Patents by Inventor Saumaya Sharma
Saumaya Sharma 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: 10638522Abstract: Various technologies described herein pertain to configuring an access point in a local network for operation in a community Wi-Fi network. The community Wi-Fi network includes access points in differing local networks that share respective network bandwidth capacities with member computing devices of the community Wi-Fi network. A request to join the access point to the community Wi-Fi network is transmitted from the access point to a community aggregation system. Responsive to the request, the community aggregation system transmits a firmware update to the access point. The access point installs the firmware update in memory of the access point. Moreover, responsive to installation of the firmware update, the access point can share network bandwidth capacity with the member computing devices of the community Wi-Fi network. Further, the community aggregation system supports transparent handoffs between access points in to the community Wi-Fi network.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2016Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: David Neil MacDonald, Piyush Goyal, Saumaya Sharma, Shai Guday, Thomas Werner Kuehnel, Darya Mazandarany, Triptpal Singh Lamba, Brent Edward Ford
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Patent number: 10582550Abstract: Embodiments produce a set of instructions for connecting to a network through a network access point based on data crowdsourced from mobile computing devices. The crowdsourced data describes interactions between the mobile computing devices and the network access point when establishing a connection to the network. A cloud service analyzes the crowdsourced data to identify a set of instructions for association with the network access point. The mobile computing devices replay the set of instructions when subsequently attempting to connect to the network access point.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2016Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Nicholas A. Banks, Piyush Goyal, Shai Guday, Triptpal Singh Lamba, David Neil MacDonald, Darya Mazandarany, Christopher R. Rice, Saumaya Sharma
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Patent number: 10575347Abstract: Various technologies described herein pertain to delivering shared WiFi credentials. According to various embodiments, at least one server computing device is configured to transmit shared WiFi credentials to a mobile device. The at least one server computing device receives a request, where the request includes data that identifies the mobile device. Moreover, the request indicates that the mobile device desirably receives credentials for a shared WiFi network. Responsive to receiving the request, the at least one server computing device determines that the mobile device is authorized to receive the credentials for the shared WiFi network based at least in part upon the data that identifies the mobile device. Moreover, the at least one server computing device transmits the credentials for the shared WiFi network to the mobile device responsive to determining that the mobile device is authorized to receive the credentials for the shared WiFi network.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2013Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Darya Mazandarany, Triptpal Singh Lamba, Saumaya Sharma, Scott Michael Bragg, Karan Khanna, Scott A. Inglis, Javier Flores Assad, Fatima Taher Calcuttawala
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Patent number: 10560853Abstract: Embodiments provision captive portals on network access points (NAPs). In response to a request from a NAP owner, a cloud service associates a NAP with the NAP owner and provides a control channel for configuring the NAP. The NAP owner inputs configuration settings describing the captive portal. The cloud service processes the configuration settings to generate configuration data. The cloud service transmits the configuration data to the NAP. The NAP applies the configuration data to configure the NAP. Some embodiments configure Wi-Fi hotspots with captive portals for gated access to the Internet.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2016Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Adam R. Dyba, Piyush Goyal, James Christopher Gray, Shai Guday, Thomas W. Kuehnel, Triptpal Singh Lamba, David Neil MacDonald, Darya Mazandarany, Saumaya Sharma
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Patent number: 10506646Abstract: Embodiments produce a set of instructions for connecting to a network through a network access point based on data crowdsourced from mobile computing devices. The crowdsourced data describes interactions between the mobile computing devices and the network access point when establishing a connection to the network. A cloud service analyzes the crowdsourced data to identify a set of instructions for association with the network access point. The mobile computing devices replay the set of instructions when subsequently attempting to connect to the network access point.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2016Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Nicholas A. Banks, Piyush Goyal, Shai Guday, Triptpal Singh Lamba, David Neil MacDonald, Darya Mazandarany, Christopher R. Rice, Saumaya Sharma
