Patents by Inventor Sankar Ardhanari

Sankar Ardhanari 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: 20230051067
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for computing with private healthcare data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: nference, inc.
    Inventors: Sankar ARDHANARI, Karthik MURUGADOSS, Murali ARAVAMUDAN, Ajit RAJASEKHARAN
  • Publication number: 20230044294
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for computing with private healthcare data. The techniques include a method comprising constructing an isolated memory partition that forms a secure enclave and pre-provisioning software within the secure enclave. The pre-provisioned software is configured to receive at least one of input data or the instructions for the one or more application computing processes in an encrypted form; decrypt the at least one of input data or instructions using one or more cryptographic keys; execute the one or more application computing processes based on the decrypted at least one of input data or instructions to generate output data; generate a proof of execution that indicates that the one or more application computing processes operated on the received input data; encrypt the output data using the one or more cryptographic keys; and provide external access to the encrypted output data and the proof of execution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Murali ARAVAMUDAN, Karthik MURUGADOSS, Sankar ARDHANARI, Ajit RAJASEKHARAN, Akash ANAND, Rakesh BARVE, Venkataramanan SOUNDARARAJAN, Samir AWASTHI, Tyler WAGNER, Shamim NAQVI
  • Publication number: 20230035097
    Abstract: Methods and systems are described for a media guidance application that tailors media content recommendations for downloadable content to the current interests of the users. For example, the media guidance application may determine the current interests of a user based on the media content recently consumed by the friends of the user, and automatically download that media content. In such cases, the media guidance application may monitor social networks of the user for indications of media content that may have been recently consumed by the friends of a user as such media content is likely to be of current interest to the user. In response to detecting media content that was recently consumed by the friend of the user, the media guidance application may automatically download the media content to a device of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Daren Gill, Abubakkar Siddiq, Nizam Ahmed, Sankar Ardhanari, China Karnati, Sashikumar Venkataraman
  • Patent number: 11545242
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for computing with private healthcare data. The techniques include a method comprising constructing an isolated memory partition that forms a secure enclave and pre-provisioning software within the secure enclave. The pre-provisioned software is configured to receive at least one of input data or the instructions for the one or more application computing processes in an encrypted form; decrypt the at least one of input data or instructions using one or more cryptographic keys; execute the one or more application computing processes based on the decrypted at least one of input data or instructions to generate output data; generate a proof of execution that indicates that the one or more application computing processes operated on the received input data; encrypt the output data using the one or more cryptographic keys; and provide external access to the encrypted output data and the proof of execution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: NFERENCE, INC.
    Inventors: Murali Aravamudan, Karthik Murugadoss, Sankar Ardhanari, Ajit Rajasekharan, Akash Anand, Rakesh Barve, Venkataramanan Soundararajan, Samir Awasthi, Tyler Wagner, Shamim Naqvi
  • Publication number: 20220366304
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed herein for accurately training a machine learning model with a reduced training data set. A large number of data records may be parsed. Each record may be reduced to a set of symbols representing the composition of each record. A user may assign a classification to each symbol within each record. Records with identical arrangements and classifications of symbols may be grouped together, and a representative sample of data records from each group may be fed into the model as the reduced training data set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Sankar Ardhanari, Sai Rahul Reddy Pulikunta, Sashikumar Venkataraman, Abubakkar Siddiq, Ganesh Ramamoorthy
  • Publication number: 20220365994
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein for updating links between keywords associated with a trending topic. Control circuitry may identify a plurality of communications associated with a plurality of users, the plurality of communications being related to a topic. The communications may comprise, for example, emails, text messages, online social media posts, websites or portions of a website, or any other online communication. The control circuitry may determine whether the topic is trending and increase a strength of association between a first symbol associated with the topic and a second symbol associated with the topic such that when a search query is received that includes the first symbol, search results related to the second symbol have a higher probability of being returned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Sankar Ardhanari, Daren Gill, Abhijit Savarkar, Ganesh Ramamoorthy, Ajay Gupta, Vineet Agarwal, Sashikumar Venkataraman
  • Patent number: 11487902
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for computing with private healthcare data. The techniques include a de-identification method including receiving a text sequence; providing the text sequence to a plurality of entity tagging models, each of the plurality of entity tagging models being trained to tag one or more portions of the text sequence having a corresponding entity type; tagging one or more entities in the text sequence using the plurality of entity tagging models; and obfuscating each entity among the one or more tagged entities by replacing the entity with a surrogate, the surrogate being selected based on one or more attributes of the entity and maintaining characteristics similar to the entity being replaced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: nference, inc.
