Patents by Inventor Srinivasan Vikram

Srinivasan Vikram 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).

  • Matching queries in a network
    Patent number: 8271522
    Abstract: A method of matching queries in a hybrid infrastructure/infrastructure-less network, the network comprising pluralities of first and second type communication devices respectively, the method comprising placing a first query by a user on one of the first type devices and forwarding the query via infrastructure based communication to one of the second type devices; forwarding, depending on a category of the first query, the first query from the one second type device to one or more first type devices via infrastructure based communication; and relaying the first query from each of one or more first type devices to one or more neighboring first type devices via infrastructure-less communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: National University of Singapore
    Inventors: Motani Mehul, Srinivasan Vikram
  • MATCHING QUERIES IN A NETWORK
    Publication number: 20090319503
    Abstract: A method of matching queries in a hybrid infrastructure/infrastructure-less network, the network comprising pluralities of first and second type communication devices respectively, the method comprising placing a first query by a user on one of the first type devices and forwarding the query via infrastructure based communication to one of the second type devices; forwarding, depending on a category of the first query, the first query from the one second type device to one or more first type devices via infrastructure based communication; and relaying the first query from each of one or more first type devices to one or more neighbouring first type devices via infrastructure-less communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2004
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Applicant: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE
    Inventors: Motani Mehul, Srinivasan Vikram