Abstract: An extensible framework for offloading data traffic sent to a mobile computing device over a cellular network to a wireless network comprises software plugins, a plugin host that is typically part of the mobile device operating system, and plugin interfaces through which the plugin host communicates with the plugins. A plugin is associated with one or more mobile operators. The framework can comprise one or more plugins, but typically, only one plugin is active at a time. The framework can automatically detect and connect to wireless networks associated with a mobile operator associated with an active plugin. The plugin can automatically authenticate the mobile device or a mobile device user with the mobile operator over the connected wireless network. The plugins are not allowed access to operating system functions responsible for detecting and connecting and disconnecting to a wireless network, which can improve mobile operating system stability and battery life.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2012Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Vladimir Holostov, Mohammad Shabbir Alam, Shai Guday, Rao Salapaka
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Patent number: 7574736Abstract: Enabling media (audio/video) scenarios across firewalls typically requires opening up multiple UDP ports in an external firewall. This is so because RTP (Real Time Protocol, RFC 1889), which is the protocol used to carry media packets over IP network, requires a separate UDP receive port for each media source. Opening up multiple media ports on the external firewall is something that administrators are not comfortable doing as they consider it security vulnerability. The system and method according to the invention provides an alternate mechanism which changes RTP protocol a little and achieves a goal of traversing firewalls for media packets using a fixed number, namely two, of UDP ports.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2004Date of Patent: August 11, 2009Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Rao Salapaka, Srikanth Shoroff, Gur Kimchi
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Publication number: 20050198499Abstract: Enabling media (audio/video) scenarios across firewalls typically requires opening up multiple UDP ports in an external firewall. This is so because RTP (Real Time Protocol, RFC 1889), which is the protocol used to carry media packets over IP network, requires a separate UDP receive port for each media source. Opening up multiple media ports on the external firewall is something that administrators are not comfortable doing as they consider it security vulnerability. The system and method according to the invention provides an alternate mechanism which changes RTP protocol a little and achieves a goal of traversing firewalls for media packets using a fixed number, namely two, of UDP ports.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2004Publication date: September 8, 2005Inventors: Rao Salapaka, Srikanth Shoroff, Gur Kimchi