Patents by Inventor Sanjay K. Udani
Sanjay K. Udani 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: 9419946Abstract: An approach for enabling a user to anonymously access customized service information from a plurality of providers is described. A secure estimation platform retrieves personal information associated with a user based on a first request from the user. The platform then anonymizes the personal information and generates a second request for the estimate for the service based on the anonymized personal information. The second request is then transmitted to one or more providers of the service.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2013Date of Patent: August 16, 2016Assignee: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.Inventors: Sanjay K. Udani, Thomas Maguire
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Patent number: 9246764Abstract: A network device implements resource admission policy management related to controlling the denial or grant of a delivery of a network service to a customer device. The network device receives a notification related to a change in network topology or network capacity of a network that delivers the network service. The network device identifies changes in the network topology or the network capacity based on the notification, and applies resource admission control to deny or grant the customer device access, to resources of the network to receive delivery of the network service, based on the identified changes in the network topology and/or the network capacity.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2010Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Eric R. Sporel, Sanjay K. Udani
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Publication number: 20150012631Abstract: An approach for enabling a user to anonymously access customized service information from a plurality of providers is described. A secure estimation platform retrieves personal information associated with a user based on a first request from the user. The platform then anonymizes the personal information and generates a second request for the estimate for the service based on the anonymized personal information. The second request is then transmitted to one or more providers of the service.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2013Publication date: January 8, 2015Inventors: Sanjay K. UDANI, Thomas MAGUIRE
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Patent number: 8584187Abstract: A device may include a memory to store parameters associated with allocating bandwidth. The bandwidth may be allocated among at least a local class of traffic and a network class of traffic, and a portion of the bandwidth may be shareable between the local and network classes of traffic. The device may also include a communication interface to receive requests for access to bandwidth from a number of devices, the devices including at least one set top box (STB) and at least one digital video recorder (DVR). The device may also include logic to receive a first request having a corresponding first bandwidth and being associated with a first class of traffic, and determine whether the first bandwidth plus currently used bandwidth associated with the first class of traffic is less than a reserved bandwidth associated with the first class of traffic.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2010Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventor: Sanjay K. Udani
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Patent number: 8478229Abstract: An approach is provided for alerting registered devices of an emergency call, detecting an emergency call from a calling device; determining an identifier of the calling device; retrieving a list of one or more registered devices based on the identifier; determining location information of the calling device; and generating a notification message for transmission to the one or more registered devices, wherein the notification message specifies notification of the emergency call and the location information of the calling device.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2009Date of Patent: July 2, 2013Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Umashankar Velusamy, Paul Hubner, Sanjay K. Udani, Armando P. Stettner
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Patent number: 8473976Abstract: A device may include a storage device and a processor. The storage device may be configured to store video programs and advertisements. The processor may be configured to display a graphical user interface that provides a list of video programs and advertisements stored in the storage device, receive a user selection of a video program and advertisement in the list of video programs and advertisements, provide the advertisement to a content presentation device for user viewing, track whether the device plays the advertisement, determine a number of credits for playing the advertisement, and credit the user account based on the number of credits.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2009Date of Patent: June 25, 2013Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventor: Sanjay K. Udani
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Patent number: 8356110Abstract: A resource manager permits a first user to use a first bandwidth of a shared pool of bandwidth for receiving a first media stream, where the shared pool of bandwidth comprises a maximum amount of available bandwidth.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2010Date of Patent: January 15, 2013Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Sanjay K. Udani, Naseem Khan, Eric R. Sporel, Tim Dwight
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Publication number: 20120151056Abstract: A network device implements resource admission policy management related to controlling the denial or grant of a delivery of a network service to a customer device. The network device receives a notification related to a change in network topology or network capacity of a network that delivers the network service. The network device identifies changes in the network topology or the network capacity based on the notification, and applies resource admission control to deny or grant the customer device access, to resources of the network to receive delivery of the network service, based on the identified changes in the network topology and/or the network capacity.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2010Publication date: June 14, 2012Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING, INC.Inventors: Eric R. Sporel, Sanjay K. Udani
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Publication number: 20120054344Abstract: A resource manager permits a first user to use a first bandwidth of a shared pool of bandwidth for receiving a first media stream, where the shared pool of bandwidth comprises a maximum amount of available bandwidth.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2010Publication date: March 1, 2012Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.Inventors: Sanjay K. Udani, Naseem Khan, Eric R. Sporel, Tim Dwight
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Publication number: 20110239259Abstract: A device may include a memory to store parameters associated with allocating bandwidth. The bandwidth may be allocated among at least a local class of traffic and a network class of traffic, and a portion of the bandwidth may be shareable between the local and network classes of traffic. The device may also include a communication interface to receive requests for access to bandwidth from a number of devices, the devices including at least one set top box (STB) and at least one digital video recorder (DVR). The device may also include logic to receive a first request having a corresponding first bandwidth and being associated with a first class of traffic, and determine whether the first bandwidth plus currently used bandwidth associated with the first class of traffic is less than a reserved bandwidth associated with the first class of traffic.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2010Publication date: September 29, 2011Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.Inventor: Sanjay K. Udani
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Publication number: 20110151829Abstract: An approach is provided for alerting registered devices of an emergency call, detecting an emergency call from a calling device; determining an identifier of the calling device; retrieving a list of one or more registered devices based on the identifier; determining location information of the calling device; and generating a notification message for transmission to the one or more registered devices, wherein the notification message specifies notification of the emergency call and the location information of the calling device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2009Publication date: June 23, 2011Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.Inventors: Umashankar Velusamy, Paul Hubner, Sanjay K. Udani, Armando P. Stettner
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Publication number: 20110088057Abstract: A device may include a storage device and a processor. The storage device may be configured to store video programs and advertisements. The processor may be configured to display a graphical user interface that provides a list of video programs and advertisements stored in the storage device, receive a user selection of a video program and advertisement in the list of video programs and advertisements, provide the advertisement to a content presentation device for user viewing, track whether the device plays the advertisement, determine a number of credits for playing the advertisement, and credit the user account based on the number of credits.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2009Publication date: April 14, 2011Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING, INC.Inventor: Sanjay K. Udani