Patents by Inventor Zankar P. Thakkar

Zankar P. Thakkar 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).

  • Strategies for sending content to a target device
    Patent number: 7453868
    Abstract: A strategy is described for forwarding content accessed using a first device to a second device. For instance, the first device can comprise a personal computer and the second device can comprise a mobile telephone. The strategy employs general purpose content-forwarding (CF) functionality. Different providers of content can rely on the same general purpose CF functionality to forward content to the second device, without requiring time-intensive and cumbersome manual modification of the CF functionality for each application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Darren A. Apfel, Suresh Parameshwar, Sarthak D. Shah, Zankar P. Thakkar
  • Strategies for Sending Content to a Target Device
    Publication number: 20070168429
    Abstract: A strategy is described for forwarding content accessed using a first device to a second device. For instance, the first device can comprise a personal computer and the second device can comprise a mobile telephone. The strategy employs general purpose content-forwarding (CF) functionality. Different providers of content can rely on the same general purpose CF functionality to forward content to the second device, without requiring time-intensive and cumbersome manual modification of the CF functionality for each application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2005
    Publication date: July 19, 2007
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Darren A. Apfel, Suresh Parameshwar, Sarthak D. Shah, Zankar P. Thakkar