Patents by Inventor Sambasiva R. Karnati

Sambasiva R. Karnati 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).

  • Content price and revenue distribution model
    Patent number: 9204178
    Abstract: A method is performed by one or more devices in a provider network. The method includes providing, to a user device, selected media content (such as television content) from a group of content options available from different content providers. A user device tracks viewer selections and provides the viewer selections as device tracking data that includes a viewing history for the user device. The method includes receiving, from the user device, the device tracking data and generating a billing record, for a user account associated with the user device, that includes a billing amount calculated using the device tracking data. The method includes compiling tracking data from multiple user accounts, including the device tracking data associated with the billing record and calculating, based on the compiled tracking data, proportional revenue shares for the different content providers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: Siddharth Garg, Sambasiva R. Karnati
  • CONTENT PRICE & REVENUE DISTRIBUTION MODEL
    Publication number: 20140325537
    Abstract: A method is performed by one or more devices in a provider network. The method includes providing, to a user device, selected media content (such as television content) from a group of content options available from different content providers. A user device tracks viewer selections and provides the viewer selections as device tracking data that includes a viewing history for the user device. The method includes receiving, from the user device, the device tracking data and generating a billing record, for a user account associated with the user device, that includes a billing amount calculated using the device tracking data. The method includes compiling tracking data from multiple user accounts, including the device tracking data associated with the billing record and calculating, based on the compiled tracking data, proportional revenue shares for the different content providers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2013
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Siddharth Garg, Sambasiva R. Karnati