    Inventors: Sankar Ardhanari, Karthik Murugadoss, Murali Aravamudan, Ajit Rajasekharan
  • Patent number: 11416566
    Abstract: Methods and systems are described for a media guidance application that tailors media content recommendations for downloadable content to the current interests of the users. For example, the media guidance application may determine the current interests of a user based on the media content recently consumed by the friends of the user, and automatically download that media content. In such cases, the media guidance application may monitor social networks of the user for indications of media content that may have been recently consumed by the friends of a user as such media content is likely to be of current interest to the user. In response to detecting media content that was recently consumed by the friend of the user, the media guidance application may automatically download the media content to a device of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Daren Gill, Abubakkar Siddiq, Ahmed Nizam Mohaideen P, Sankar Ardhanari, China Karnati, Sashikumar Venkataraman
  • Publication number: 20220229830
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for generating a response to a natural language query. Specifically, the natural language query is received and a query template that corresponds to the natural language query is determined. One or more search results corresponding to the natural language query are retrieved. One or more attributes associated with a user are selected based on selection criteria. Based on those attributes, a response template previously assigned to the query template is identified. A response to the natural language query is generated based on the identified response template and the retrieved one or more search results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Sashikumar Venkataraman, Abubakkar Siddiq, Ahmed Nizam Mohaideen P, Sankar Ardhanari
  • Patent number: 11379544
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein for updating links between keywords associated with a trending topic. Control circuitry may identify a plurality of communications associated with a plurality of users, the plurality of communications being related to a topic. The communications may comprise, for example, emails, text messages, online social media posts, websites or portions of a website, or any other online communication. The control circuitry may determine whether the topic is trending and increase a strength of association between a first symbol associated with the topic and a second symbol associated with the topic such that when a search query is received that includes the first symbol, search results related to the second symbol have a higher probability of being returned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Sankar Ardhanari, Daren Gill, Abhijit Savarkar, Ganesh Ramamoorthy, Ajay Gupta, Vineet Agarwal, Sashikumar Venkataraman
  • Patent number: 11295234
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed herein for accurately training a machine learning model with a reduced training data set. A large number of data records may be parsed. Each record may be reduced to a set of symbols representing the composition of each record. A user may assign a classification to each symbol within each record. Records with identical arrangements and classifications of symbols may be grouped together, and a representative sample of data records from each group may be fed into the model as the reduced training data set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Sankar Ardhanari, Sai Rahul Reddy Pulikunta, Sashikumar Venkataraman, Abubakkar Siddiq, Ganesh Ramamoorthy
  • Publication number: 20210263984
    Abstract: Methods and systems are described herein to recommend media assets to a user based on user location. A media guidance application may identify, using control circuitry, a user location. The media guidance application may generate a list of a plurality of media assets that match a user profile. The media guidance application may determine whether subject matter of a first media asset of the plurality of media assets is inconsistent with the user location. The media guidance application may remove the first media asset from the list in response to determining that the subject matter of the first media asset is inconsistent with the user location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Daren Gill, Abubakkar Siddiq, Ahmed Nizam Mohaideen P., China Karnati, Sashikumar Venkataraman, Sankar Ardhanari
  • Publication number: 20210248200
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein for controlling mobile devices with user equipment devices. A user equipment device may detect a mobile device is within a predetermined proximity to the user equipment device by establishing a bi-directional communication. The user equipment device may determine an input/output option of the mobile device. The input/output option may be a microphone, a cellular Internet connection, a camera, or any other sensor and/or actuator of the mobile device. The user equipment device may generate for display an icon corresponding to the input/output option of the mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Olivier Chalouhi, Daren Gill, Sankar Ardhanari, Jordan Leonard Davis, Christopher Thun
  • Publication number: 20210248268
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for computing with private healthcare data. The techniques include a de-identification method including receiving a text sequence; providing the text sequence to a plurality of entity tagging models, each of the plurality of entity tagging models being trained to tag one or more portions of the text sequence having a corresponding entity type; tagging one or more entities in the text sequence using the plurality of entity tagging models; and obfuscating each entity among the one or more tagged entities by replacing the entity with a surrogate, the surrogate being selected based on one or more attributes of the entity and maintaining characteristics similar to the entity being replaced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: nference, inc.
