Patents by Inventor Vikas

Vikas 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).

  • SCHEMES AND ALGORITHMS TO REDUCE THE ENERGY AND HARDWARE COSTS OF TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20130335216
    Abstract: A tire pressure monitoring system where the position and orientation of a receiver antenna associated with the tire pressure monitoring system is at a location that is proximate the tire pressure monitoring system. In one embodiment, the receiver antenna is positioned beneath a vehicle chassis. The location of the receiver antenna can be determined by system performance prediction tools that include mean-time-to-warning verses packet error rate curves for a desired packet error rate and packet error rate verses signal-to-noise ratio curves for various operational scenarios and different classes of vehicle that provides a necessary signal-to-noise ratio for a wireless link, and operational scenarios that established desired levels of performance and reliability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Vikas Kukshya, Hyok Jae Song, Hui Pin Hsu, Richard W. Wiese
  • FORMATION VOLUMETRIC EVALUATION USING NORMALIZED DIFFERENTIAL DATA
    Publication number: 20130338926
    Abstract: A method for determining volumetric data for fluid within a geological formation is provided. The method includes collecting first and second dataset snapshots of the geological formation based upon measurements from the borehole at respective different first and second times and generating a differential dataset based upon the first and second dataset snapshots. Multiple points are determined within the differential dataset, including a first point representing a first displaced fluid, a second point representing a second displaced fluid, and an injected fluid point that corresponds to properties of the injected fluid. A further third point is determined based on at least one other property of the displaced fluid, and a volumetric composition of the displaced fluids is determined based upon the differential dataset, the first point, and second point, and third point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kais Gzara, Vikas Jain, Alan Patrick Hibler
  • Vehicle seat
    Patent number: 8608241
    Abstract: A vehicle seat comprises a backrest, an active headrest, a release device, and an energy store. During normal operating situations of the vehicle seat the energy store is blocked. During an accident, particularly a rear-end accident, the energy store is released for actuation of the active headrest. The energy store is arranged in the active headrest or in the backrest. The backrest includes an actuating device, and a transmission device is arranged between the actuating device and the active headrest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Wolfgang Pellenz, Sachin Bharambe, Vikas Wayal, Christian Huebsch, Robin Ndagijimana, Silvio Hartlaub
  • Distributed data cache for on-demand application acceleration
    Patent number: 8612413
    Abstract: A distributed data cache included in a content delivery network expedites retrieval of data for application execution by a server in a content delivery network. The distributed data cache is distributed across computer-readable storage media included in a plurality of servers in the content delivery network. When an application generates a query for data, a server in the content delivery network determines whether the distributed data cache includes data associated with the query. If data associated with the query is stored in the distributed data cache, the data is retrieved from the distributed data cache. If the distributed data cache does not include data associated with the query, the data is retrieved from a database and the query and associated data are stored in the distributed data cache to expedite subsequent retrieval of the data when the application issues the same query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: CDNetworks Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Arijit Ghosh, Vikas Garg
  • Systems and methods for processing machine learning algorithms in a MapReduce environment
    Patent number: 8612368
    Abstract: Systems and methods for processing Machine Learning (ML) algorithms in a MapReduce environment are described. In one embodiment of a method, the method includes receiving a ML algorithm to be executed in the MapReduce environment. The method further includes parsing the ML algorithm into a plurality of statement blocks in a sequence, wherein each statement block comprises a plurality of basic operations (hops). The method also includes automatically determining an execution plan for each statement block, wherein at least one of the execution plans comprises one or more low-level operations (lops). The method further includes implementing the execution plans in the sequence of the plurality of the statement blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Douglas Ronald Burdick, Amol Ghoting, Rajasekar Krishnamurthy, Edwin Peter Dawson Pednault, Berthold Reinwald, Vikas Sindhwani, Shirish Tatikonda, Yuanyuan Tian, Shivakumar Vaithyanathan
