Patents by Inventor Sivaramakrishnan Shunmugha

Sivaramakrishnan Shunmugha 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 providing content aggregation in support of virtual channels
    Patent number: 8375208
    Abstract: An approach is provided for content aggregation in support of virtual channels. Query information and authentication information of a user are received from a media application associated with a set-top box. A query request is generated for media content from a content provider using the query information, the authentication information, and an identifier of a service provider. Transmission of the query request is initiated to the content provider system. One or more search results are received in response to the query request. Transmission of the one or more search results is initiated to the media application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Raghu Darapu, Aravind Perumandla, Ruchir Rodrigues, Shaygan Kheradpir, Santhosh Manjrekar, Sivaramakrishnan Shunmugha, Fang Zhu, Alexander Sakharov, Sampath Nambakkam
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING CONTENT AGGREGATION IN SUPPORT OF VIRTUAL CHANNELS
    Publication number: 20110289317
    Abstract: An approach is provided for content aggregation in support of virtual channels. Query information and authentication information of a user are received from a media application associated with a set-top box. A query request is generated for media content from a content provider using the query information, the authentication information, and an identifier of a service provider. Transmission of the query request is initiated to the content provider system. One or more search results are received in response to the query request. Transmission of the one or more search results is initiated to the media application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2010
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: Raghu Darapu, Aravind Perumandla, Ruchir Rodrigues, Shaygan Kheradpir, Santhosh Manjrekar, Sivaramakrishnan Shunmugha, Fang Zhu, Alexander Sakharov, Sampath Nambakkam