Patents by Inventor Shrividhyaa N. KANNAN

Shrividhyaa N. KANNAN 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).

  • Providing contextual messages relating to currently accessed content
    Patent number: 9325646
    Abstract: One or more first devices may receive, from a second device, program information as part of a request to provide a contextual message, associated with particular content corresponding to the program information, to a third device. The program information may identify a time, a geographic location, and a television channel identifier associated with the particular content. The one or more devices may cause the particular content to be identified based on a fingerprint of the particular content; receive the contextual message that was identified based on the fingerprint; provide the contextual message to the third device; and provide, for storage in a content schedule, information identifying the particular content, a time period during which the particular content is broadcasted, the geographic location, and the television channel identifier. The content schedule may be used to identify the particular content after the particular content has been initially identified based on the fingerprint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: Shrividhyaa N. Kannan, Syed Mohasin Zaki, Raju T. Ramakrishnan, Karthic Chinnadurai
  • PROVIDING CONTEXTUAL MESSAGES RELATING TO CURRENTLY ACCESSED CONTENT
    Publication number: 20150120839
    Abstract: One or more first devices may receive, from a second device, program information as part of a request to provide a contextual message, associated with particular content corresponding to the program information, to a third device. The program information may identify a time, a geographic location, and a television channel identifier associated with the particular content. The one or more devices may cause the particular content to be identified based on a fingerprint of the particular content; receive the contextual message that was identified based on the fingerprint; provide the contextual message to the third device; and provide, for storage in a content schedule, information identifying the particular content, a time period during which the particular content is broadcasted, the geographic location, and the television channel identifier. The content schedule may be used to identify the particular content after the particular content has been initially identified based on the fingerprint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: Shrividhyaa N. KANNAN, SYED MOHASIN ZAKI, RAJU T. RAMAKRISHNAN, KARTHIC CHINNADURAI