Patents by Inventor Shankar Kulkarni

Shankar Kulkarni 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).

  • Patent number: 8280356
    Abstract: The instant application describes a method for enabling a user of a mobile device to purchase a Ring Back Tone (“RBT”). The method includes steps of receiving an identifier associated with the mobile device that has received the RBT as a result of a call to another device and a mapping identification code associated with a RBT content identification code; generating a long code for the mapping identification code; and generating a message with the long code as a reply-to-number. The method also includes steps of sending the message to the mobile device, the message offering the user of the mobile device an option to purchase the RBT; receiving a response from the mobile device, reflecting the mobile device's user desire to either purchase the RBT or not to purchase the RBT; and identifying the mapping identification code from the reply-to-number in the response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Cellco Partnership
    Inventors: Veera V. Inapakolla, Madhu Bharathula, Shankar Kulkarni, Venkat Gaddam
  • Publication number: 20110207483
    Abstract: The instant application describes a method of managing a customer's mobile station and providing a notification of a resultant change. The method includes steps of communicating over the air through a mobile communication network with a subscriber device management application running on the customer's mobile station; causing the subscriber device management application to attempt to change an operational control parameter of the customer's mobile station, via the over the air communication; and determining an outcome of the attempted change of the operational control parameter of the customer's mobile station. The method also includes a step of sending a mobile messaging service message, providing notification of the attempted change of the operational control parameter of the customer's mobile station, through the mobile communication network to another mobile station associated with the customer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2010
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Inventors: Julie WEINSTEIN, Meera Deshpande Kumarjiguda, Shankar Kulkarni, Venkat Gaddam
  • Publication number: 20110099230
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and an article of manufacture for delivering an application to a mobile station are shown and described. In some instances, a list of mobiles stations not currently executing a specific application is generated, processed, and used to send a solicitation message to certain mobile station. Various mobile stations receive different versions of the application based on characteristics of the mobile station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2009
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Inventors: Veera Venkata INAPAKOLLA, Shreeshah Vedagiri, Shankar Kulkarni, Venkat Gaddam
  • Publication number: 20110092191
    Abstract: The instant application describes a method for enabling a user of a mobile device to purchase a Ring Back Tone (“RBT”). The method includes steps of receiving an identifier associated with the mobile device that has received the RBT as a result of a call to another device and a mapping identification code associated with a RBT content identification code; generating a long code for the mapping identification code; and generating a message with the long code as a reply-to-number. The method also includes steps of sending the message to the mobile device, the message offering the user of the mobile device an option to purchase the RBT; receiving a response from the mobile device, reflecting the mobile device's user desire to either purchase the RBT or not to purchase the RBT; and identifying the mapping identification code from the reply-to-number in the response.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2009
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Inventors: Veera V. Inapakolla, Madhu Bharathula, Shankar Kulkarni, Venkat Gaddam