Patents by Inventor Ashish Phutela
Ashish Phutela 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: 10991130Abstract: An exemplary system includes a memory that stores instructions and a processor communicatively coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to execute the instructions to access a thermal image captured by a thermal imaging device, the thermal image including a plurality of pixels, convert the thermal image to a heatmap image, generate a foreground image by separating a background represented in the heatmap image from a foreground represented in the heatmap image, identify, in the foreground image, at least one hotspot representing a heat source located at the user premises, determine a contour shape of the at least one hotspot, and determine, based on the contour shape of the at least one hotspot, whether the at least one hotspot represented in the foreground image represents a target heat source located at the user premises.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2019Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing inc.Inventors: Vaidyanathan Kalyanasundaram, Rajaraman Vaidyanathaswami, Ashish Phutela, Venkata Sai Karun Gollapalli, Obulivijayaraj Obuli, Jayaraman J. Arumugam, Anil Kumar
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Publication number: 20210035334Abstract: An exemplary system includes a memory that stores instructions and a processor communicatively coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to execute the instructions to access a thermal image captured by a thermal imaging device, the thermal image including a plurality of pixels, convert the thermal image to a heatmap image, generate a foreground image by separating a background represented in the heatmap image from a foreground represented in the heatmap image, identify, in the foreground image, at least one hotspot representing a heat source located at the user premises, determine a contour shape of the at least one hotspot, and determine, based on the contour shape of the at least one hotspot, whether the at least one hotspot represented in the foreground image represents a target heat source located at the user premises.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2019Publication date: February 4, 2021Inventors: Vaidyanathan Kalyanasundram, Rajaraman Vaidyanathaswami, Ashish Phutela, Venkata Sai Karun Gollapalli, Obulivijayaraj Obuli, Jayaraman J. Arumugam, Anil Kumar
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Patent number: 8694903Abstract: Exemplary methods and systems for managing an e-reader interface are disclosed herein. An exemplary method includes an e-reader interface management system directing an e-reader device to display a plurality of graphical objects representative of a plurality of segments of an e-publication, detecting a user interaction with a graphical object within the plurality of graphical objects and representative of a segment within the plurality of segments, and directing the e-reader device to remove at least one other graphical object within the graphical objects from the display of the graphical objects, wherein the at least one other graphical object is representative of at least one other segment within the plurality of segments that is unrelated to the segment. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2011Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Soumya Tiwari, Ruchir Rodrigues, John F. Gallagher, Raju T. Ramakrishnan, Ashish Phutela, Peter Joseph, Manisha Gupta, Manidipa Bhattacharyya, James Y. Hwang
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Patent number: 8645873Abstract: Exemplary methods and systems for managing an e-reader interface are disclosed herein. An exemplary method includes an e-reader interface management system directing an e-reader device to display a plurality of graphical objects representative of a plurality of segments of an e-publication and arranged in a plurality of overlapping rows, detecting that a user has accessed a particular segment within the plurality of segments and represented by a particular graphical object within the plurality of graphical objects, and dynamically altering at least one display attribute associated with the particular graphical object to indicate that the particular segment has been accessed by the user. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2011Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Manisha Gupta, Raju T. Ramakrishnan, Balamurugan Natarajan, Peter Joseph, Soumya Tiwari, James Y. Hwang, Ashish Phutela, Manidipa Bhattacharyya
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Patent number: 8634390Abstract: An exemplary method includes establishing, by a mobile phone device, a wireless local area network communication channel between the mobile phone device and a set-top box device, providing, by the mobile phone device, a graphical user interface for display on a display screen of the mobile phone device, the graphical user interface configured to facilitate inputting of one or more control commands by a user of the mobile phone device, and controlling, by the mobile phone device, at least one operation of the set-top box device via the wireless local area network communication channel in accordance with the one or more control commands. Corresponding methods and systems are also described.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2009Date of Patent: January 21, 2014Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Raju Ramakrishnan, Peter Joseph, Sampath Raman, Balamuralidhar Maddali, Ruchir Rodrigues, Ashish Phutela, Shafiq Kassam
