Patents by Inventor Aakash Chokshi

Aakash Chokshi 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).

  • Patent number: 11671639
    Abstract: A device may receive content data identifying television schedules for content to be provided for viewing in a first geographic location and a second geographic location, and may identify a first available time slot for content in the first geographic location and a second available time slot for content in the second geographic location. The device may identify a first set of content for the first available time slot and a second set of content for the second available time slot, and may assign values to the first and second sets. The device may determine whether the values assigned to the first and second sets satisfy a threshold value, and may cause, when a value of content in the first set fails to satisfy the threshold value, a first client device, in the first geographic location, to obtain replacement content with a value that satisfies the threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Marcelo D. Lechner, Glenn Altchek, Aakash Chokshi, Shashank Shekhar Sharma, Ataqurahman Patil
  • Publication number: 20220295130
    Abstract: A device may receive content data identifying television schedules for content to be provided for viewing in a first geographic location and a second geographic location, and may identify a first available time slot for content in the first geographic location and a second available time slot for content in the second geographic location. The device may identify a first set of content for the first available time slot and a second set of content for the second available time slot, and may assign values to the first and second sets. The device may determine whether the values assigned to the first and second sets satisfy a threshold value, and may cause, when a value of content in the first set fails to satisfy the threshold value, a first client device, in the first geographic location, to obtain replacement content with a value that satisfies the threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Marcelo D. LECHNER, Glenn ALTCHEK, Aakash CHOKSHI, Shashank Shekhar SHARMA, Ataqurahman PATIL
  • Patent number: 11368734
    Abstract: A device may receive content data identifying television schedules for content to be provided for viewing in a first geographic location and a second geographic location, and may identify a first available time slot for content in the first geographic location and a second available time slot for content in the second geographic location. The device may identify a first set of content for the first available time slot and a second set of content for the second available time slot, and may assign values to the first and second sets. The device may determine whether the values assigned to the first and second sets satisfy a threshold value, and may cause, when a value of an content in the first set fails to satisfy the threshold value, a first client device, in the first geographic location, to obtain a replacement content with a value that satisfies the threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Marcelo D. Lechner, Glenn Altchek, Aakash Chokshi, Shashank Shekhar Sharma, Ataqurahman Patil
  • Publication number: 20210250628
    Abstract: A device may receive content data identifying television schedules for content to be provided for viewing in a first geographic location and a second geographic location, and may identify a first available time slot for content in the first geographic location and a second available time slot for content in the second geographic location. The device may identify a first set of content for the first available time slot and a second set of content for the second available time slot, and may assign values to the first and second sets. The device may determine whether the values assigned to the first and second sets satisfy a threshold value, and may cause, when a value of an content in the first set fails to satisfy the threshold value, a first client device, in the first geographic location, to obtain a replacement content with a value that satisfies the threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Marcelo D. LECHNER, Glenn ALTCHEK, Aakash CHOKSHI, Shashank Shekhar SHARMA, Ataqurahman PATIL
  • Patent number: 11019370
    Abstract: Devices, methods, and storage media provide for identifying, by an ad insertion device, at least one prospect for inserting a selected ad via a set of hidden channels during a target programming timeslot based on ad schedules for a plurality of networks; determining based on hidden channel usage data for a programming timeslot corresponding to the target programming timeslot, that a likelihood of availability of at least one hidden channel of the set of hidden channels during the target programming timeslot exceeds a first threshold level; and sending an instruction to an interface device to insert the selected ad via the at least one hidden channel during the target programming timeslot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Marcelo D. Lechner, Glenn Altchek, Aakash Chokshi, Srinivas Anumala
  • Patent number: 10999616
    Abstract: A device may receive content data identifying television schedules for content to be provided for viewing in a first geographic location and a second geographic location, and may identify a first available time slot for content in the first geographic location and a second available time slot for content in the second geographic location. The device may identify a first set of content for the first available time slot and a second set of content for the second available time slot, and may assign values to the first and second sets. The device may determine whether the values assigned to the first and second sets satisfy a threshold value, and may cause, when a value of an content in the first set fails to satisfy the threshold value, a first client device, in the first geographic location, to obtain a replacement content with a value that satisfies the threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Marcelo D. Lechner, Glenn Altchek, Aakash Chokshi, Shashank Shekhar Sharma, Ataqurahman Patil
  • Publication number: 20200195986
    Abstract: Devices, methods, and storage media provide for identifying, by an ad insertion device, at least one prospect for inserting a selected ad via a set of hidden channels during a target programming timeslot based on ad schedules for a plurality of networks; determining based on hidden channel usage data for a programming timeslot corresponding to the target programming timeslot, that a likelihood of availability of at least one hidden channel of the set of hidden channels during the target programming timeslot exceeds a first threshold level; and sending an instruction to an interface device to insert the selected ad via the at least one hidden channel during the target programming timeslot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Marcelo D. Lechner, Glenn Altchek, Aakash Chokshi, Srinivas Anumala
  • Patent number: 10616615
    Abstract: Devices, methods, and storage media provide for receiving ad schedules for an upcoming programming timeslot for a network lineup; identifying an opportunity to insert a selected ad via a set of hidden channels during the upcoming programming timeslot based on the ad schedules; retrieving, based on the identifying, stored hidden channel usage data for previous programming timeslots that correspond to the upcoming programming timeslot; determining whether an availability likelihood of a hidden channel during the upcoming programming timeslot exceeds a threshold; retrieving, when the threshold is exceeded, ad insertion collision data for the previous programming timeslots; determining, based on the collision data, whether a likelihood of a collision occurring on the hidden channels during the upcoming programming timeslot exceeds another threshold; and sending, when the other threshold is not exceeded, an instruction to a user interface device to insert the selected ad via the hidden channel during the upcoming
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Marcelo D. Lechner, Glenn Altchek, Aakash Chokshi, Srinivas Anumala
  • Publication number: 20200059680
    Abstract: Devices, methods, and storage media provide for receiving ad schedules for an upcoming programming timeslot for a network lineup; identifying an opportunity to insert a selected ad via a set of hidden channels during the upcoming programming timeslot based on the ad schedules; retrieving, based on the identifying, stored hidden channel usage data for previous programming timeslots that correspond to the upcoming programming timeslot; determining whether an availability likelihood of a hidden channel during the upcoming programming timeslot exceeds a threshold; retrieving, when the threshold is exceeded, ad insertion collision data for the previous programming timeslots; determining, based on the collision data, whether a likelihood of a collision occurring on the hidden channels during the upcoming programming timeslot exceeds another threshold; and sending, when the other threshold is not exceeded, an instruction to a user interface device to insert the selected ad via the hidden channel during the upcoming
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Marcelo D. Lechner, Glenn Altchek, Aakash Chokshi, Srinivas Anumala