Patents by Inventor Sriram Gopalakrishnan

Sriram Gopalakrishnan 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).

  • FIREWALL RULE MANAGEMENT FOR HIERARCHICAL ENTITIES
    Publication number: 20180176185
    Abstract: System and method for managing firewall rules for hierarchical entities modify a processing order of the firewall rules to be executed in a distributed computer system based on hit counts of the firewall rules and direct descendent relationships of destination entities of the firewall rules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: VASANTHA KUMAR, SRIRAM GOPALAKRISHNAN, NAVEEN RAMASWAMY, ANIL KUMAR
  • Digital messages in a load control system
    Patent number: 9985436
    Abstract: A load control system may comprise load control devices for controlling respective electrical loads, and a system controller operable to transmit digital messages including different commands to the load control devices in response to a selection of a preset. The different commands may include a preset command configured to identify preset data in a device database stored at the load control device and/or a multi-output command configured to define the preset data for being stored in the device database. The system controller may decide which of the commands to transmit to the load control devices in response to the selection of the preset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Lutron Electronics Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Michael Courtney, Timothy Gill, Sriram Gopalakrishnan, Roshni Ashwin Shah, Vidya Sukumar, Mark S. Taipale, Mark Yorgey
  • LOAD CONTROL SYSTEM RESPONSIVE TO LOCATION OF AN OCCUPANT AND MOBILE DEVICES
    Publication number: 20160056629
    Abstract: A load control system may control an electrical load in a space of a building occupied by an occupant. The load control system may include a controller configured to determine the location of the occupant, and a load control device configured to automatically control the electrical load in response to the location of the occupant. The load control system may also include a mobile device adapted to be located on or immediately adjacent the occupant and configured to transmit and receive wireless signals. The load control device may be configured to automatically control the electrical load when the mobile device is located in the space. The load control system may further comprise an occupancy sensor and the load control device may automatically control the electrical load when the occupancy sensor indicates that the space is occupied and the mobile device is located in the space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Applicant: Lutron Electronics Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Rhodes B. Baker, John H. Bull, William Bryce Fricke, Jason C. Killo, Galen Edgar Knode, Sanjeev Kumar, Sean R. Pearson, James Mathias Weber, Daniel L. Twaddell, Daniel Curtis Raneri, Timothy Mann, Sriram Gopalakrishnan, Jeffrey Karc, Greg Edward Sloan
  • DIGITAL MESSAGES IN A LOAD CONTROL SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20150295411
    Abstract: A load control system may comprise load control devices for controlling respective electrical loads, and a system controller operable to transmit digital messages including different commands to the load control devices in response to a selection of a preset. The different commands may include a preset command configured to identify preset data in a device database stored at the load control device and/or a multi-output command configured to define the preset data for being stored in the device database. The system controller may decide which of the commands to transmit to the load control devices in response to the selection of the preset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicant: Lutron Electronics Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Michael Courtney, Timothy Gill, Sriram Gopalakrishnan, Roshni Ashwin Shah, Vidya Sukumar, Mark S. Taipale, Mark Yorgey