Patents by Inventor Ramprasath HARIHARAN
Ramprasath HARIHARAN 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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Patent number: 9060107Abstract: A device may receive a message from another device. The message may include a request to capture a reaction of a user when the message is displayed. The device may further cause the received message to be displayed, and cause, based on the request, at least one of a video, a picture, or an audio of the user to be captured while the received message is being displayed.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2011Date of Patent: June 16, 2015Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Maria Sagayaraj, Narayanadhoss Gopalakrishnan, Ganesh Ramasamy, Ramprasath Hariharan, Sundar Sivaraman
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Patent number: 8843518Abstract: Methods and related systems are presented that relate to establishing communications among individuals connected through social networking services. To obtain the contact information of an encountered connection, a person may take a photo of the connection and provide information indicating how he/she knows the connection. Using the provided information, a subset of the person's connections in the social networking services that he/she belongs to is selected. The photos included in the profiles of the connections in the selected subset are searched and a profile that includes an image with features matching the features of the obtained image is selected. Once a match is found, personal information of the connection is obtained from his/her profile and transmitted to the person. The individuals can establish connection using the obtained personal information.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2012Date of Patent: September 23, 2014Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Sundar Sivaraman, Ramprasath Hariharan, Maria M. Sagayaraj, NarayanaDhoss Gopalakrishnan, Rajeswaran Venugopal
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Patent number: 8839316Abstract: A system includes a set-top box and a server for a subscription television service. The set-top box includes a processor to receive a video-on-demand (VOD) programming suggestion from a user and send, to the server, the VOD programming suggestion. The server includes a processor to receive the VOD programming suggestion, compile the VOD programming suggestion with other VOD programming suggestions from other set-top boxes, and send a notification to the set-top box that the VOD programming suggestion has been added to the list of available VOD programming for the subscription television service.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2008Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Ramprasath Hariharan, Yuriy Bolyukh, Syed Zafar Beyabani, Anil Solleti
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Patent number: 8756619Abstract: A method performed by one or more computing devices includes determining a relevancy function of viewer tendencies based on set-top box data from a subscription television service and defining a cluster of set-top boxes based on the relevancy function. The method also includes building a tendency profile for the cluster, the tendency profile including predicted actions for viewers within the cluster. The method further includes assigning the set-top box to the cluster and directing a cluster-oriented presentation to a particular set-top box within the cluster.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2008Date of Patent: June 17, 2014Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Yuriy Bolyukh, Ramprasath Hariharan, Syed Zafar Beyabani, Anil Solleti
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Publication number: 20140025707Abstract: Methods and related systems are presented that relate to establishing communications among individuals connected through social networking services. To obtain the contact information of an encountered connection, a person may take a photo of the connection and provide information indicating how he/she knows the connection. Using the provided information, a subset of the person's connections in the social networking services that he/she belongs to is selected. The photos included in the profiles of the connections in the selected subset are searched and a profile that includes an image with features matching the features of the obtained image is selected. Once a match is found, personal information of the connection is obtained from his/her profile and transmitted to the person. The individuals can establish connection using the obtained personal information.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2012Publication date: January 23, 2014Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Sundar Sivaraman, Ramprasath Hariharan, Maria M. Sagayaraj, NarayanaDhoss Gopalakrishnan, Rajeswaran Venugopal
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Publication number: 20130128058Abstract: A device may receive a message from another device. The message may include a request to capture a reaction of a user when the message is displayed. The device may further cause the received message to be displayed, and cause, based on the request, at least one of a video, a picture, or an audio of the user to be captured while the received message is being displayed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2011Publication date: May 23, 2013Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.Inventors: Maria SAGAYARAJ, Narayanadhoss GOPALAKRISHNAN, Ganesh RAMASAMY, Ramprasath HARIHARAN, Sundar SIVARAMAN
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Publication number: 20100146530Abstract: A method performed by one or more computing devices includes determining a relevancy function of viewer tendencies based on set-top box data from a subscription television service and defining a cluster of set-top boxes based on the relevancy function. The method also includes building a tendency profile for the cluster, the tendency profile including predicted actions for viewers within the cluster. The method further includes assigning the set-top box to the cluster and directing a cluster-oriented presentation to a particular set-top box within the cluster.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2008Publication date: June 10, 2010Applicants: VERIZON DATA SERVICES LLC, VERIZON DATA SERVICES INDIA PRIVATE LIMITEDInventors: Yuriy BOLYUKH, Ramprasath HARIHARAN, Syed Zafar BEYABANI, Anil SOLLETI
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Publication number: 20100146568Abstract: A system includes a set-top box and a server for a subscription television service. The set-top box includes a processor to receive a video-on-demand (VOD) programming suggestion from a user and send, to the server, the VOD programming suggestion. The server includes a processor to receive the VOD programming suggestion, compile the VOD programming suggestion with other VOD programming suggestions from other set-top boxes, and send a notification to the set-top box that the VOD programming suggestion has been added to the list of available VOD programming for the subscription television service.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2008Publication date: June 10, 2010Applicants: VERIZON DATA SERVICES INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED, VERIZON DATA SERVICES LLCInventors: Ramprasath HARIHARAN, Yuriy BOLYUKH, Syed Zafar BEYABANI, Anil SOLLETI