Patents by Inventor Sumanth Kumar

Sumanth Kumar 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).

  • Patent number: 10388139
    Abstract: A method of detecting an emergency situation in a room of a hotel is provided. The method comprising: monitoring an access control operably connect to a door of a room; determining that the access control has not been engaged; determining that activity has not been detected in the room for a selected time period; and activating an alarm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sumanth Kumar Mukundala, Adam Kuenzi
  • Publication number: 20190244449
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for detecting a user accessing a room by a camera communicatively coupled to a lock mechanism of an entry way of a room is provided. The computer-implemented method includes receiving, by the camera, an access signal from the lock mechanism. The access signal indicates that the user is entering the room via the entry way. The computer-implemented method includes automatically capturing, by the camera, at least one image of a predefined area corresponding to the entry way of the room.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Sumanth Kumar Mukundala, Adam Kuenzi
  • Patent number: 10347115
    Abstract: A method of detecting when a personal item is left in a safe is provided. The method comprising: receiving a first status of a safe in a room, the first status indicating that the safe has been locked; retrieving a period of stay for an individual assigned to the room, the period of stay includes a checkout time; and creating a reminder in a schedule system to activate an alarm within a selected time period of the checkout time, the reminder indicating that the safe is locked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sumanth Kumar Mukundala, Adam Kuenzi, Mohammed Maqsood
  • Publication number: 20190197636
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for accommodating parking requirements of a vehicle operator parking a vehicle at a parking spot, including: receiving, in a parking block assembly disposed in an egress area of a parking spot of a parking lot, authorized instructions from a mobile device of the vehicle operator to position a parking block in lowered position, positioning the parking block of the a parking block assembly in the lowered position, and wherein the authorized instructions are provided to the mobile device in advance and enable control of the parking block assembly only during a duration of a stay at the parking spot for the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Sumanth Kumar Mukundala, Adam Kuenzi
  • Publication number: 20190197870
    Abstract: A method of detecting when a mobile device is left in a room is provided. The method comprising: receiving a status of an access control operably connected to a door of a room; collecting positional data of a mobile device; determining a location of the mobile device relative to the room; and activating an alarm in response to the location determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Sumanth Kumar Mukundala, Adam Kuenzi
  • Publication number: 20190194856
    Abstract: A method and system for controlling access to a laundry machine is disclosed. A method includes receiving a reservation for the laundry machine for a time period; preparing a means for exclusive access to the laundry machine during the reserved time period; upon receiving the means for exclusive access, allowing the laundry machine to be used; wherein: the reservation is received remotely from the laundry machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventor: Sumanth Kumar Mukundala
  • Publication number: 20190197866
    Abstract: A method of detecting an emergency situation in a room of a hotel is provided. The method comprising: monitoring an access control operably connect to a door of a room; determining that the access control has not been engaged; determining that activity has not been detected in the room for a selected time period; and activating an alarm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Sumanth Kumar Mukundala, Adam Kuenzi
  • Publication number: 20190180021
    Abstract: A method of monitoring access requests to one or more access controls of an access control system is provided. The method comprising: receiving a first access request from a key card to a first access control, the key card being encoded with a credential and an access code; determining that the credential is not authorized to access the first access control; checking a first value of the access code; and rewriting the first value of the access code to a second value of the access code if the first value of the access code does not equal a desired value of failed access request attempts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventor: Sumanth Kumar Mukundala
  • Publication number: 20190180215
    Abstract: A method of managing lock audits for an access control is provided. The method comprising: receiving one or more access requests to an access control; saving the one or more access requests; compiling the one or more access requests into a lock audit; filtering the lock audit to include only access requests received during a period of stay for a user device assigned to a room operably connected to the access control; and transmitting the lock audit to a mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventor: Sumanth Kumar Mukundala
  • Publication number: 20190171800
    Abstract: A method is provided. The method includes capturing, by a detection device coupled to a computer, characteristics of a target. The method includes looping, by the computer, an inactivity timer with respect to whether the characteristics are detected by the detection device. The method includes automatically executing, by the computer, a temporary logoff operation of a user at a conclusion of the inactivity timer. The method includes initiating, by the computer, an operation of a logoff timer in response to the execution of the temporary logoff operation. The method includes automatically executing, by the computer, a login operation of the user when the characteristics are redetected by the detection device during the operation of the logoff timer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Sumanth Kumar Mukundala, Adam Kuenzi
  • Patent number: 10024806