  • Color saturation-modulated blending of exposure-bracketed images
    Patent number: 8611654
    Abstract: Systems and methods are presented for generating a new digital output image by blending a plurality of digital input images capturing the same scene at different levels of exposure. Each new pixel for the new digital output image is derived from a group of corresponding aligned pixels from the digital input images. For each group of corresponding pixels from the digital input images, an average color value in a first color space is derived by taking a separate average across each color channel of the first color space. The resulting average color value in the first color space is modified in order to raise its corresponding color saturation value in a second color space. The new pixel's color value in the first color space is set to the modified average color value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventor: Vikas Yadav
  • CROSS-PLATFORM REPORTING USER INTERFACE
    Publication number: 20130332825
    Abstract: A user device presents, to a user, media content provided from multiple providers and logs the presented media content from the multiple providers. The user device indicates, based on the multiple providers, proportions of the presented media content from the multiple providers during a particular reporting period and determines whether particular presented media content, of the presented media content from the particular reporting period, was available for presentation from another of the multiple providers. The user device generates a report, for the user, that indicates if the presented media content could have been consolidated among fewer of the multiple providers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2012
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicants: CELLCO PARTNERSHIP D/B/A VERIZON WIRELESS, VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: Vikas Singh, Wei Liu, Rahim Charania, Ashutosh K. Sureka, Michael J. Naggar, Shuchi Patel
  • Blending of exposure-bracketed images using weight distribution functions
    Patent number: 8606042
    Abstract: Systems and methods are presented for generating a new digital output image by blending a plurality of digital input images capturing the same scene at different levels of exposure. Each new pixel for the new digital output image is derived from a group of corresponding aligned pixels from the digital input images. In order to determine a weight for each pixel in each group of mutually-aligned source-image pixels, a weight distribution function is applied to values of an image characteristic for the pixels in the group of corresponding aligned pixels, and a net weight is subsequently assigned to each of the pixels in the group. Pixel values of pixels in each group of mutually-aligned source-image pixels are modified based on the net weights assigned to the pixels in order to obtain a new pixel value for a corresponding new pixel in the new digital output image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Vikas Yadav, Alok Kumar Singh
  • Optimization of queries on a repository based on constraints on how the data is stored in the repository
    Patent number: 8606805
    Abstract: Constraints that restrict how corresponding identifiable groups of files are stored in a database, are enforced on corresponding file data. In response to a query on any data from an identifiable group of files, the effect of the constraint on how the corresponding data is stored is determined. The original query is rewritten, based on the effect of the constraint, so that the rewritten query is directed to a particular subset of the data stored in the database. Consequently, the search space is restricted to an identifiable subset of the database and execution of the rewritten query is more efficient than execution of the original query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Muralidhar Krishnaprasad, Zhen Hua Liu, Vikas Arora
  • Methods and systems for operating a video surveillance system
    Patent number: 8605151
    Abstract: Methods and systems for a video surveillance system are provided. The system includes a plurality of network buses, a plurality of surveillance sensors, control devices, and sensor data storage devices and a keypad controller communicatively coupled to the at least one network bus. The keypad controller includes a plurality of interchangeable control modules communicatively coupled to said keypad controller that matingly engage a complementary portion of said keypad controller. The keypad controller further includes a processor configured to decode codec independent video streams, said processor further comprising a module configured to receive and transmit streaming video data to a network, a synchronous memory interface, and a plurality of universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter (UARTs). The keypad controller also includes a universal serial bus (USB) interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: UTC Fire & Security Americas Corporation, Inc.
