Patents by Inventor Srikant Atmakuri

Srikant Atmakuri 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).

  • Proactive assistance in obtaining a wireless network connection
    Patent number: 9338651
    Abstract: A user may be proactively identified as needing assistance to access a home wireless network. Assistance may be automatically provided through, for example, a text message, email, or telephone call. In one implementation, a method may include monitoring a wireless access point that provides a wireless network; obtaining, based on the monitoring, an indication of a failed attempt to attach to the wireless network due to entry of an incorrect network password; and causing, based on the obtained indication of the failed attempt to attach to the wireless network, transmission of a correct password for the wireless network to a mobile device corresponding to an account associated with the wireless network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Srinivas Tatavarty, Srikant Atmakuri
  • PROACTIVE ASSISTANCE IN OBTAINING A WIRELESS NETWORK CONNECTION
    Publication number: 20150327062
    Abstract: A user may be proactively identified as needing assistance to access a home wireless network. Assistance may be automatically provided through, for example, a text message, email, or telephone call. In one implementation, a method may include monitoring a wireless access point that provides a wireless network; obtaining, based on the monitoring, an indication of a failed attempt to attach to the wireless network due to entry of an incorrect network password; and causing, based on the obtained indication of the failed attempt to attach to the wireless network, transmission of a correct password for the wireless network to a mobile device corresponding to an account associated with the wireless network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: Srinivas Tatavarty, Srikant Atmakuri