    Abstract: A sensor comprising: a dielectric waveguide for guiding a microwave signal; and a dielectric reflector at an end of the dielectric waveguide to cause formation of a sensing field beyond an outer surface of the dielectric reflector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: HERIOT-WATT UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Marc Desmulliez, Sumanth Kumar Pavuluri, David Flynn, David Herd
  • Patent number: 10028254
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to managing decoding of system information blocks (SIBs) at a user equipment (UE) and managing SIB transmissions at a base station. For example, the described aspects at the UE may include detecting a trigger event for decoding one or more SIBs received from a cell and determining to avoid decoding of at least one SIB received from the cell in response to the detected trigger event and a mobility pattern of the UE. The described aspect at the UE may further include using a stored version of the at least one SIB for communication with the first cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Sumanth Kumar Kota, Krishna Rekhani, Sivasubramanian Ramalingam, Sathish Krishnamoorthy
  • Publication number: 20180167911
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to managing decoding of system information blocks (SIBs) at a user equipment (UE) and managing SIB transmissions at a base station. For example, the described aspects at the UE may include detecting a trigger event for decoding one or more SIBs received from a cell and determining to avoid decoding of at least one SIB received from the cell in response to the detected trigger event and a mobility pattern of the UE. The described aspect at the UE may further include using a stored version of the at least one SIB for communication with the first cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Sumanth Kumar KOTA, Krishna REKHANI, Sivasubramanian RAMALINGAM, Sathish KRISHNAMOORTHY
  • Publication number: 20180077136
    Abstract: In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus for multimedia storage and organization are provided. The apparatus may be a camera. The apparatus may receive a code for a common storage mode. The code may be associated with an event. The apparatus may enter the common storage mode based on the code. The apparatus may upload photos or videos taken under the common storage mode to a common storage location based on the code. The common storage location may be shared by a plurality of cameras. The code may allow access to the common storage location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: Nagaraju GAJULA, Sumanth Kumar KOTA, Sasikanth Reddy ADAPALA
  • Patent number: 9913247
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for notifying a user of a wireless mobile device of the contents of a signboard. In an aspect, the wireless mobile device receives a notification in a broadcast message transmitted on a broadcast channel of a short-range wireless network, the notification representing the contents of the signboard, decodes the notification without connecting to the short-range wireless network, and provides data representing the notification to the user of the wireless mobile device. In an aspect, a wireless access point coupled to the signboard encodes the notification in the broadcast message transmitted on the broadcast channel of the short-range wireless network supported by the wireless access point and broadcasts the notification in the broadcast message transmitted on the broadcast channel of the short-range wireless network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Uday Kumar Chidurala, Dhananjaya Sarma Ponukumati, Sumanth Kumar Kota
  • Patent number: 9706377
    Abstract: A method for supporting emergency cell broadcast (CB) messages on a multi-subscriber identity module (SIM) mobile communication device includes: waking up a first subscription from a sleep mode at a common traffic channel (CTCH) occasion; decoding a CB message header received during the CTCH occasion; determining whether a scheduling message (SM) is present based on the decoded CB message header; and in response to determining that the SM is present, granting resource priority to the first subscription to decode the complete SM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Dhananjaya Sarma Ponukumati, Bhanu Kiran Janga, Sitaramanjaneyulu Kanamarlapudi, Vikas Gulati, Krishna Rekhani, Sumanth Kumar Kota, Krishna Chaitanya Bellam, Yongsheng Shi
  • Publication number: 20170086046
    Abstract: A method for supporting emergency cell broadcast (CB) messages on a multi-subscriber identity module (SIM) mobile communication device includes: waking up a first subscription from a sleep mode at a common traffic channel (CTCH) occasion; decoding a CB message header received during the CTCH occasion; determining whether a scheduling message (SM) is present based on the decoded CB message header; and in response to determining that the SM is present, granting resource priority to the first subscription to decode the complete SM.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: Dhananjaya Sarma Ponukumati, Bhanu Kiran Janga, Sitaramanjaneyulu Kanamarlapudi, Vikas Gulati, Krishna Rekhani, Sumanth Kumar Kota, Krishna Chaitanya Bellam, Yongsheng Shi
  • Publication number: 20150122767
    Abstract: The present invention relates to child-resistant closures, and more particularly to child-resistant closures with multiple caps, engaged by two oppositely acting locking system, which offer advantages over the prior art by enabling easier opening, yet remains child-resistant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Sumanth Kumar Reddy Mettu, Santosh Kumar Das, Sunil Kumar Kaul
  • Publication number: 20150097561
    Abstract: A sensor comprising: a dielectric waveguide for guiding a microwave signal; and a dielectric reflector at an end of the dielectric waveguide to cause formation of a sensing field beyond an outer surface of the dielectric reflector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: HERIOT-WATT UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Marc Desmulliez, Sumanth Kumar Pavuluri, David Flynn, David Herd
  • Publication number: 20110147334
    Abstract: The present invention relates to child-resistant closures, and more particularly to child-resistant closures with multiple caps, engaged by two oppositely acting locking system, which offer advantages over the prior art by enabling easier opening, yet remains child-resistant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventors: Sumanth Kumar Reddy Mettu, Santosh Kurar Das, Sunil Kumar Kaul