Patents by Inventor Nicky P. JOSHI

Nicky P. JOSHI 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).

  • Publication number: 20140040007
    Abstract: A device may receive information that identifies a design item associated with a promotion, where the design item relates to an appearance of the promotion, may receive information that identifies a promotion characteristic associated with the promotion, where the promotion characteristic identifies at least one of a product or a service associated with the promotion, may receive distribution information associated with the promotion, where the distribution information identifies a customer device to which the promotion is to be sent, and may receive scheduling information associated with the promotion, where the scheduling information identifies a time period during which the promotion is active. The device may also provide the promotion to the customer device based on the design item, the promotion characteristic, the distribution information, and the scheduling information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: Donald H. RELYEA, JR., Venket S. KANDANALA, Nisheeth GUPTA, Nicky P. JOSHI
  • Publication number: 20110161175
    Abstract: A method is performed by one or more devices within a network to provide customized promotions. The method includes retrieving account profile information associated with a media client, where the account profile information includes information, obtained by the media client, about devices within customer premises associated with the media client. The method also includes retrieving a listing of candidate advertising components for a customized promotion and selecting, based on the account profile information, a particular advertising component from the listing of candidate advertising components. Instructions for presenting the selected advertising component are sent to the media client.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING, INC.
    Inventors: Raul I. ALDREY, Nicky P. JOSHI