Patents by Inventor Rahim A. Charania
Rahim A. Charania 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).
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Publication number: 20140379813Abstract: An approach is provided for intelligent messaging. The approach includes determining a contact, content information, or combination thereof associated with a message. The approach also includes identifying one or more messaging features associated with the contact and/or the content information. The approach further includes configuring a messaging application to provide the one or more messaging features when processing the message via the messaging application.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2013Publication date: December 25, 2014Inventors: Rahim CHARANIA, Ramesh MARIMUTHA, Kevin LIM, Alex HOYOS
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Publication number: 20140375800Abstract: A computer-implemented method may include receiving, via a mobile access network, surveillance data from one or more mobile surveillance devices, wherein the one or more mobile surveillance devices are associated with a monitored location, system, or group. An event condition associated with the monitored location, system, or group is identified based on the received surveillance data, wherein the event condition corresponds to at least one of the one or more mobile surveillance devices. An alert notification is generated and transmitted to one or more user devices based on the event identified condition. A request to view at least a portion of the surveillance data is received from a user device in response to the alert notification. At least the portion of the surveillance data is transmitted to the user device in response to the request.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2013Publication date: December 25, 2014Inventors: Kevin Lim, Rahim Charania, Ramesh Marimuthu, Alex Hoyos
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Patent number: 8768748Abstract: A method may include receiving an order associated with processing a media file and generating a workflow associated with fulfilling the order. The method may also include identifying tasks associated with the workflow and generating an estimate associated with executing the tasks. The method may further include allocating resources associated with executing the tasks and scheduling execution of the order.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2010Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Mohammad Reza Shafiee, Wei Liu, Puneet Kalia, Ashutosh K. Sureka, Rahim Charania, Shuchi Patel
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Publication number: 20130332838Abstract: A user device includes a user interface providing access to content from multiple content providers, each of the multiple content providers having a separate subscription associated with the user. The user device receives user input indicating interest in an aspect of particular content available from a first content provider of the multiple content providers and provides, to a network device, an indication of the user interest. The user device receives, from the network device, links to additional content available from a different content provider and related to the aspect of the particular content. The user device presents, via the user interface, the links to the additional content in association with the aspect of the particular content.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2012Publication date: December 12, 2013Applicants: CELLCO PARTNERSHIP D/B/A VERIZON WIRELESS, VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.Inventors: Michael J. Naggar, Ashutosh K. Sureka, Kristopher T. Frazier, Alison Kay Allen, Ryan Evans, Rahim Charania, Shuchi Patel
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Publication number: 20130332839Abstract: A method includes presenting a user interface providing access to content from multiple content providers and receiving, via the user interface, user input indicating selection criteria for recommending content. The selection criteria include an amount of time available to the user. The method includes providing, to a network device, an indication of the selection criteria and receiving, from the network device, information for providing recommended content options based on the selection criteria. The recommended content options are available from different content providers of the multiple content providers. The method includes presenting, to the user and via the interface, the recommended content options in association with the selection criteria.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2012Publication date: December 12, 2013Applicants: CELLCO PARTNERSHIP D/B/A VERIZON WIRELESS, VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.Inventors: Kristopher T. Frazier, Michael J. Naggar, Mitch Dornich, Ashutosh K. Sureka, Alison Kay Allen, Nitin Khanna, Ryan Evans, Rahim Charania, Lonnie Hiroshi Katai, Shuchi Patel, Kristi D. Crum
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Publication number: 20130332825Abstract: A user device presents, to a user, media content provided from multiple providers and logs the presented media content from the multiple providers. The user device indicates, based on the multiple providers, proportions of the presented media content from the multiple providers during a particular reporting period and determines whether particular presented media content, of the presented media content from the particular reporting period, was available for presentation from another of the multiple providers. The user device generates a report, for the user, that indicates if the presented media content could have been consolidated among fewer of the multiple providers.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2012Publication date: December 12, 2013Applicants: CELLCO PARTNERSHIP D/B/A VERIZON WIRELESS, VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.Inventors: Vikas Singh, Wei Liu, Rahim Charania, Ashutosh K. Sureka, Michael J. Naggar, Shuchi Patel
