Wednesday, 27 October 2010

Mobile Tracker in Samsung Phone

Ok.. I found my name and appreciation for my work in somebody else site.. This is the site..

http://sites.google.com/site/there4iroam/professional/the-story-of-an-invention

Here is the info... By the way, this is one of my patents....

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From: sujith
To: ece ; crec96
Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 6:43:36 PM
Subject: Fw: Apprecition for what you started long time back.

People,

Mambo?, (as they address/What's Up, in Swahili). Apparently, you would reply "Poa!", for "I'm Cool!" ;)

This small news story from somewhere in Kenya, in the attached doc..
came in a mail out of the blue.., which tickled me pink with surprise and put me into a stunned silence!!,
because You would Never expect that a small thing that popped out of your head will reach that far to touch someone in Africa, and that it will come back to you years later with such a drama around it, and even more unexpected, that you'll get to hear it this way.
The Seagull in me feels quite amazed by such fortuitous turn of events, and feeling luckier, getting to savour such stories!..

It's in a mail from an ex-colleague at Samsung India Software Operations, Bangalore..
[ Related to the patent-idea (that I had submitted in 2004 for tracking stolen mobile phones) from which a team there implemented the software currently in Samsung phones. The feature can be seen in the menu as 'Mobile Tracker' under 'Settings>>Security'. ]

{
Digressing to tell another story the mail triggered:
I guess it's this friend who highlighted my name in red in the mail below,
since in Korean culture they don't write any living person's name in red
as they do it only for people who are dead! ;) They take particular care to remove any such in emails as well.

I had this curious experience while at Samsung Korea,
once during a meeting when one Indian colleague wrote a teammate's name with red marker on the whiteboard,
which a Korean collegue immediately got up to wipe clean and re-wrote the name with blue, while the bemused guy looked on! ;)
}

ciao
-Sujith
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Wanderlust Journals: http://greenwich-times.blogspot.com/

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Like birds, let`s leave behind
What we don`t need to carry..
Grudges, Sadness, Pain, Fear, Regrets..
Fly light.., Life is beautiful...
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----- Forwarded Message ----
From: xxx <>
To: sujith
Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 5:25:38 AM
Subject: Apprecition for what you started long time back.

Hi Sujith,
Don't know if they sent a mail to you.
But even after about 4 years. The Mobile Tracker is still going on.
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Dear SISOites,

It gives me great joy to announce to you that one of our solutions (Mobile Tracker) has created a big differentiation for our mobile phones not just in India but around the world. Found below is an image which was published on the "Login" screen of ALL Samsung Group Employees (except overseas R&D centers). Imagine the reach !!!

Mobile Tracker Solution was conceived, developed and deployed by our own engineers. We want to encourage all of you to continue to make efforts to bring such laurels both to yourself and the organization.

Congratulations to the Mobile Tracker Team (Sujith Chandran, Sreenath Reddy Konda, Mohan Rao, Morla, Balaji V.R, Sheshagiri Rao, Pawan Kumar A, Abhijit Sarkar, Hari Babu and few others) for this remarkable achievement.

You can also read the mail of appreciation from our end customer who is a resident of Kenya.


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Attaching the same for your reference.
You are still remebered. And this is definitely a good learning on how small things can make big difference.
Regards,

Sunday, 28 February 2010

Bangalore to Hyderabad Drive by Car




Recently I started driving from Bangalore to Hyderabad and back by Car. Recent problems in Andhra force me to drive first time by car to Hyderabad. It was on 24th Dec 2009 for the first time. Shilpa, Mom, 2 month old Baby and myself started to Gadwal. (400 KM from Bangalore on NH7). It took around 9 hours to reach Gadwal with 2 stops of one hour each for Baby. From Gadwal I went to Hyderabad. On return I traveled alone back. After that I went on the same route 3 times. Very good drive. Here I will explain the route from Bangalore to Hyderabad.
NH7 is pretty good road. Most of the work is complete. Except few places between Ananthpur to Kurnool, almost all the work is done.

Started from Hebbal in the morning 5. Karnataka Boarder is around 95KM from Hebbal. NH7 here is complete and no distrubance. I drove my TATA indica DLG at around 140KMpH. In one hour I reached Andhra Boarder. There is toll gate now (Rs. 50 one way for Car). This place is Bagepally. On the way, Chikballapur by pass road is complete. So you can drive quickly. Only problem I saw was speed breakers at 4 places. very harsh, I jumped with the car like a James bond Movie. Otherwise pretty good road.
Bagepally to Ananthpur (200KM from Hebbal), Road is mostly good except at Penugonda. The by pass road is not ready and You wil pass via the sleeping monster (Kumbakarna) statue. It took total of 3 hours for me to cover 200KM to Ananthpur. No speed breakers. very pleasant drive except at Penugonda.
Ananthpur to Kurnool. Most of the road is not complete. On NH7 also, only one side of hte road is used. Around 150 KM, but it takes 3 hours. Road is not good, some road is NH7, some part is not completed. So be careful.
Kurnool to Hyderabad. Excellent road. NH7 is abslutely ready and you can drive at very crazy speed. Easy to go at 140KMpH. Its around 200KM. very very pleasant drive. No speed breakers. Total of 3 Tollgates as the work here is complete.
Over all stats:
Bangalore to Hyderabad: NH7
Distance: 550 KM
Total Time: 10 Hours. (Single driver and 30Min stop for Breakfast)
Road Condition: Excellent for 400KM. Just ok for 150KM.
Restarants: 60KM from Hebbal (BPCL Ghar Dhaba on your left.)
250KM from Hebbal. 50KM after Ananthpur. (BPCL Ghar Dhaba on your right.)
380 KM from Hebbal. 25KM from Kurnool. (BPCL Ghar Dhaba on your left.)
After Erravelli Junction, there are many eating places.
Vehicle: TATA Indica Diesel DLG.
Mileage: 18.3 per Litre Diesel.
Tollgates: Total 4

Hebbal -> Chicballapur -> Bagepally -> Penugonda -> Ananthpur -> Gutty -> Dhone -> Kurnool -> Jedcharla -> Hyderabad.

Places of interest: Just after Bagepally in AP, take a left diversion to Lepakshi. A exceptionally beautyful temple around 20KM diversion from NH7.
Just after Ananthpur on the NH7 on your right, beautyful ISKON temple.