Patents by Inventor Shivshankar Sundar

Shivshankar Sundar 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: 20190129615
    Abstract: A device and method are provided for enabling repeat performance of a prior performed task within an application. Usage of an application to perform a task via a mobile device is monitored. Configurations of the task via user interfaces (UIs) associated with the usage of the application are determined. A context of the mobile device is identified, including one or more conditions of the mobile device under which the application was activated to perform the task. A current context of the mobile device is tracked, including one or more conditions in which the mobile device is operating, and a relevance between the context and the current context is determined. In response to the relevance determined, a mobile UI is presented via the mobile device, to cause a repeat of performing the task with the configurations without activating at least one of the UIs associated with the usage of the application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: ShivShankar Sundar, Brian Joseph Zeitler, Rong Amanda Hua
  • Publication number: 20180146062
    Abstract: Provided are a channel recommendation system and method. Included is a non-transitory memory comprising instructions and a plurality of communication profiles including a first communication profile associated with a first user and a second communication profile associated with a second user. Each of the communication profiles includes channel information associated with a plurality of channels for communication between the first user and the second user. Also included is one or more processors in communication with the memory. The one or more processors execute the instructions to receive an indication to communicate with the second user from the first user. Further, a first current context of the first user, and a second current context of the second user are determined substantially when the indication is received. Still yet, at least one of the channels is selected utilizing: the first communication profile, the second communication profile, the first current context, and/or the second current context.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: ShivShankar Sundar, Kwang Nyun Kim
  • Publication number: 20160125474
    Abstract: An example method includes providing an application and a partner attribution identifier to a partner device, the partner attribution identifier configured to identify a preinstall partner and configured to be stored on a user device before the user device is first sold to an end user, the application configured to assist in presenting an advertisement, selecting the advertisement for display on the user device, the advertisement being associated with an advertisement identifier, receiving the partner attribution identifier from the user device, associating the advertisement identifier with the partner attribution identifier, receiving advertisement revenue information associated with revenue related to the advertisement, the advertisement revenue information including the advertisement identifier, identifying the preinstall partner using the partner attribution identifier associated with the advertisement identifier, and allocating a share of the revenue to the preinstall partner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Christopher Hoffman, Shivshankar Sundar