Patents by Inventor RAVIKUMAR BADAM

RAVIKUMAR BADAM 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).

  • Authenticated broadcast transmission utilizing a content retransmitter
    Patent number: 8635657
    Abstract: A content retransmitter receives information for receivers and forms an authorized list by transmitting authentication prompts, receiving authentication information, and adding receivers if the authentication information for the respective receiver is verified to match stored user information. Subsequently, the content retransmitter may receive content and broadcast the received content to some or all of the receivers on the authorized list. Additionally, the content retransmitter may store the received content in a storage medium and provide the stored content to receivers on the authorized list upon request. The user authentication information received from the receivers may be passwords, biometric information, and so on. The received content may be broadcast to a subset of the authorized list corresponding to users who are related to the content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Sling Media PVT LTD
    Inventors: Ravikumar Badam, Janarthanan Natarajan, Gurubasappa Kore
  • Authenticated Broadcast Transmission Utilizing a Content Retransmitter
    Publication number: 20120096483
    Abstract: A content retransmitter receives information for receivers and forms an authorized list by transmitting authentication prompts, receiving authentication information, and adding receivers if the authentication information for the respective receiver is verified to match stored user information. Subsequently, the content retransmitter may receive content and broadcast the received content to some or all of the receivers on the authorized list. Additionally, the content retransmitter may store the received content in a storage medium and provide the stored content to receivers on the authorized list upon request. The user authentication information received from the receivers may be passwords, biometric information, and so on. The received content may be broadcast to a subset of the authorized list corresponding to users who are related to the content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: SLING MEDIA PVT LTD
    Inventors: RAVIKUMAR BADAM, JANARTHANAN NATARAJAN, GURUBASAPPA KORE