Patents by Inventor Vinay A. Ramaswamy

Vinay A. Ramaswamy 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).

  • Publication number: 20220360748
    Abstract: An integrated accessory control system can integrate functionality (services) of multiple disparate accessories and provide a unified user interface for interacting with the system via a controller device. An integrated accessory control system can include one accessory that can detect an event or action and send a notification to the controller device and at least one other accessory, such as an Internet Protocol (IP) camera, that can be operated in response to the notification. In response to the notification, a controller device can generate an integrated user interface for interacting with the accessories in the integrated accessory control system. The interface can include a live feed from the IP camera, which can provide a media stream responsive to instructions from the controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Cyrus D. Irani, Kevin P. McLaughlin, Anush G. Nadathur, Arun G. Mathias, Vinay A. Ramaswamy, Christopher D. Soli, Patrick L. Coffman, Stephen O. Lemay
  • Patent number: 11405593
    Abstract: An integrated accessory control system can integrate functionality (services) of multiple disparate accessories and provide a unified user interface for interacting with the system via a controller device. An integrated accessory control system can include one accessory that can detect an event or action and send a notification to the controller device and at least one other accessory, such as an Internet Protocol (IP) camera, that can be operated in response to the notification. In response to the notification, a controller device can generate an integrated user interface for interacting with the accessories in the integrated accessory control system. The interface can include a live feed from the IP camera, which can provide a media stream responsive to instructions from the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Cyrus D. Irani, Kevin P. McLaughlin, Anush G. Nadathur, Arun G. Mathias, Vinay A. Ramaswamy, Christopher D. Soli, Patrick L. Coffman, Stephen O. Lemay
  • Publication number: 20210341888
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a resident controller at a specified location performs a method including registering a plurality of mobile devices of a plurality of users and a device profile for a resident device to be controlled based on a location of the plurality of users, and establishing a user state for each of the plurality of users corresponding to their location. In some embodiments, the mobile devices can provide boundary-crossing signals when their location cross a boundary corresponding to the specified location causing the resident controller to update the user states based on the boundary-crossing signals and update a presence state of the specified location based on changes to the user states, where the device profile specifies a first action to be performed when the presence state transitions to a first presence value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Andrew P. Richardson, Adam J. Leonard, Vinay A. Ramaswamy, Anush Nadathur
  • Patent number: 10962942
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a resident controller at a specified location performs a method including registering a plurality of mobile devices of a plurality of users and a device profile for a resident device to be controlled based on a location of the plurality of users, and establishing a user state for each of the plurality of users corresponding to their location. In some embodiments, the mobile devices can provide boundary-crossing signals when their location cross a boundary corresponding to the specified location causing the resident controller to update the user states based on the boundary-crossing signals and update a presence state of the specified location based on changes to the user states, where the device profile specifies a first action to be performed when the presence state transitions to a first presence value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew P. Richardson, Adam J. Leonard, Vinay A. Ramaswamy, Anush Nadathur
  • Publication number: 20190320146
    Abstract: An integrated accessory control system can integrate functionality (services) of multiple disparate accessories and provide a unified user interface for interacting with the system via a controller device. An integrated accessory control system can include one accessory that can detect an event or action and send a notification to the controller device and at least one other accessory, such as an Internet Protocol (IP) camera, that can be operated in response to the notification. In response to the notification, a controller device can generate an integrated user interface for interacting with the accessories in the integrated accessory control system. The interface can include a live feed from the IP camera, which can provide a media stream responsive to instructions from the controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Cyrus D. Irani, Kevin P. McLaughlin, Anush G. Nadathur, Arun G. Mathias, Vinay A. Ramaswamy, Christopher D. Soli, Patrick L. Coffman, Stephen O. Lemay
  • Patent number: 10389987
    Abstract: An integrated accessory control system can integrate functionality (services) of multiple disparate accessories and provide a unified user interface for interacting with the system via a controller device. An integrated accessory control system can include one accessory that can detect an event or action and send a notification to the controller device and at least one other accessory, such as an IP camera, that can be operated in response to the notification. In response to the notification, a controller device can generate an integrated user interface for interacting with the accessories in the integrated accessory control system. The interface can include a live feed from the IP camera, which can provide a media stream responsive to instructions from the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Cyrus D. Irani, Kevin P. McLaughlin, Anush G. Nadathur, Arun G. Mathias, Vinay A. Ramaswamy, Christopher D. Soli, Patrick L. Coffman, Stephen O. Lemay