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Patent number: 10382305Abstract: Embodiments apply a set of sequenced instructions to connect to a network through a captive portal. A computing device detects a network access point and obtains the instruction set corresponding to the network access point. The instruction set is derived by a cloud service from crowdsourced data describing interactions between mobile computing devices and the network access point. Applying the instruction set includes performing actions such as navigating web pages to accept terms and conditions, provide user or device information, and more.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2013Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Mohammad Shabbir Alam, Javier Flores Assad, Nicholas A. Banks, Piyush Goyal, James Christopher Gray, Shai Guday, Thomas W. Kuehnel, Triptpal Singh Lamba, David Neil MacDonald, Darya Mazandarany, Sidharth Uday Nabar, Christopher R. Rice, Saumaya Sharma, Douglas E. Stamper
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Patent number: 10129761Abstract: Various technologies described herein pertain to managing and accessing a community Wi-Fi network. The community Wi-Fi network can include sharer computing devices in differing local networks that share respective network bandwidth capacities with consumer computing devices. Feedback information pertaining to network bandwidth capacity available at different geographic locations covered by the community Wi-Fi network can be collected and evaluated to enable generation of maps for visualizing coverage of the community Wi-Fi network. A consumer computing device can display a map that includes visual information pertaining to the geographic coverage of the community Wi-Fi network relative to a geographic location of the consumer computing device.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2017Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: David Neil MacDonald, Piyush Goyal, Saumaya Sharma, Shai Guday, Thomas Werner Kuehnel, Vikas Singh, Triptpal Singh Lamba, Brent Edward Ford, Jonathan Hathaway
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Patent number: 10057302Abstract: Embodiments personalize a set of network access points (NAPs) acting as captive portals for each user and/or user device. A cloud service, or the user device, accesses context describing the user device. The context identifies at least one NAP, and may include accounting data. One of the NAP is selected for connection based on the context, and an instruction set associated with the selected NAP is provided for replay by the user device to connect through the NAP. In some embodiments, instructions within the instruction set are also personalized to the user and/or user device based on the context.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2013Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Scott M. Bragg, Piyush Goyal, James Christopher Gray, Thomas W. Kuehnel, Triptpal Singh Lamba, Darya Mazandarany, Sidharth Uday Nabar, Saumaya Sharma
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Publication number: 20170142597Abstract: Various technologies described herein pertain to managing and accessing a community Wi-Fi network. The community Wi-Fi network can include sharer computing devices in differing local networks that share respective network bandwidth capacities with consumer computing devices. Feedback information pertaining to network bandwidth capacity available at different geographic locations covered by the community Wi-Fi network can be collected and evaluated to enable generation of maps for visualizing coverage of the community Wi-Fi network. A consumer computing device can display a map that includes visual information pertaining to the geographic coverage of the community Wi-Fi network relative to a geographic location of the consumer computing device.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2017Publication date: May 18, 2017Inventors: David Neil MacDonald, Piyush Goyal, Saumaya Sharma, Shai Guday, Thomas Werner Kuehnel, Vikas Singh, Triptpal Singh Lamba, Brent Edward Ford, Jonathan Hathaway
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Publication number: 20170094698Abstract: Embodiments produce a set of instructions for connecting to a network through a network access point based on data crowdsourced from mobile computing devices. The crowdsourced data describes interactions between the mobile computing devices and the network access point when establishing a connection to the network. A cloud service analyzes the crowdsourced data to identify a set of instructions for association with the network access point. The mobile computing devices replay the set of instructions when subsequently attempting to connect to the network access point.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2016Publication date: March 30, 2017Inventors: Nicholas A. Banks, Piyush Goyal, Shai Guday, Triptpal Singh Lamba, David Neil MacDonald, Darya Mazandarany, Christopher R. Rice, Saumaya Sharma