    Inventors: Dirk Livingston Bellamy, Nery Manuel Moreno, Kenneth McCormack, Kenton Arthur St. John, Vikas Mohan Sharma, R. Kenin Page, Stephen Anthony Shelton
  • ACCOUNT REVIEW TRIGGER FEATURE
    Publication number: 20130325599
    Abstract: Systems and methods for reviewing accounts to enhance user relationships and prevent account loss are provided herein. In the systems and methods, account data associated with one or more account of a first financial institution are received and the account data is stored in a storage device; triggers are identified based on the account data, where the triggers include one or more transactions; external account activity of one or more accounts associated with a second financial institution is determined based on the one or more transactions; and a product recommendation is provided to a user associated with one or more accounts of the first financial institution based on the identified external activity. The systems and methods further provide determining a shift in internal account usage of the one or more accounts associated with the first financial institution based on the one or more transactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naveen G. Yeri, Timothy J. Bendel, David Joa, Vikas Mishra, Thayer S. Allison, JR., Deepak Verma, Yanghong Shao, Parul Bajaj, Srihari Rao Gatpa, Li Wei, David Neil Joffe
  • PROVIDING POLICY EDUCATION BASED ON TRIGGERS
    Publication number: 20130325697
    Abstract: Systems and methods for promoting policy education associated with one or more accounts of a financial institution are provided herein. The system receives account data associated with the one or more accounts; stores the account data in a storage device; identifies account activity subject to regulations based on the account data; and identifies triggers comprising account costs incurred by outbound transactions based on the account activity. The system then informs the user of institutional or governmental policy related to the triggers. In some situations, the system determines when a trigger indicates unavailable funds or that an account has gone to loss and informs the user of policy related to these accounts. In other situations, the system may also provide suggestions or alternatives to address these accounts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: THAYER S. ALLISON, JR., TIMOTHY J. BENDEL, DAVID JOA, VIKAS MISHRA, YANGHONG SHAO, NAVEEN G. YERI, DAVID NEIL JOFFE
  • USER RETENTION TRIGGER FEATURE
    Publication number: 20130325713
    Abstract: Systems and methods for retaining users in their existing relationship with a financial institution are provided herein. Based on account data, comparisons of past and current transactional activity are made and a change in account usage is determined. In the systems and methods, account data associated with one or more account are received and the account data is stored in a storage device; a first trigger group comprising one or more transactions occurring during a first period of time and a second trigger group comprising one or more transactions occurring during a second period of time are identified based on the account data; the first trigger group and the second trigger group are compared; and a decrease in account activity for each of the one or more accounts is determined in response to the comparison of the first trigger group and second trigger group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naveen G. Yeri, Timothy J. Bendel, David Joa, Vikas Mishra, Thayer S. Allison, JR., Deepak Verma, Yanghong Shao, Parul Bajaj, Srihari Rao Gatpa, Jade Michelle Le Vo-Dinh, David Neil Joffe
  • TRIGGER DATA QUALITY MONITOR
    Publication number: 20130325674
    Abstract: Systems and methods for monitoring trigger data quality are provided herein. The systems and methods detect and report whether the current trigger counts are normal or flawed in real time. The systems and methods monitor the triggers to determine the accuracy, completeness, domain of values, and format of the trigger data. In the system and methods, account data associated with the one or more accounts is received and stored in a storage device; the account data is segregated into one or more periods of time; triggers associated with the one or more periods of time are identified based on transactions that occur during the one or more periods of time; a total transaction count for each of the triggers is calculated; and control limits are determined based on the transaction count for each of the triggers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naveen G. Yeri, Bibhudatta Jena, Arya Kumar Vedabrata, Chandrashekar Katuri, Timothy J. Bendel, David Joa, Vikas Mishra, Thayer S. Allison, JR., Deepak Verma, Yanghong Shao, Parul Bajaj
  • PROVIDING OFFERS IN RESPONSE TO DETERMINATION OF TRIGGERS
    Publication number: 20130325604
