Patents by Inventor Vinay Deoalikar

Vinay Deoalikar 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).

  • Clustering methods for radio-frequency-identifier networks
    Patent number: 8149094
    Abstract: Methods and systems of the present invention are directed to clustering RFID-tag readers of a multi-RFID-tag-reader network in order to obtain a set of RFID-tag readers with high probability of detecting an event, but with low probability of collisions and with an acceptable cost. The cost may be determined by any of numerous cost functions of the RFID-tag readers in the set of RFID-tag readers, and may represent a cost in power, long-term reliability, and other such metrics that may be applied to an RFID-tag network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Vinay Deoalikar, John Recker, Malena Mesarina, Salil Pradhan
  • Method and system for perturbing multi-radio-frequency-identification-tag-reader networks to increase interrogation efficiency
    Patent number: 8052055
    Abstract: Methods and systems of the present invention employ perturbation techniques for configuring RFID-tag-reader networks in order to achieve increased overall efficiency of a network of RFID-tag readers. According to described embodiments of the present invention, individual RFID-tag readers within a multi-RFID-tag-reader network may be removed or shut down, or RFID-tag readers may be displaced relative to one another, in order to remove interferences between RFID-tag readers and to increase the interrogation efficiency of the multi-RFID-tag-reader network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Vinay Deoalikar, John Recker, Malena Mesarina, Salil Pradhan
  • Method and system for perturbing multi-radio-frequency-identification-tag-reader networks to increase interrogation efficiency
    Publication number: 20080180247
    Abstract: Methods and systems of the present invention employ perturbation techniques for configuring RFID-tag-reader networks in order to achieve increased overall efficiency of a network of RFID-tag readers. According to described embodiments of the present invention, individual RFID-tag readers within a multi-RFID-tag-reader network may be removed or shut down, or RFID-tag readers may be displaced relative to one another, in order to remove interferences between RFID-tag readers and to increase the interrogation efficiency of the multi-RFID-tag-reader network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2007
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Inventors: Vinay Deoalikar, John Recker, Malena Mesarina, Salil Pradhan
  • Clustering methods for radio-frequency-identifier networks
    Publication number: 20080136639
    Abstract: Methods and systems of the present invention are directed to clustering RFID-tag readers of a multi-RFID-tag-reader network in order to obtain a set of RFID-tag readers with high probability of detecting an event, but with low probability of collisions and with an acceptable cost. The cost may be determined by any of numerous cost functions of the RFID-tag readers in the set of RFID-tag readers, and may represent a cost in power, long-term reliability, and other such metrics that may be applied to an RFID-tag network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2007
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Inventors: Vinay Deoalikar, John Recker, Malena Mesarina, Salil Pradhan