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Patent number: 9603028Abstract: Various technologies described herein pertain to managing and accessing a community Wi-Fi network. The community Wi-Fi network can include sharer computing devices in differing local networks that share respective network bandwidth capacities with consumer computing devices. Feedback information pertaining to network bandwidth capacity available at different geographic locations covered by the community Wi-Fi network can be collected and evaluated to enable generation of maps for visualizing coverage of the community Wi-Fi network. A consumer computing device can display a map that includes visual information pertaining to the geographic coverage of the community Wi-Fi network relative to a geographic location of the consumer computing device.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2013Date of Patent: March 21, 2017Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: David Neil MacDonald, Piyush Goyal, Saumaya Sharma, Shai Guday, Thomas Werner Kuehnel, Vikas Singh, Triptpal Singh Lamba, Brent Edward Ford, Jonathan Hathaway
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Patent number: 9554323Abstract: Embodiments produce a set of instructions for connecting to a network through a network access point based on data crowdsourced from mobile computing devices. The crowdsourced data describes interactions between the mobile computing devices and the network access point when establishing a connection to the network. A cloud service analyzes the crowdsourced data to identify a set of instructions for association with the network access point. The mobile computing devices replay the set of instructions when subsequently attempting to connect to the network access point.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2013Date of Patent: January 24, 2017Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Nicholas A. Banks, Piyush Goyal, Shai Guday, Triptpal Singh Lamba, David Neil MacDonald, Darya Mazandarany, Christopher R. Rice, Saumaya Sharma
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Publication number: 20160295428Abstract: Embodiments provision captive portals on network access points (NAPs). In response to a request from a NAP owner, a cloud service associates a NAP with the NAP owner and provides a control channel for configuring the NAP. The NAP owner inputs configuration settings describing the captive portal. The cloud service processes the configuration settings to generate configuration data. The cloud service transmits the configuration data to the NAP. The NAP applies the configuration data to configure the NAP. Some embodiments configure Wi-Fi hotspots with captive portals for gated access to the Internet.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2016Publication date: October 6, 2016Inventors: Adam R. Dyba, Piyush Goyal, James Christopher Gray, Shai Guday, Thomas W. Kuehnel, Triptpal Singh Lamba, David Neil MacDonald, Darya Mazandarany, Saumaya Sharma
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Publication number: 20160212776Abstract: Various technologies described herein pertain to configuring an access point in a local network for operation in a community Wi-Fi network. The community Wi-Fi network includes access points in differing local networks that share respective network bandwidth capacities with member computing devices of the community Wi-Fi network. A request to join the access point to the community Wi-Fi network is transmitted from the access point to a community aggregation system. Responsive to the request, the community aggregation system transmits a firmware update to the access point. The access point installs the firmware update in memory of the access point. Moreover, responsive to installation of the firmware update, the access point can share network bandwidth capacity with the member computing devices of the community Wi-Fi network. Further, the community aggregation system supports transparent handoffs between access points in to the community Wi-Fi network.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2016Publication date: July 21, 2016Inventors: David Neil MacDonald, Piyush Goyal, Saumaya Sharma, Shai Guday, Thomas Werner Kuehnel, Darya Mazandarany, Triptpal Singh Lamba, Brent Edward Ford
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Patent number: 9369342Abstract: Embodiments provision captive portals on network access points (NAPs). In response to a request from a NAP owner, a cloud service associates a NAP with the NAP owner and provides a control channel for configuring the NAP. The NAP owner inputs configuration settings describing the captive portal. The cloud service processes the configuration settings to generate configuration data. The cloud service transmits the configuration data to the NAP. The NAP applies the configuration data to configure the NAP. Some embodiments configure Wi-Fi hotspots with captive portals for gated access to the Internet.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2013Date of Patent: June 14, 2016Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Adam R. Dyba, Piyush Goyal, James Christopher Gray, Shai Guday, Thomas W. Kuehnel, Triptpal Singh Lamba, David Neil MacDonald, Darya Mazandarany, Saumaya Sharma