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing offers associated with one or more accounts of a financial institution is provided herein. The system receives account data associated with the one or more accounts; stores the account data in a storage device; identifies account activity for at least one of inbound transactions or outbound transactions based on the account data; and identifies triggers comprising opportunities for providing offers based on the account activity. The system then provides an offer to the user based on the trigger. In some embodiments, the trigger is based on inbound transaction but in other embodiments the trigger is based on outbound transactions. The offer can be specifically related to another party associated with the trigger, e.g., the recipient of a payment, or the offer can be based on the time, amount, or location of the trigger. A computer program product is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: NAVEEN G. YERI, Timothy J. Bendel, David Joa, Vikas Mishra, Thayer S. Allison, JR., Deepak Verma, Yanghong Shao, Bibhudatta Jena, Srihari Rao Gatpa, Li Wei, David Neil Joffe
  • PRODUCTION AND MAINTENANCE FEATURE FOR ACCOUNT RELATED TRIGGERS
    Publication number: 20130325679
    Abstract: Systems and methods for producing and maintaining account related triggers are provided herein. The systems and methods develop effective communication routines to aid in trigger delivery. In the systems and methods, account data associated with one or more account are received and the account data is stored in a storage device; patterns of account activity are determined based on the account activity; parameters associated with the patterns of activity are identified; and triggers are formed based on the pattern of account activity and parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naveen G. Yeri, Bibhudatta Jena, Timothy J. Bendel, David Joa, Vikas Mishra, Thayer S. Allison, JR., Deepak Verma, Yanghong Shao, Parul Bajaj, Srihari Rao Gatpa, David Neil Joffe
  • DETECTION AND USE OF ACOUSTIC SIGNAL QUALITY INDICATORS
    Publication number: 20130325485
    Abstract: A computer-driven device assists a user in self-regulating speech control of the device. The device processes an input signal representing human speech to compute acoustic signal quality indicators indicating conditions likely to be problematic to speech recognition, and advises the user of those conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Inventors: Naren CHITTAR, Vikas GULATI, Matthew PRATT, Harry PRINTZ
  • TRIGGER FEATURE FOR INCREASING TRANSACTION DEPTH AND ACCOUNT BREADTH
    Publication number: 20130325716
    Abstract: Systems and methods for increasing transaction depth and account breadth are provided herein. In the systems and methods, account data associated with one or more account are received and the account data is stored in a storage device; a first trigger group comprising a number of transactions occurring during a first period of time and a second trigger group comprising a number of transactions occurring during a second period of time based on the account data are identified based on the account data; the first trigger group and the second trigger group are compared; and an increase in account activity for each of the one or more accounts is determined in response to the comparison of the first trigger group and second trigger group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naveen G. Yeri, Timothy J. Bendel, David Joa, Vikas Mishra, Thayer S. Allison, JR., Deepak Verma, Yanghong Shao, Parul Bajaj, Srihari Rao Gatpa, David Neil Joffe
  • FINANCIAL ACCOUNT RELATED TRIGGER FEATURE FOR RISK MITIGATION
    Publication number: 20130325698
    Abstract: Systems and methods for producing and maintaining account related triggers are provided herein. The systems and methods may be utilized for risk mitigation. Account triggers may be executed to determine account activity indicative of a risk event. Once a risk event is identified, the financial institution may determine an appropriate action to mitigate foreseeable risk due to the risk event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yanghong Shao, Bibhudatta Jena, Timothy J. Bendel, David Joa, Vikas Mishra, Thayer S. Allison, JR., Deepak Verma, Srihari Rao Gatpa, Naveen G. Yeri, Jade Michelle Le Vo-Dinh, Kunal Makin, David Neil Joffe
  • Automated configuration of network device ports
    Patent number: 8601143
    Abstract: Methods and devices are provided for identifying end devices and automatically configuring associated network settings. Preferred implementations of the invention do not require users to manually identify connection types (e.g., RFID, IPphone, manufacturing device, etc.) or to manually configure the network device. Accordingly, such implementations allow automatic switch configuration, even for devices that use inconsistent protocols and/or protocols that are not well known. Some methods of the invention employ DHCP options combined with traffic snooping to identify devices and automatically apply appropriate switch port configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Dennis Vogel, Jr., Roland Saville, Ralph Droms, Vikas Butaney