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Patent number: 8510136Abstract: A method may include aggregating information regarding events, where for each event the aggregated information includes an event name, an event time, and an event venue. The method may further include receiving a request for a list of events or a list of venues from a user device and obtaining, from the user device, a profile of a user of the user device. The method may further include generating, based on the profile and the aggregated information regarding events, the generated list of events or the list of venues and sending, to the user device, the list of events or the list of venues.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2008Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Rahim A. Charania, Gangadhar R. Gogineni, Puneet Kalia, Ashutosh Sureka, Prakash Srinivasan
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Patent number: 8458007Abstract: A method may include receiving an order associated with processing a media file and generating a workflow associated with fulfilling the order. The method may also include identifying a number of tasks associated with the workflow and generating an estimate associated with executing the tasks. The generating an estimate may include identifying a resource type associated with the media file and the order, and identifying at least one of capacity and time requirements associated with executing the tasks.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2010Date of Patent: June 4, 2013Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Mohammad Reza Shafiee, Wei Liu, Ashutosh K. Sureka, Rahim Charania, Sumeet Garg
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Publication number: 20120185886Abstract: An approach is provided for enabling direct user interaction with specific items of content as presented by a content delivery system. Content is presented via a set-top box concurrently with a widget, indicating one or more items specified in content. User input relating to selection of one of the items is received. An interactive platform, in response to the input, generates a request specifying the selected item for purchase.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2011Publication date: July 19, 2012Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.Inventors: Rahim Charania, Ashutosh Sureka, Michael J. Naggar
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Publication number: 20120158452Abstract: A method may include receiving an order associated with processing a media file and generating a workflow associated with fulfilling the order. The method may also include identifying a number of tasks associated with the workflow and generating an estimate associated with executing the tasks. The generating an estimate may include identifying a resource type associated with the media file and the order, and identifying at least one of capacity and time requirements associated with executing the tasks.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2010Publication date: June 21, 2012Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.Inventors: Mohammad Reza Shafiee, Wei Liu, Ashutosh K. Sureka, Rahim Charania, Sumeet Garg
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Publication number: 20120158530Abstract: A method may include receiving an order associated with processing a media file and generating a workflow associated with fulfilling the order. The method may also include identifying tasks associated with the workflow and generating an estimate associated with executing the tasks. The method may further include allocating resources associated with executing the tasks and scheduling execution of the order.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2010Publication date: June 21, 2012Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.Inventors: Mohammad Reza Shafiee, Wei Liu, Puneet Kalia, Ashutosh K. Sureka, Rahim Charania, Shuchi Patel
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Publication number: 20100082374Abstract: A method may include aggregating information regarding events, where for each event the aggregated information includes an event name, an event time, and an event venue. The method may further include receiving a request for a list of events or a list of venues from a user device and obtaining, from the user device, a profile of a user of the user device. The method may further include generating, based on the profile and the aggregated information regarding events, the generated list of events or the list of venues and sending, to the user device, the list of events or the list of venues.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2008Publication date: April 1, 2010Applicants: Verizon Data Services LLC, Verizon Data Services India Private LimitedInventors: Rahim A. Charania, Gangadhar R. Gogineni, Puneet Kalia, Ashutosh Sureka, Prakash Srinivasan
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Publication number: 20090186634Abstract: The method and system for SMS/MMS messaging to a connected device may be realized as a system comprising at least one server module. The at least one server module may be adapted to receive from a connected device an outbound messaging message through a packet-based network. The at least one server module may also be adapted to send the outbound messaging message to an external messaging network. The connected device may be communicatively coupled to the packet-based network. The outbound messaging message may be associated with a user account. The user account may be associated with a telephone number.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2008Publication date: July 23, 2009Applicants: Verizon Data Services, Inc., Verizon Business Network Services, Inc., Verizon Data Services India Private Limited ViceroyInventors: Ashutosh K. Sureka, Michael J. Naggar, Scott A. Evans, Puneet Kalia, Wei X. Liu, Gangadhar Rao Gogineni, Rahim Charania, Shuchi R. Patel