Patents by Inventor Sankar Dhanabalan

Sankar Dhanabalan 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).

  • Identifying and selecting available audio programs for live broadcasted content
    Patent number: 9668029
    Abstract: A user device may receive information identifying one or more first audio programs available for programming content; select a first particular audio program, of the one or more first audio programs; play the first particular audio program; and receive updated information identifying one or more second audio programs available for the programming content when available audio programs change. The one or more second audio programs may be different from the one or more first audio programs. The user device may select, without user interaction, a second particular audio program, of the one or more second audio programs; and play the second particular audio program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: Sankar Dhanabalan, Kishore Tallapaneni, Enrique Ruiz-Velasco, Jaykishan Tiwari, Anil Kumar Padi
  • IDENTIFYING AND SELECTING AVAILABLE AUDIO PROGRAMS FOR LIVE BROADCASTED CONTENT
    Publication number: 20150312646
    Abstract: A user device may receive information identifying one or more first audio programs available for programming content; select a first particular audio program, of the one or more first audio programs; play the first particular audio program; and receive updated information identifying one or more second audio programs available for the programming content when available audio programs change. The one or more second audio programs may be different from the one or more first audio programs. The user device may select, without user interaction, a second particular audio program, of the one or more second audio programs; and play the second particular audio program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2014
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Sankar Dhanabalan, Kishore Tallapaneni, Enrique Ruiz-Velasco, Jaykishan Tiwari, Anil Kumar Padi