Patents by Inventor Indivar Verma

Indivar Verma 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).

  • CONTROLLING A SET-TOP BOX VIA REMOTE SPEECH RECOGNITION
    Publication number: 20140163996
    Abstract: A device may receive over a network a digitized speech signal from a remote control that accepts speech. In addition, the device may convert the digitized speech signal into text, use the text to obtain command information applicable to a set-top box, and send the command information to the set-top box to control presentation of multimedia content on a television in accordance with the command information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: Ashutosh K. Sureka, Sathish K. Subramanian, Sidhartha Basu, Indivar Verma
  • Controlling a set-top box for program guide information using remote speech recognition grammars via session initiation protocol (SIP) over a Wi-Fi channel
    Patent number: 8655666
    Abstract: A method may include receiving, via a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) session over a wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) channel, a digital audio signal from a remote control configured to receive audible information; terminating, responsive to receiving the digital audio signal, the SIP session; converting the digital audio signal into text based on a number of speech grammars corresponding to program guide information; obtaining, using the program guide information, a matching set of program guide entries related to the text to determine command information corresponding to the audible information; sending, via hypertext transfer protocol or file transfer protocol, the command information to a set-top box; and generating, at the set-top box responsive to receiving the command information, a display indicative of the matching set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Ashutosh K. Sureka, Sathish K. Subramanian, Sidhartha Basu, Indivar Verma
  • CONTROLLING A SET-TOP BOX VIA REMOTE SPEECH RECOGNITION
    Publication number: 20120203552
    Abstract: A device may receive over a network a digitized speech signal from a remote control that accepts speech. In addition, the device may convert the digitized speech signal into text, use the text to obtain command information applicable to a set-top box, and send the command information to the set-top box to control presentation of multimedia content on a television in accordance with the command information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2012
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: VERIZON DATA SERVICES INDIA PVT. LTD.
    Inventors: Ashutosh K. Sureka, Sathish K. Subramanian, Sidhartha Basu, Indivar Verma
  • Controlling a set-top box via remote speech recognition
    Patent number: 8175885
    Abstract: A device may receive over a network a digitized speech signal from a remote control that accepts speech. In addition, the device may convert the digitized speech signal into text, use the text to obtain command information applicable to a set-top box, and send the command information to the set-top box to control presentation of multimedia content on a television in accordance with the command information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Ashutosh K. Sureka, Sathish K. Subramanian, Sidhartha Basu, Indivar Verma
  • CONTROLLING A SET-TOP BOX VIA REMOTE SPEECH RECOGNITION
    Publication number: 20090030681
    Abstract: A device may receive over a network a digitized speech signal from a remote control that accepts speech. In addition, the device may convert the digitized speech signal into text, use the text to obtain command information applicable to a set-top box, and send the command information to the set-top box to control presentation of multimedia content on a television in accordance with the command information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2007
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Inventors: Ashutosh K. Sureka, Sathish K. Subramanian, Sidhartha Basu, Indivar Verma