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Patent number: 8402498Abstract: An approach is provided for controlling a set-top box based on a device event. A set-top box detects a wireless device. A communication channel is established with the wireless device configured to initiate a voice call. A command message is received, by the set-top box, over the communication channel. The command corresponds to a device event experienced by the wireless device.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2010Date of Patent: March 19, 2013Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: T. Sahaya George, Abhishek Malhotra, Durga Devi Murthy, Kaushik Khatua, Sankaran Raman, Praveen Prabhaharan, Naveen Rosario, Tapan Bansal, Naman Patel, Madankanth Lanka, Varaprasad Meka, Chaitanya Kumar Behara, Balamuralidhar Maddali, Raju Ramakrishnan, Peter Joseph, Ashish Phutela
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Publication number: 20120227002Abstract: Exemplary methods and systems for managing an e-reader interface are disclosed herein. An exemplary method includes an e-reader interface management system directing an e-reader device to display a plurality of graphical objects representative of a plurality of segments of an e-publication, detecting a user interaction with a graphical object within the plurality of graphical objects and representative of a segment within the plurality of segments, and directing the e-reader device to remove at least one other graphical object within the graphical objects from the display of the graphical objects, wherein the at least one other graphical object is representative of at least one other segment within the plurality of segments that is unrelated to the segment. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2011Publication date: September 6, 2012Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING, INC.Inventors: Soumya Tiwari, Ruchir Rodrigues, John F. Gallagher, Raju T. Ramakrishnan, Ashish Phutela, Peter Joseph, Manisha Gupta, Manidipa Bhattacharyya, James Y. Hwang
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Publication number: 20120227001Abstract: Exemplary methods and systems for managing an e-reader interface are disclosed herein. An exemplary method includes an e-reader interface management system directing an e-reader device to display a plurality of graphical objects representative of a plurality of segments of an e-publication and arranged in a plurality of overlapping rows, detecting that a user has accessed a particular segment within the plurality of segments and represented by a particular graphical object within the plurality of graphical objects, and dynamically altering at least one display attribute associated with the particular graphical object to indicate that the particular segment has been accessed by the user. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2011Publication date: September 6, 2012Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING, INC.Inventors: Manisha Gupta, Raju T. Ramakrishnan, Balamurugan Natarajan, Peter Joseph, Soumya Tiwari, James Y. Hwang, Ashish Phutela, Manidipa Bhattacharyya
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Publication number: 20120036543Abstract: An approach is provided for controlling a set-top box based on a device event. A set-top box detects a wireless device. A communication channel is established with the wireless device configured to initiate a voice call. A command message is received, by the set-top box, over the communication channel. The command corresponds to a device event experienced by the wireless device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2010Publication date: February 9, 2012Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.Inventors: T. Sahaya George, Abhishek Malhotra, Durga Devi Murthy, Kaushik Khatua, Sankaran Raman, Praveen Prabhaharan, Naveen Rosario, Tapan Bansal, Naman Patel, Madankanth Lanka, Varaprasad Meka, Chaitanya Kumar Behara, Balamuralidhar Maddali, Raju Ramakrishnan, Peter Joseph, Ashish Phutela
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Publication number: 20110085526Abstract: An exemplary method includes establishing, by a mobile phone device, a wireless local area network communication channel between the mobile phone device and a set-top box device, providing, by the mobile phone device, a graphical user interface for display on a display screen of the mobile phone device, the graphical user interface configured to facilitate inputting of one or more control commands by a user of the mobile phone device, and controlling, by the mobile phone device, at least one operation of the set-top box device via the wireless local area network communication channel in accordance with the one or more control commands. Corresponding methods and systems are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2009Publication date: April 14, 2011Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING, INC.Inventors: Peter Joseph, Sampath Raman, Balamuralidhar Maddali, Raju Ramakrishnan, Ruchir Rodrigues, Ashish Phutela, Shafiq Kassam