Patents by Inventor Vishnu Rao

Vishnu Rao 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).

  • Verbal communication in a virtual world
    Patent number: 11954404
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure present a method for providing communication in a virtual world. The method generally includes receiving, via one or more microphones, voice data of a user corresponding to an avatar in the virtual world, selecting, from a plurality of devices associated with a plurality of other avatars in the virtual world, at least one device based, at least in part, on an intensity of the voice data of the user, and communicating the voice data to the selected at least one device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Kiran P, Vishnu Vardhan Kasilya Sudarsan, Rameshkumar Karuppusamy, Udayabhanu Rao Vempati
  • Television remote control system and method with alphanumeric input
    Publication number: 20050162569
    Abstract: The invention relates to an improved television remote control system and method with alphanumeric keyboard input. The alphanumeric keyboard input might be used in interactive televisions to control applications and functions. The remote control includes alphanumeric and controls keyboards, an encoder to encode the alphanumeric and control keyboards with alphanumeric and control codes, respectively, and a transmitter to transmit the alphanumeric and control codes to the television.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2004
    Publication date: July 28, 2005
    Applicant: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Jon Fairhurst, Henry Fang, Bryan Hallberg, Mark Hanley, Vishnu Rao, Jeffrey Sampsell
  • Interactive television alert manager
    Publication number: 20050149966
    Abstract: The invention relates to an improved interactive television having an alert manager. The alert manager alerts a viewer of events. For example, the alert manager alerts the viewer that email has arrived in his inbox or that a text message has been sent to his computer. The alert manager manages event alerts in an easy and non-intrusive manner to enhance the viewer's experience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2004
    Publication date: July 7, 2005
    Inventors: Jon Fairhurst, Henry Fang, Bryan Hallberg, Mark Hanley, Vishnu Rao, Jeffrey Sampsell
  • Method and apparatus for synchronization of plural media streams
    Publication number: 20050149970
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a method and apparatus for synchronizing multiple media streams to conveniently produce multimedia presentations using a television system. Some embodiments of the invention may provide a slideshow application, a karaoke application, or a storybook application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2004
    Publication date: July 7, 2005
    Inventors: Jon Fairhurst, Henry Fang, Bryan Hallberg, Mark Hanley, Vishnu Rao, Jeffrey Sampsell