    Inventors: Sankar ARDHANARI, Karthik MURUGADOSS, Murali ARAVAMUDAN, AJIT RAJASEKHARAN
  • Publication number: 20210201932
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for selecting and presenting content items based on user input. The method includes receiving first input intended to identify a desired content item among content items associated with metadata, determining that an input portion has an importance measure exceeding a threshold, and providing feedback identifying the input portion. The method further includes receiving second input, and inferring user intent to alter or supplement the first input with the second input. The method further includes, upon inferring intent to alter the first input, determining an alternative query by modifying the first input based on the second input, and, upon inferring intent to supplement the first input, determining an alternative query by combining the first input and the second input. The method further includes selecting and presenting a subset of content items based on comparing the alternative query and metadata associated with the subset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Murali Aravamudan, Girish Welling, Daren Gill, Sankar Ardhanari, Rakesh Barve, Sashikumar Venkataraman
  • Patent number: 11023541
    Abstract: Methods and systems are described herein to recommend media assets to a user based on user location. A media guidance application may identify, using control circuitry, a user location. The media guidance application may generate a list of a plurality of media assets that match a user profile. The media guidance application may determine whether subject matter of a first media asset of the plurality of media assets is inconsistent with the user location. The media guidance application may remove the first media asset from the list in response to determining that the subject matter of the first media asset is inconsistent with the user location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Daren Gill, Abubakkar Siddiq, Ahmed Nizam Mohaideen P, China Karnati, Sashikumar Venkataraman, Sankar Ardhanari
  • Patent number: 11023547
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein for controlling mobile devices with user equipment devices. A user equipment device may detect a mobile device is within a predetermined proximity to the user equipment device by establishing a bi-directional communication. The user equipment device may determine an input/output option of the mobile device. The input/output option may be a microphone, a cellular Internet connection, a camera, or any other sensor and/or actuator of the mobile device. The user equipment device may generate for display an icon corresponding to the input/output option of the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Olivier Chalouhi, Daren Gill, Sankar Ardhanari, Jordan Leonard Davis, Christopher Thun
  • Patent number: 10978094
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for selecting and presenting content items based on user input. The method includes receiving first input intended to identify a desired content item among content items associated with metadata, determining that an input portion has an importance measure exceeding a threshold, and providing feedback identifying the input portion. The method further includes receiving second input, and inferring user intent to alter or supplement the first input with the second input. The method further includes, upon inferring intent to alter the first input, determining an alternative query by modifying the first input based on the second input, and, upon inferring intent to supplement the first input, determining an alternative query by combining the first input and the second input. The method further includes selecting and presenting a subset of content items based on comparing the alternative query and metadata associated with the subset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Veveo, Inc.
    Inventors: Murali Aravamudan, Girish Welling, Daren Gill, Sankar Ardhanari, Rakesh Barve, Sashikumar Venkataraman
  • Patent number: 10936583
    Abstract: Methods and systems are described for responding to natural language queries. Specifically a natural language query is received and a query template that corresponds to the natural language query is determined. One or more search results corresponding to the natural language query are retrieved. One or more attributes associated with the user equipment device are identified and based on those attributes a first response template associated with an audio-only response to the natural language query, a second response template associated with a visual-only response to the natural language query, or a third response template associated with an audio-visual response to the natural language query is selected. A response to the natural language query is generated based on the selected response template and the retrieved one or more search results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: ROVI GUIDES, INC.
    Inventors: Sashikumar Venkataraman, Abubakkar Siddiq, Ahmed Nizam Mohaideen P, Sankar Ardhanari
  • Publication number: 20200402625
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for computing with private healthcare data. The techniques include a method comprising constructing an isolated memory partition that forms a secure enclave and pre-provisioning software within the secure enclave. The pre-provisioned software is configured to receive at least one of input data or the instructions for the one or more application computing processes in an encrypted form; decrypt the at least one of input data or instructions using one or more cryptographic keys; execute the one or more application computing processes based on the decrypted at least one of input data or instructions to generate output data; generate a proof of execution that indicates that the one or more application computing processes operated on the received input data; encrypt the output data using the one or more cryptographic keys; and provide external access to the encrypted output data and the proof of execution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Murali ARAVAMUDAN, Karthik MURUGADOSS, Sankar ARDHANARI, Ajit RAJASEKHARAN, Akash ANAND, Rakesh BARVE, Venkataramanan SOUNDARARAJAN, Samir AWASTHI, Tyler WAGNER, Shamim NAQVI