Patents by Inventor Laxmi Patel
Laxmi 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).
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Patent number: 9900557Abstract: An approach is provided for remotely controlling set-top boxes. A command is received from a computing device for controlling a plurality of set-top boxes. The set-top boxes are configured according to the received command.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2007Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Raul Aldrey, Abhishek Gupta, Anil Solleti, Enrique Ruiz Velasco Fonseca, Laxmi Patel, Pericharla Anjaneya, Sudeep Dasgupta
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Patent number: 9473476Abstract: An exemplary system includes a data loader and a data slicer. The data loader is configured to receive and process raw program guide data, and to store the processed program guide data in a data store, the processing including generating a unique program identifier for each program represented in the raw program guide data. The data slicer is configured to generate a program guide data configuration from the processed program guide data, the program guide data configuration including program guide data organized into a plurality of data structures based on categories of the program guide data. The plurality of data structures includes at least one channel data structure, at least one schedule data structure, at least one detailed program information data structure, and indices for use as references between different ones of the data structures.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2007Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Mukunda Raju, Laxmi Patel, Anita Mal James, Enrique Ruiz-Velasco
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Patent number: 8776117Abstract: An approach is provided for presenting, via a set-top box, a widget. The widget includes content retrieved over a data network and augmented content.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2007Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Raul Aldrey, Brian F. Roberts, Heath Stallings, Shafiq Kassam, Enrique Ruiz Velasco Fonseca, Prabhakar Mani, Laxmi Patel
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Patent number: 8683526Abstract: In one of many possible implementations, a system includes a content delivery subsystem providing online resource data and programming data associated with media content. The system further includes a content processing subsystem configured to communicate with the content delivery subsystem via a network. The content processing subsystem is configured to receive the programming data and to generate a program guide user interface including at least a subset of the programming data. The content processing subsystem is configured to access and utilize the online resource data to generate the program guide user interface when the online resource data is accessible via the network. The content processing subsystem is further configured to maintain and utilize offline resource data instead of the online resource data to generate the program guide user interface when the online resource data is inaccessible via the network.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2011Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Enrique Ruiz-Velasco, Laxmi Patel, Abhishek Desai
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Patent number: 8543594Abstract: An exemplary system includes an element server in a video hub office configured to provide a media signal to a content processing device located at a customer premises and at least one computing device remote from the video hub office and the customer premises. The computing device comprises a first data store that includes a plurality of presentation elements, a second data store that includes information concerning associations of the presentation elements with a chunk that is a logical grouping of the presentation elements, and an element management subsystem that provides the presentation elements associated with the chunk to the element server in the video hub office, the element server configured to cache the presentation elements for use by the element server in fulfilling a request from the content processing device, wherein the computing device provides a user interface that presents information about the presentation elements associated with the chunk.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2011Date of Patent: September 24, 2013Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Enrique Ruiz-Velasco, Laxmi Patel, Japan Mehta
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Publication number: 20120011145Abstract: An exemplary system includes an element server in a video hub office configured to provide a media signal to a content processing device located at a customer premises and at least one computing device remote from the video hub office and the customer premises. The computing device comprises a first data store that includes a plurality of presentation elements, a second data store that includes information concerning associations of the presentation elements with a chunk that is a logical grouping of the presentation elements, and an element management subsystem that provides the presentation elements associated with the chunk to the element server in the video hub office, the element server configured to cache the presentation elements for use by the element server in fulfilling a request from the content processing device, wherein the computing device provides a user interface that presents information about the presentation elements associated with the chunk.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2011Publication date: January 12, 2012Applicant: Verizon Data Services Inc.Inventors: Enrique Ruiz-Velasco, Laxmi Patel, Japan Mehta
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Publication number: 20110314503Abstract: In one of many possible implementations, a system includes a content delivery subsystem providing online resource data and programming data associated with media content. The system further includes a content processing subsystem configured to communicate with the content delivery subsystem via a network. The content processing subsystem is configured to receive the programming data and to generate a program guide user interface including at least a subset of the programming data. The content processing subsystem is configured to access and utilize the online resource data to generate the program guide user interface when the online resource data is accessible via the network. The content processing subsystem is further configured to maintain and utilize offline resource data instead of the online resource data to generate the program guide user interface when the online resource data is inaccessible via the network.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2011Publication date: December 22, 2011Applicant: VERIZON DATA SERVICES INC.Inventors: Enrique Ruiz-Velasco, Laxmi Patel, Abhishek Desai
