Patents by Inventor Suparna De

Suparna De 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 PRODUCING AN ONTOLOGY REPRESENTING DEVICES AND SERVICES CURRENTLY AVAILABLE TO A DEVICE WITHIN A PERVASIVE COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20090254574
    Abstract: One embodiment of the invention provides a method and apparatus for use by a device in a pervasive computing environment. The method includes receiving at the device multiple XML sources describing devices and/or services currently available to said device within the pervasive computing environment. The device then transforms the received multiple XML sources into a single ontology. In one embodiment, the multiple XML sources are first transformed into two or more ontologies, which are then merged into a final single ontology for use by the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2008
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF SURREY
    Inventors: Suparna De, Klaus Moessner