  • Patent number: 10257474
    Abstract: An integrated accessory control system can efficiently set up a new media streaming session with one or more accessories. A session identifier for the new session, as well as a destination address and security parameters can be generated. A data object comprising the generated elements can be written to a resource location. Additionally, a second data object comprising the session identifier, a streaming source address, a source identifier, and additional security parameters can be read from the resource location. A third data object comprising the session identifier, a session start command, and codec parameters can then be generated. The third data object can also be written to the resource location. Further, streamed media data conforming to the codec parameters and the security parameters may be received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Anush G. Nadathur, Christopher M. Garrido, Vinay A. Ramaswamy, Karthick Santhanam, Joe S. Abuan, Kevin P. McLaughlin, Srinivas Rama, Ming Jin, Hsien-Po Shiang, Wenhui Xu
  • Publication number: 20180348718
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a resident controller at a specified location performs a method including registering a plurality of mobile devices of a plurality of users and a device profile for a resident device to be controlled based on a location of the plurality of users, and establishing a user state for each of the plurality of users corresponding to their location. In some embodiments, the mobile devices can provide boundary-crossing signals when their location cross a boundary corresponding to the specified location causing the resident controller to update the user states based on the boundary-crossing signals and update a presence state of the specified location based on changes to the user states, where the device profile specifies a first action to be performed when the presence state transitions to a first presence value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew P. Richardson, Adam J. Leonard, Vinay A. Ramaswamy, Anush Nadathur
  • Publication number: 20170359423
    Abstract: An integrated accessory control system can efficiently set up a new media streaming session with one or more accessories. A session identifier for the new session, as well as a destination address and security parameters can be generated. A data object comprising the generated elements can be written to a resource location. Additionally, a second data object comprising the session identifier, a streaming source address, a source identifier, and additional security parameters can be read from the resource location. A third data object comprising the session identifier, a session start command, and codec parameters can then be generated. The third data object can also be written to the resource location. Further, streamed media data conforming to the codec parameters and the security parameters may be received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Anush G. Nadathur, Christopher M. Garrido, Vinay A. Ramaswamy, Karthick Santhanam, Joe S. Abuan, Kevin P. McLaughlin, Srinivas Rama, Ming Jin, Hsien-Po Shiang, Wenhui Xu
  • Publication number: 20170359555
    Abstract: An integrated accessory control system can integrate functionality (services) of multiple disparate accessories and provide a unified user interface for interacting with the system via a controller device. An integrated accessory control system can include one accessory that can detect an event or action and send a notification to the controller device and at least one other accessory, such as an IP camera, that can be operated in response to the notification. In response to the notification, a controller device can generate an integrated user interface for interacting with the accessories in the integrated accessory control system. The interface can include a live feed from the IP camera, which can provide a media stream responsive to instructions from the controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Cyrus D. Irani, Kevin P. McLaughlin, Anush G. Nadathur, Arun G. Mathias, Vinay A. Ramaswamy, Christopher D. Soli, Patrick L. Coffman, Stephen O. Lemay
  • Patent number: 9204249
    Abstract: A method for using a location to refine network-provided time zone information is disclosed. The method can include a wireless communication device receiving a time zone information message from a network; determining multiple candidate time zones matching a set of time zone identification parameters included in the received time zone information message; deriving a location of the wireless communication device; and using the location to select a current time zone for the wireless communication device from the candidate time zones matching the set of time zone identification parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald Keryuan Huang, Jay N. Bruins, Marc Edward Schonbrun, Vinay A. Ramaswamy, Longda Xing, Madhusudan Chaudhary, Matthew S. Klahn
  • Publication number: 20140066064
    Abstract: A method for using a location to refine network-provided time zone information is disclosed. The method can include a wireless communication device receiving a time zone information message from a network; determining multiple candidate time zones matching a set of time zone identification parameters included in the received time zone information message; deriving a location of the wireless communication device; and using the location to select a current time zone for the wireless communication device from the candidate time zones matching the set of time zone identification parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald Keryuan Huang, Jay N. Bruins, Marc Edward Schonbrun, Vinay A. Ramaswamy, Longda Xing, Madhusudan Chaudhary, Matthew S. Klahn