Patents by Inventor Rekha Mallavarapu

Rekha Mallavarapu 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).

  • Alerts for drivers of wireless communication restrictions
    Patent number: 8369838
    Abstract: An exemplary method provides for a wireless mobile unit an alert representing a warning that legally imposed restrictions on the use of wireless mobile units by drivers of moving vehicles in predetermined zones. The method includes determining by a communication system if a first mobile unit is being used for wireless communications, and acquiring by the communication system the location of the first mobile unit. The communication system compares the location of the first mobile unit to locations of the predetermined zones having restrictions on the use of wireless mobile units by drivers of moving vehicles. Upon the first mobile unit entering a warning zone that is adjacent the predetermined zone and the first mobile unit being used for wireless communications, the transmission of an alert is initiated to the first mobile unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Rekha Mallavarapu, Eric A. Duesing
  • Alerts for drivers of wireless communication restrictions
    Publication number: 20120238286
    Abstract: An exemplary method provides for a wireless mobile unit an alert representing a warning that legally imposed restrictions on the use of wireless mobile units by drivers of moving vehicles in predetermined zones. The method includes determining by a communication system if a first mobile unit is being used for wireless communications, and acquiring by the communication system the location of the first mobile unit. The communication system compares the location of the first mobile unit to locations of the predetermined zones having restrictions on the use of wireless mobile units by drivers of moving vehicles. Upon the first mobile unit entering a warning zone that is adjacent the predetermined zone and the first mobile unit being used for wireless communications, the transmission of an alert is initiated to the first mobile unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Inventors: Rekha Mallavarapu, Eric A. Duesing