Patents by Inventor RajKumar Panneerselvam

RajKumar Panneerselvam 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).

  • Method and apparatus for supporting services via a set-top box
    Patent number: 8671434
    Abstract: An approach is provided for supporting messaging services via a set-top box. A set-top box establishes communications with a user device. The set-top box receives a message from the user device, and stores the message for inclusion in a messaging log. The set-top box presents content of the messaging log via a display coupled to the set-top box. According to one embodiment, the set-top box receives network address information of the user device, maps the network address information to location information, and retrieves information from a data repository based on the location information. In another embodiment, the user device acquires information about a program being experience by a user via the set-top box, and generates a message to provide presence status information to a social network service based on the program information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Balamuralidhar Maddali, T. Sahaya George, Sivasankari S. Venkataramamoorthy, Varaprasad Meka, Thalha Yasir Refaye, RajKumar Panneerselvam, Raju Ramakrishnan, Madankanth Lanka, Naman Patel, Abhishek Malhotra, Chaitanya Kumar Behara, Anil Kumar Yanamandra
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING SERVICES VIA A SET-TOP BOX
    Publication number: 20120011553
    Abstract: An approach is provided for supporting messaging services via a set-top box. A set-top box establishes communications with a user device. The set-top box receives a message from the user device, and stores the message for inclusion in a messaging log. The set-top box presents content of the messaging log via a display coupled to the set-top box. According to one embodiment, the set-top box receives network address information of the user device, maps the network address information to location information, and retrieves information from a data repository based on the location information. In another embodiment, the user device acquires information about a program being experience by a user via the set-top box, and generates a message to provide presence status information to a social network service based on the program information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2010
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: Balamuralidhar Maddali, T. Sahaya George, Sivasankari S. Venkataramamoorthy, Varaprasad Meka, Thalha Yasir Refaye, RajKumar Panneerselvam, Raju Ramakrishnan, Madankanth Lanka, Naman Patel, Abhishek Malhotra, Chaitanya Kumar Behara, Anil Kumar Yanamandra