MUMBAI, India, Jan. 2 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202541123219 A) filed by Vellore Institute Of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, on Dec. 6, 2025, for 'digital hostel management system with automated request processing.'

Inventor(s) include Shalini L; Sankalp; Mr. Pranav Mishra; and Divyam Dudeja.

The application for the patent was published on Jan. 2, under issue no. 01/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present disclosure provides a digital hostel management system with automated request processing. The system includes a mobile application interface configured to receive maintenance requests from students, wherein each request includes a request type selected from cleaning services and maintenance services. The system includes a database to store requests, and a request processing module (100) configured to automatically categorize requests based on type and route them to appropriate dashboards. An administrative interface includes cleaning and maintenance dashboards configured to display pending requests to supervisors and enable task assignment to service providers. The system includes a task assignment module (300) configured to assign tasks based on request type, a notification system configured to send notifications to service providers upon assignment and to students upon status updates, and a status tracking module configured to monitor and update request status from submission through completion."

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