Patents by Inventor Uttam K. Sengupta

Uttam K. Sengupta 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: 7861098
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for user activity-based dynamic power management and policy creation for mobile platforms are described. In one embodiment, the method includes the monitoring of one or more sensor values of a mobile platform device to gather user activity data. Once the user activity data is gathered, the user state may be predicted according to the gathered user activity and an updated user state model. In one embodiment, the user state model is updated according to the user activity data. In one embodiment, a switch occurs from the current power management policy to a new power management policy if the new user state differs from a current user state by a predetermined amount. In one embodiment, at least one time-out parameter of a selected power management policy may be adjusted to comply with a predicted user state. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Georgios N. Theocharous, Nilesh N. Shah, Uttam K. Sengupta, William N. Schilit
  • Patent number: 7861099
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for user activity-based dynamic power management and policy creation for mobile platforms are described. In one embodiment, the method includes the monitoring of one or more sensor values of a mobile platform device to gather sensor activity data. Once the sensor activity data is gathered, the user state may be predicted according to the gathered user activity and an updated user state model. In one embodiment, the user state model is updated according to the sensor activity data. In one embodiment, a switch occurs from the present power management policy to a new power management policy if the new user state differs from a present user state by a predetermined amount. In one embodiment, at least one time-out parameter of a selected power management policy may be adjusted to comply with a predicted user state. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Georgios N. Theocharous, Nilesh N. Shah, Uttam K. Sengupta, William N. Schilit, Kelan C. Silvester, Robert A. Dunstan
  • Patent number: 7689167
    Abstract: Embodiments of methods and apparatus for operating an ensemble of wireless electronic devices based on user activity are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Uttam K. Sengupta, William N. Schilit, Tanzeem K. Choudhury, Matthai Philipose
  • Publication number: 20090244015
    Abstract: Device, system, and method of wireless transfer of files. For example, a method includes: identifying a selection of a representation of a digital object stored in a mobile device by detecting contact on a touch-sensitive surface of the mobile device at a contact position that corresponds to said representation; identifying a directional movement of said contact position on the touch-sensitive surface; and in response to said directional movement, wirelessly transferring data corresponding to the digital object to a nearby computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2008
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Inventors: Uttam K. Sengupta, Sreekant S. Thakkar
  • Patent number: 7430411
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for providing service availability information to a waiting customer using the customer's wireless device are generally introduced herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2008
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Uttam K. Sengupta, Nikhil M. Deshpande, Robert Knauerhase
  • Patent number: 7408887
    Abstract: Embodiments of methods and apparatus to operate a wireless electronic device based on usage pattern are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Uttam K. Sengupta, William N. Schilit
  • Patent number: 7378939
    Abstract: Techniques and structures are disclosed for providing proximity based authentication, security, and/or user notification in a wireless system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Inventors: Uttam K. Sengupta, Nikhil M. Deshpande
  • Patent number: 7349355
    Abstract: Embodiments of methods and apparatus to provide a communication proxy system are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Uttam K. Sengupta, William N. Schilit
  • Publication number: 20080003978
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method is provided. The method of this embodiment provides setting a first wireless device's transmit power level to a low power level; pairing the first wireless device with a second wireless device; and setting the first wireless device's transmit power level to a higher power level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Inventors: Uttam K. Sengupta, Shreekant Thakkar
  • Publication number: 20080005381
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for user activity-based dynamic power management and policy creation for mobile platforms are described. In one embodiment, the method includes the monitoring of one or more sensor values of a mobile platform device to gather user activity data. Once the user activity data is gathered, the user state may be predicted according to the gathered user activity and an updated user state model. In one embodiment, the user state model is updated according to the user activity data. In one embodiment, a switch occurs from the current power management policy to a new power management policy if the new user state differs from a current user state by a predetermined amount. In one embodiment, at least one time-out parameter of a selected power management policy may be adjusted to comply with a predicted user state. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Inventors: Georgios N. Theocharous, Nilesh N. Shah, Uttam K. Sengupta, William N. Schilit
  • Publication number: 20080005599
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for user activity-based dynamic power management and policy creation for mobile platforms are described. In one embodiment, the method includes the monitoring of one or more sensor values of a mobile platform device to gather sensor activity data. Once the sensor activity data is gathered, the user state may be predicted according to the gathered user activity and an updated user state model. In one embodiment, the user state model is updated according to the sensor activity data. In one embodiment, a switch occurs from the present power management policy to a new power management policy if the new user state differs from a present user state by a predetermined amount. In one embodiment, at least one time-out parameter of a selected power management policy may be adjusted to comply with a predicted user state. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2006
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Inventors: Georgios N. Theocharous, Nilesh N. Shah, Uttam K. Sengupta, William N. Schilit, Kelan C. Silvester, Robert A. Dunstan
  • Patent number: 7289806
    Abstract: Techniques and structures are disclosed for allowing context-based searches to be performed from a wireless device. In at least one embodiment, a wireless device may append context-specific information, collected by at least one local sensor to a network search query to be delivered to a remote search engine when a network search is being performed. The wireless device may then receive search results from the remote search engine in response to the network search query that identify the elements of appended context-specific information that were used to perform the network search. The wireless device may then display these search results to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Tonia G. Morris, Nikhil M. Deshpande, Uttam K. Sengupta
  • Patent number: 6883019
    Abstract: Providing information to a communications device includes determining the relevance of an event to a user based on service choices of the user and, if the event is relevant to the user, determining the relevance of information sources to the event, the information sources including at least data indicating a real-time status of the user, and determining whether to send information about the event to the user based on the information sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2005
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Uttam K. Sengupta, Shreekant S. Thakkar