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Patent number: 8015581Abstract: In one of many possible implementations, a system includes a content delivery subsystem providing online resource data and programming data associated with media content. The system further includes a content processing subsystem configured to communicate with the content delivery subsystem via a network. The content processing subsystem is configured to receive the programming data and to generate a program guide user interface including at least a subset of the programming data. The content processing subsystem is configured to access and utilize the online resource data on demand to generate the program guide user interface when the online resource data is accessible via the network. In certain implementations, the content processing subsystem includes offline resource data and is configured to utilize the offline resource data to generate the program guide user interface when the online resource data is inaccessible via the network.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2007Date of Patent: September 6, 2011Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Enrique Ruiz-Velasco, Laxmi Patel, Abhishek Desai
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Patent number: 8010531Abstract: A first set of data includes a plurality of presentation elements. A second set of data includes metadata concerning the presentation elements, the metadata including at least a hash value related to each of the presentation elements and a location of each of the presentation elements. An element management subsystem is configured to provide the presentation elements to a remote element server. The element server is configured to serialize and transmit the elements in a binary stream in response to a request, the elements being formatted according to a parameter of the request.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2007Date of Patent: August 30, 2011Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Enrique Ruiz-Velasco, Laxmi Patel, Japan Mehta
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Publication number: 20090172757Abstract: An approach is provided for remotely controlling set-top boxes. A command is received from a computing device for controlling a plurality of set-top boxes. The set-top boxes are configured according to the received command.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2007Publication date: July 2, 2009Applicant: Verizon Data Services Inc.Inventors: Raul Aldrey, Abhishek Gupta, Anil Solleti, Enrique Ruiz Velasco Fonseca, Laxmi Patel, Pericharla Anjaneya, Sudeep Dasgupta
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Publication number: 20090172746Abstract: An approach is provided for presenting, via a set-top box, a widget. The widget includes content retrieved over a data network and augmented content.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2007Publication date: July 2, 2009Applicant: Verizon Data Services Inc.Inventors: Raul Aldrey, Brian F. Roberts, Heath Stallings, Shafiq Kassam, Enrique Ruiz Velasco Fonseca, Prabhakar Mani, Laxmi Patel
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Publication number: 20090158340Abstract: Data is transmitted from content processing devices to a server, the data relating to a number of times that each of one or more media programs have been accessed within a given time period. The data is aggregated to obtain an aggregate number of times that each of the one or more media programs has been accessed within the given time period. An indication of popularity for each of the one or more media programs may be determined from the data.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2007Publication date: June 18, 2009Applicant: Verizon Data Services Inc.Inventors: Laxmi Patel, Senthil K. Raghavan, Enrique Ruiz-Velasco, Japan A. Mehta
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Publication number: 20080256575Abstract: An exemplary system includes a data loader and a data slicer. The data loader is configured to receive and process raw program guide data, and to store the processed program guide data in a data store, the processing including generating a unique program identifier for each program represented in the raw program guide data. The data slicer is configured to generate a program guide data configuration from the processed program guide data, the program guide data configuration including program guide data organized into a plurality of data structures based on categories of the program guide data. The plurality of data structures includes at least one channel data structure, at least one schedule data structure, at least one detailed program information data structure, and indices for use as references between different ones of the data structures.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2007Publication date: October 16, 2008Applicants: Verizon Data Services Inc., Verizon Data Services India Private LimitedInventors: Munkunda Raju, Laxmi Patel, Anita Mal James, Enrique Ruiz-Velasco
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Publication number: 20080168066Abstract: In one of many possible implementations, a system includes a content delivery subsystem providing online resource data and programming data associated with media content. The system further includes a content processing subsystem configured to communicate with the content delivery subsystem via a network. The content processing subsystem is configured to receive the programming data and to generate a program guide user interface including at least a subset of the programming data. The content processing subsystem is configured to access and utilize the online resource data on demand to generate the program guide user interface when the online resource data is accessible via the network. In certain implementations, the content processing subsystem includes offline resource data and is configured to utilize the offline resource data to generate the program guide user interface when the online resource data is inaccessible via the network.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2007Publication date: July 10, 2008Applicant: Verizon Data Services Inc.Inventors: Enrique Ruiz-Velasco, Laxmi Patel, Abhishek Desai
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Publication number: 20080168067Abstract: A first set of data includes a plurality of presentation elements. A second set of data includes metadata concerning the presentation elements, the metadata including at least a hash value related to each of the presentation elements and a location of each of the presentation elements. An element management subsystem is configured to provide the presentation elements to a remote element server. The element server is configured to serialize and transmit the elements in a binary stream in response to a request, the elements being formatted according to a parameter of the request.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2007Publication date: July 10, 2008Applicant: Verizon Data Services Inc.Inventors: Enrique Ruiz-Velasco, Laxmi Patel, Japan Mehta