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Patent number: 9326150Abstract: Various technologies described herein pertain to configuring an access point in a local network for operation in a community Wi-Fi network. The community Wi-Fi network includes access points in differing local networks that share respective network bandwidth capacities with member computing devices of the community Wi-Fi network. A request to join the access point to the community Wi-Fi network is transmitted from the access point to a community aggregation system. Responsive to the request, the community aggregation system transmits a firmware update to the access point. The access point installs the firmware update in memory of the access point. Moreover, responsive to installation of the firmware update, the access point can share network bandwidth capacity with the member computing devices of the community Wi-Fi network. Further, the community aggregation system supports transparent handoffs between access points in to the community Wi-Fi network.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2013Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: David Neil MacDonald, Piyush Goyal, Saumaya Sharma, Shai Guday, Thomas Werner Kuehnel, Darya Mazandarany, Triptpal Singh Lamba, Brent Edward Ford
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Publication number: 20150188800Abstract: Various technologies described herein pertain to managing and accessing a community Wi-Fi network. The community Wi-Fi network can include sharer computing devices in differing local networks that share respective network bandwidth capacities with consumer computing devices. Feedback information pertaining to network bandwidth capacity available at different geographic locations covered by the community Wi-Fi network can be collected and evaluated to enable generation of maps for visualizing coverage of the community Wi-Fi network. A consumer computing device can display a map that includes visual information pertaining to the geographic coverage of the community Wi-Fi network relative to a geographic location of the consumer computing device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2013Publication date: July 2, 2015Inventors: David Neil MacDonald, Piyush Goyal, Saumaya Sharma, Shai Guday, Thomas Werner Kuehnel, Vikas Singh, Triptpal Singh Lamba, Brent Edward Ford, Jonathan Hathaway
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Publication number: 20150142946Abstract: Embodiments apply a set of sequenced instructions to connect to a network through a captive portal. A computing device detects a network access point and obtains the instruction set corresponding to the network access point. The instruction set is derived by a cloud service from crowdsourced data describing interactions between mobile computing devices and the network access point. Applying the instruction set includes performing actions such as navigating web pages to accept terms and conditions, provide user or device information, and more.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2013Publication date: May 21, 2015Inventors: Mohammad Shabbir Alam, Javier Flores Assad, Nicholas A. Banks, Piyush Goyal, James Christopher Gray, Shai Guday, Thomas W. Kuehnel, Triptpal Singh Lamba, David Neil MacDonald, Darya Mazandarany, Sidharth Uday Nabar, Christopher R. Rice, Saumaya Sharma, Douglas E. Stamper
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Publication number: 20150139082Abstract: Embodiments produce a set of instructions for connecting to a network through a network access point based on data crowdsourced from mobile computing devices. The crowdsourced data describes interactions between the mobile computing devices and the network access point when establishing a connection to the network. A cloud service analyzes the crowdsourced data to identify a set of instructions for association with the network access point. The mobile computing devices replay the set of instructions when subsequently attempting to connect to the network access point.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2013Publication date: May 21, 2015Inventors: Nicholas A. Banks, Piyush Goyal, Shai Guday, Triptpal Singh Lamba, David Neil MacDonald, Darya Mazandarany, Christopher R. Rice, Saumaya Sharma
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Publication number: 20150142980Abstract: Embodiments personalize a set of network access points (NAPs) acting as captive portals for each user and/or user device. A cloud service, or the user device, accesses context describing the user device. The context identifies at least one NAP, and may include accounting data. One of the NAP is selected for connection based on the context, and an instruction set associated with the selected NAP is provided for replay by the user device to connect through the NAP. In some embodiments, instructions within the instruction set are also personalized to the user and/or user device based on the context.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2013Publication date: May 21, 2015Inventors: Scott M. Bragg, Piyush Goyal, James Christopher Gray, Thomas W. Kuehnel, Triptpal Singh Lamba, Darya Mazandarany, Sidharth Uday Nabar, Saumaya Sharma