Patents by Inventor Vikas Sarawat
Vikas Sarawat 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).
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Publication number: 20170295518Abstract: Managing wireless access points and/or other devices providing wireless signaling to multiple clients is contemplated. The wireless access point may be managed according to a load balancing strategy directed towards achieving desired network throughput using forced disassociation of clients based on traffic type or other service related indicators and/or force disassociation of roaming partners based on neighboring access point capabilities.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2017Publication date: October 12, 2017Inventors: Vikas Sarawat, Bernard McKibben, Neeharika Allanki
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Patent number: 9749933Abstract: Wireless access network selection is contemplated. The selection process may include arbitrating use of a plurality of wireless networks according to their performance capabilities. The performance capabilities or parameters may be identified from information broadcasted from the wireless networks. Mobile devices capable of wirelessly connecting to the networks may identify the performance capabilities prior to connecting to the wireless networks, thereby enabling the mobile devices to more efficiently identify suitable networks.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2012Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Jennifer Andreoli-Fang, Bernard McKibben, Vikas Sarawat
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Patent number: 9686718Abstract: Managing wireless access points and/or other devices providing wireless signaling to multiple clients is contemplated. The wireless access point may be managed according to a load balancing strategy directed towards achieving desired network throughput using forced disassociation of clients based on traffic type or other service related indicators and/or force disassociation of roaming partners based on neighboring access point capabilities.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2014Date of Patent: June 20, 2017Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Vikas Sarawat, Bernard McKibben, Neeharika Allanki
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Publication number: 20170142757Abstract: A Wi-Fi enabled Self Organizing Network system configured for prioritizing communication resources to emergency services communications is provided. The present system controls communication resources based on data from a communication requesting emergency services originating from a Wi-Fi Access Point (AP). Resources that may be controlled include but are not limited to bands, channels, AP transmission power levels, and Modulation and Code Schemes (MCS). The present system may be implemented in a cable MOS operator network.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2015Publication date: May 18, 2017Inventors: Bernard McKibben, Neeharika Allanki, Vikas Sarawat
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Patent number: 9491138Abstract: Translation of Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) and Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) addresses is contemplated, such as for use in allowing IPv4 devices to connect with IPv6 device without requiring the IPv4 devices to specify the IPv6 address of the connected-to IPv6 device. The IPv6 addresses may be translated to IPv4 addresses suitable for use with the IPv4 devices in a manner that sufficiently compresses the IPv6 for use with the more bit limited nomenclature of an IPv4 address.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2014Date of Patent: November 8, 2016Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Christopher J. Donley, Christopher Grundemann, Vikas Sarawat
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Patent number: 9479422Abstract: An architecture, such as but not necessarily limited to an architecture sufficient to facilitate service discovery within a network having two or more local area networks (LANs), is contemplated. The architecture may be employed in a router, gateway or other device configured to facilitate signaling between multiple routed networks, such as to facilitate service discovery across multiple routed networks.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: October 25, 2016Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Karthik Sundaresan, Christopher Donley, Christopher Grundemann, Vikas Sarawat
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Patent number: 9467482Abstract: Prefix delegation for Internet protocol (IP) prefixes or other types of prefixes. The prefix delegation resulting in multiple prefixes being delegated to internal routers and/or customer premise equipment (CPE) associated with a common link wherein at least two of the delegated prefixes are associated with different service providers.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2013Date of Patent: October 11, 2016Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Christopher J. Donley, Christopher Grundeman, Vikas Sarawat, Karthik Sundaresan
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Publication number: 20160295638Abstract: Ameliorating initial link setup in manage networks, self-organizing networks (SONs), systems, etc. of the type having capabilities sufficient to facilitate operations according to a common methodology is contemplated. The contemplated processes and systems may include ameliorating initial link setup when operating pursuant to the Fast Initial Link Setup (FILS) protocol defined in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) specification 802.11ai with use of a self-organizing network (SON) server to facilitate access point selection.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2016Publication date: October 6, 2016Inventors: Neeharika Allanki, Vikas Sarawat, Vivek Ganti
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Publication number: 20160226820Abstract: Network address translating is contemplated to be of a type where a network address translator (NAT), a carrier grade NAT (CGN), or other type of translator may facilitate reconstruction of translated addresses in a manner that ameliorates the amount of data that must be stored to facilitate the reconstruction.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2016Publication date: August 4, 2016Inventors: Vikas Sarawat, Karthik Sundaresan, Christopher Grundemann
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Patent number: 9380021Abstract: Address translation sufficient for use in translating addresses included in messages carried or otherwise transmitted between inside and outside network is contemplated. The contemplated address translation may facilitate operation of a network address translator (NAT), carrier grade network address translator (CGN), or other device similarly configured to facilitate translating inside addresses used to address messages carried over the inside network relative to outside addresses used to facilitate carrying messages over the outside network.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2014Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Vikas Sarawat, Karthik Sundaresan, Christopher J. Donley, Christopher Grundemann
