Patents by Inventor Laxmi M. Patel

Laxmi M. Patel 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).

  • System and method for providing personal content recommendations
    Patent number: 9654721
    Abstract: A system and method for providing personal content recommendations comprising a receiver to receive and collect one or more user commands at one or more modules, a processor to generate, at the one or more modules, one or more personalized recommendations based on the one or more user commands, and a transmitter to transmit the one or more personalized recommendations to be displayed at a display device in response to receiving one or more user inputs to display the one or more personalized recommendations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: Enrique Ruiz-Velasco, Laxmi M. Patel, Japan A. Mehta, Senthil K. Raghavan
  • Method and system for creating a chapter menu for a video program
    Patent number: 8914826
    Abstract: An approach is provided for the real-time creation of a menu of chapters for navigating a video program. The chaptering process creates at a dynamic chapter navigation menu that enables a user to precisely navigate within a video program by recursively creating chaptering points of finer temporal granularity for selecting a desired point within the video program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Enrique Ruiz-Velasco, Japan A. Mehta, Laxmi M. Patel, Shafiq Kassam
  • Method and system for creating a media playlist
    Patent number: 8782712
    Abstract: An approach is provided for the creation of a media playlist for managing and scheduling content from a variety of media sources including broadcast and online sources. The playlist creation process facilitates efficient resolution of media scheduling conflicts by automatically identifying conflicts and generating alternate playlists to overcome them. The approach also enables a user to share the media playlist seamlessly with other devices and users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Japan A. Mehta, Enrique Ruiz-Velasco, Shafiq Kassam, Laxmi M. Patel
  • Methods, systems, and apparatus for developing widgets
    Patent number: 8510333
    Abstract: An exemplary computing system may receive input identifying a first data source. The computing system may also provide a widget template and receive a request to associate the first data source with the widget template. The computing system may create a map that associates the first data source with the widget template. The computing system may provide a widget that displays, based on the map and the widget template, data from the data source. Corresponding methods, apparatus, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Shahzib Zafar, Japan A. Mehta, Enrique Ruiz-Velasco, Laxmi M. Patel, Prabhakar Mani, Tulasi Kumar Neeli
  • METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND APPARATUS FOR DEVELOPING WIDGETS
    Publication number: 20100169755
    Abstract: An exemplary computing system may receive input identifying a first data source. The computing system may also provide a widget template and receive a request to associate the first data source with the widget template. The computing system may create a map that associates the first data source with the widget template. The computing system may provide a widget that displays, based on the map and the widget template, data from the data source. Corresponding methods, apparatus, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2008
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: VERIZON DATA SERVICES LLC
    Inventors: Shahzaib Zafar, Japan A. Mehta, Enrique Ruiz-Velasco, Laxmi M. Patel, Prabhakar Mani, Tulasi Kumar Neeli
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING A MEDIA PLAYLIST
    Publication number: 20100162324
    Abstract: An approach is provided for the creation of a media playlist for managing and scheduling content from a variety of media sources including broadcast and online sources. The playlist creation process facilitates efficient resolution of media scheduling conflicts by automatically identifying conflicts and generating alternate playlists to overcome them. The approach also enables a user to share the media playlist seamlessly with other devices and users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2008
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: VERIZON DATA SERVICES LLC
    Inventors: Japan A. Mehta, Enrique Ruiz-Velasco, Shafiq Kassam, Laxmi M. Patel
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING A CHAPTER MENU FOR A VIDEO PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20100162313
    Abstract: An approach is provided for the real-time creation of a menu of chapters for navigating a video program. The chaptering process creates at a dynamic chapter navigation menu that enables a user to precisely navigate within a video program by recursively creating chaptering points of finer temporal granularity for selecting a desired point within the video program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2008
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: Verizon Data Services LLC
    Inventors: Enrique Ruiz-Velasco, Japan A. Mehta, Laxmi M. Patel, Shafiq Kassam
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING PERSONAL CONTENT RECOMMENDATIONS
    Publication number: 20090019488
    Abstract: A system and method for providing personal content recommendations comprising a receiver to receive and collect one or more user commands at one or more modules, a processor to generate, at the one or more modules, one or more personalized recommendations based on the one or more user commands, and a transmitter to transmit the one or more personalized recommendations to be displayed at a display device in response to receiving one or more user inputs to display the one or more personalized recommendations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2007
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Applicant: VERIZON DATA SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: ENRIQUE RUIZ-VELASCO, Laxmi M. Patel, Japan A. Mehta, Senthil K. Raghavan