Patents by Inventor Shankar Lingham

Shankar Lingham 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).

  • System and method for providing prize award results
    Patent number: 6356876
    Abstract: The invention is a method and system for reporting the results of a contest to a calling terminal. After receiving terminal and caller information (steps 602 and 604) and determining if the caller is a winner (steps 606 and 608), a customized menu is presented to the caller (steps 618 and 620), where the menu is based on at least one of (1) the services to which the calling terminal subscribes; (2) products associated with the calling terminal; and (3) personal information about the user. The information provided to the caller is a selection of advertisements for products and services of particular interest to the caller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2002
    Assignee: AT&T Corp.
    Inventor: Shankar Lingham