Patents by Inventor Benny DEVASSYKUTTY

Benny DEVASSYKUTTY 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).

  • Patent number: 11671673
    Abstract: An exemplary method includes a media content system providing, for display in a media content search view, a media content guide pane including a portion of media content listings from a plurality of media content listings; providing a first media content search pane including a first set of options from which a first search parameter is configured to be used by the media content system to select which media content listings are presented in the media content guide pane; and providing, for concurrent display with the media content guide pane and the first media content search pane in the media content search view, a second media content search pane including a second set of options from which a second search parameter is configured to be used by the media content system to further select which media content listings are presented in the media content guide pane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Benny Devassykutty, Prasad Madhukar Kulkarni, Ankush Raizada
  • Publication number: 20210400354
    Abstract: An exemplary method includes a media content system providing, for display in a media content search view, a media content guide pane including a portion of media content listings from a plurality of media content listings; providing a first media content search pane including a first set of options from which a first search parameter is configured to be used by the media content system to select which media content listings are presented in the media content guide pane; and providing, for concurrent display with the media content guide pane and the first media content search pane in the media content search view, a second media content search pane including a second set of options from which a second search parameter is configured to be used by the media content system to further select which media content listings are presented in the media content guide pane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Benny Devassykutty, Prasad Madhukar Kulkarni, Ankush Raizada
  • Patent number: 9807463
    Abstract: An exemplary method includes a media program guide system 1) providing, for display on a display screen, a media program guide user interface that includes a grid of cells representing scheduled-type media content and on-demand-type media content, and a selector window positioned relative to the grid of cells to select a cell included in the grid of cells, and 2) selectively configuring a feature of the selector window based on whether the cell selected by the selector window represents the scheduled-type media content or the on-demand-type media content. Corresponding systems and methods are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Benny Devassykutty, Heath Stallings, Daniel S. Dunnam
  • Publication number: 20150189388
    Abstract: An exemplary method includes a media program guide system 1) providing, for display on a display screen, a media program guide user interface that includes a grid of cells representing scheduled-type media content and on-demand-type media content, and a selector window positioned relative to the grid of cells to select a cell included in the grid of cells, and 2) selectively configuring a feature of the selector window based on whether the cell selected by the selector window represents the scheduled-type media content or the on-demand-type media content. Corresponding systems and methods are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2013
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Benny Devassykutty, Heath Stallings, Daniel S. Dunnam
  • Patent number: 8505055
    Abstract: A computing device receives from a user, a request to simultaneously record two or more programs from a content server onto the computing device and initiates a streaming video session between the computing device and a video client. The computing device provides, to the video client, recording parameters for one of the programs and then receives, via the streaming video session, a video stream from the video client. The video stream includes the one of the programs from the content server based on the recording parameters that is then recorded by the computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Benny Devassykutty, Enrique Ruiz Velasco
  • Publication number: 20100319038
    Abstract: A computing device receives from a user, a request to simultaneously record two or more programs from a content server onto the computing device and initiates a streaming video session between the computing device and a video client. The computing device provides, to the video client, recording parameters for one of the programs and then receives, via the streaming video session, a video stream from the video client. The video stream includes the one of the programs from the content server based on the recording parameters that is then recorded by the computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2009
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Benny DEVASSYKUTTY, Enrique Ruiz VELASCO