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Patent number: 9306903Abstract: Network address translating is contemplated to be of a type where a network address translator (NAT), a carrier grade NAT (CGN), or other type of translator may facilitate reconstruction of translated addresses in a manner that ameliorates the amount of data that must be stored to facilitate the reconstruction.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2011Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Vikas Sarawat, Karthik Sundaresan, Christopher Grundemann, Christopher J. Donley
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Publication number: 20150382339Abstract: An architecture for collecting and managing contextual awareness data is contemplated. The architecture may be used to implement various policies as a function of the contextual awareness data, such as but not limited to implementing dwelling specific policies depending on the contextual awareness data indicating whether one or more users are presence within a dwelling.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2015Publication date: December 31, 2015Inventors: Jennifer Andreoli-Fang, Vikas Sarawat, Clarke Stevens
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Publication number: 20150319075Abstract: An overlay network is contemplated. The overlay network may be characterized as supporting, or at least virtually supporting, separate networks over a common infrastructure. The common infrastructure may be comprised of a plurality of routers or other devices configured to facilitate directing messages according to various addressing requirements. The use of the separate networks may be dictated according to the particular addressing requirements of each message desired for transport.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2015Publication date: November 5, 2015Inventors: Christopher Grundemann, Christopher J. Donley, Vikas Sarawat, Karthik Sundaresan
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Patent number: 9100360Abstract: An architecture for collecting and managing contextual awareness data is contemplated. The architecture may be used to implement various policies as a function of the contextual awareness data, such as but not limited to implementing dwelling specific policies depending on the contextual awareness data indicating whether one or more users are presence within a dwelling.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2013Date of Patent: August 4, 2015Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Jennifer Andreoli-Fang, Vikas Sarawat, Clarke Stevens
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Patent number: 9083650Abstract: An overlay network is contemplated. The overlay network may be characterized as supporting, or at least virtually supporting, separate networks over a common infrastructure. The common infrastructure may be comprised of a plurality of routers or other devices configured to facilitate directing messages according to various addressing requirements. The use of the separate networks may be dictated according to the particular addressing requirements of each message desired for transport.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2012Date of Patent: July 14, 2015Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Christopher Grundemann, Chrisopher J. Donley, Vikas Sarawat, Karthik Sundaresan
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Publication number: 20150172957Abstract: Managing wireless access points and/or other devices providing wireless signaling to multiple clients is contemplated. The wireless access point may be managed according to a load balancing strategy directed towards achieving desired network throughput using forced disassociation of clients based on traffic type or other service related indicators and/or force disassociation of roaming partners based on neighboring access point capabilities.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2014Publication date: June 18, 2015Inventors: Vikas Sarawat, Bernard McKibben, Neeharika Allanki
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Patent number: 9049273Abstract: Network transmission of messages is contemplated. The contemplated transmission may be facilitated with a selectable one or more interfaces. The interfaces may be included as part of a gateway or other device tasked with facilitating network communications, such as but not limited to a gateway tasked with facilitate network transmissions between device connected to a home network and devices connected beyond the home network.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2012Date of Patent: June 2, 2015Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Christopher Grundemann, Karthik Sundaresan, Vikas Sarawat, Christopher J. Donley
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Patent number: 9003024Abstract: Usage based accounting is contemplated. The usage based accounting may be beneficial in facilitating assessment of data usage for devices connected inside of a network address translator (NAT) or other type of device having limited capabilities to associated data usage with specific user devices.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2012Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Vikas Sarawat, Bernard McKibben
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Patent number: 8887256Abstract: Providing virtual private network (VPN) sessions or other types of secure or private access to data when a client authorized to access the data travels or otherwise roams from a home network to a partner network is contemplated. The VPN session may be established as part of or as a result of an authentication process undertaken by the client when gaining access to the partner network, such as but not necessarily limited to a home network authentication process undertaken at the partner network to authenticate the client to access partner network services.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2012Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Vikas Sarawat, Jennifer Andreoli-Fang, Stuart Hoggan
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Patent number: 8850523Abstract: A watermarking process is contemplated to facilitate branding and other message communication operations, such as to facilitate notifying a user associated with a home service provider of a watermark or communicating advertisements and/or personal messages to the user while accessing services through a visited service provider. The contemplated watermarking process may be particularly beneficial with devices having capabilities to roam between multiple service providers.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2012Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Vikas Sarawat, Bernard McKibben