Patents by Inventor Skrikiran Prasad

Skrikiran Prasad 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).

  • Method and apparatus for accessing a contacts database and telephone services
    Patent number: 8332553
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide a method and technique for operating a computing device. An interface is displayed for enabling the computing device to control a voicemail system. The interface includes one or more display objects, wherein each display object is selectable by a user to enter a command input assigned to that display object. A selection is detected of any one of the one or more display objects, and the command input assigned to the display object is identified. A signal tone is generated corresponding to the command input. The signal input may be transmitted across a network to the voicemail system to communicate a command to the voicemail system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Robert Haitani, Gregory Shirai, Nancy Gayed, Ramachandran Venkataraman, Thomas Kier, Skrikiran Prasad
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACCESSING A CONTACTS DATABASE AND TELEPHONE SERVICES
    Publication number: 20100322409
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide a method and technique for operating a computing device. An interface is displayed for enabling the computing device to control a voicemail system. The interface includes one or more display objects, wherein each display object is selectable by a user to enter a command input assigned to that display object. A selection is detected of any one of the one or more display objects, and the command input assigned to the display object is identified. A signal tone is generated corresponding to the command input. The signal input may be transmitted across a network to the voicemail system to communicate a command to the voicemail system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: PALM, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Haitani, Gregory Shirai, Nancy Gayed, Ramachandran Venkataraman, Thomas Kier, Skrikiran Prasad
  • Method and apparatus for accessing a contacts database and telephone services
    Patent number: 7743188
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide a method and technique for operating a computing device. An interface is displayed for enabling the computing device to control a voicemail system. The interface includes one or more display objects, wherein each display object is selectable by a user to enter a command input assigned to that display object. A selection is detected of any one of the one or more display objects, and the command input assigned to the display object is identified. A signal tone is generated corresponding to the command input. The signal input may be transmitted across a network to the voicemail system to communicate a command to the voicemail system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Palm, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Haitani, Gregory Shirai, Skrikiran Prasad, Nancy Gayed, Ramachandran Venkataraman, Thomas Kier
  • Method and apparatus for accessing a contacts database and telephone services
    Publication number: 20060033706
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide a method and technique for operating a computing device. An interface is displayed for enabling the computing device to control a voicemail system. The interface includes one or more display objects, wherein each display object is selectable by a user to enter a command input assigned to that display object. A selection is detected of any one of the one or more display objects, and the command input assigned to the display object is identified. A signal tone is generated corresponding to the command input. The signal input may be transmitted across a network to the voicemail system to communicate a command to the voicemail system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2005
    Publication date: February 16, 2006
    Inventors: Robert Haitani, Gregory Shirai, Skrikiran Prasad, Nancy Gayed, Ramachandran Venkataraman, Thomas Kier