Patents by Inventor T. Sahaya George
T. Sahaya George 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).
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Patent number: 9374613Abstract: In an exemplary embodiment, a source media content processing device located at a customer premises 1) detects a user request to flick a media content instance from the source device to a destination media content processing device located at the customer premises and communicatively connected to the source device by way of a local area network (“LAN”), 2) in response to the detecting, hosts the media content instance at a resource address for access by way of the LAN and transmits the resource address to the destination device by way of the LAN, 3) receives, from the destination device by way of the LAN, a request to access the media content instance at the resource address, 4) and streams, to the destination device by way of the LAN in response to the request, data representative of the media content instance. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2011Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.Inventors: Balamuralidhar Maddali, T. Sahaya George, Madankanth Lanka, Abhishek Malhotra, Thalha Y. Refaye
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Patent number: 9292368Abstract: An approach is provided for controlling a user device native function via a web-based application at a user device (e.g., a mobile terminal). The mobile terminal executes a web-based application and a shell application, wherein the shell application provides communication between the web-based application and a native function of the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal registers the web-based application with the shell application for the communication. The mobile terminal invokes the native function of the mobile terminal via the communication based upon a communication protocol that specifies a command of a native function associated with a set top box.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2010Date of Patent: March 22, 2016Assignee: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.Inventors: Balamuralidhar Maddali, T. Sahaya George, Madan Kanth Lanka, Thalha Yasir Refaye, Mahendra Nimishakavi, Ravikiran Tummala, Vasanthakumar Sarpasayanam, Sivasankari S. Vekataramamoorthy, Shivakrishna Kanike, Gourgopal Nandi, Vikaskumar Gupta, Naman Patel
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Patent number: 8942213Abstract: An approach for enabling wireless communication devices to mount and/or unmount one or more storage devices to facilitate data sharing is described. A processor of a user device generates a request message according to a storage access protocol that is operating system agnostic. The processor then initiates transmission of the request message over a wireless link of an ad-hoc network to a system that includes one or more storage devices, wherein the request message requests storage device information relating to the one or more storage devices.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2011Date of Patent: January 27, 2015Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Balamuralidhar Maddali, T. Sahaya George, Madan Kanth Lanka, Thalha Yasir Refaye, Mahendra Nimishakavi, Vasanthakumar Sarpasayanam, Sivasankari Venkataramamoorthy, Naman Patel
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Patent number: 8671434Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 8, 2010Date of Patent: March 11, 2014Assignee: 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
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Patent number: 8661494Abstract: An approach is provided for presenting media via a set-top box. A set-top box detects a wireless device according to a predetermined communication protocol. A communication channel is established with the wireless device according to the communication protocol. A command message is received, according to the communication protocol, from the wireless device over the communication channel, wherein the command message specifies playback of media resident on the wireless device via the set-top box.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2010Date of Patent: February 25, 2014Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Balamuralidhar Maddali, T. Sahaya George, Madankanth Lanka, Chaitanya Kumar Behara, Venkatasrinivas Namburi, Abhishek Malhotra, Anil Kumar Yanamandra
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Patent number: 8644354Abstract: An exemplary method includes a media content access device detecting a request provided by a mobile phone device to register the mobile phone device with the media content access device, registering the mobile phone device with the media content access device in response to the detected request, and automatically registering the mobile phone device with one or more additional media content access devices within the local area network. Corresponding methods and systems are also described.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2010Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: T. Sahaya George, Balamuralidhar Maddali, Sampath Raman, Naman Patel, Sankaran Raman, Praveen Prabhaharan
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Patent number: 8495686Abstract: An approach is provided for controlling a set top box on an ad hoc basis. A wireless device detects a mobile terminal that is configured to control one or more set top boxes via a wireless local area network. The wireless device controls, over an adhoc connection, the one or more set top boxes directly or via the mobile terminal based on the detection of the mobile terminal.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2010Date of Patent: July 23, 2013Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Balamuralidhar Maddali, T. Sahaya George, Madan Kanth Lanka, Thalha Yasir Refaye, Mahendra Nimishakavi, Vasanthakumar Sarpasayanam, Sivasankari S. Vekataramamoorthy, Naman Patel
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Publication number: 20130151665Abstract: In an exemplary embodiment, a source media content processing device located at a customer premises 1) detects a user request to flick a media content instance from the source device to a destination media content processing device located at the customer premises and communicatively connected to the source device by way of a local area network (“LAN”), 2) in response to the detecting, hosts the media content instance at a resource address for access by way of the LAN and transmits the resource address to the destination device by way of the LAN, 3) receives, from the destination device by way of the LAN, a request to access the media content instance at the resource address, 4) and streams, to the destination device by way of the LAN in response to the request, data representative of the media content instance. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2011Publication date: June 13, 2013Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Balamuralidhar Maddali, T. Sahaya George, Madankanth Lanka, Abhishek Malhotra, Thalha Y. Refaye
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Patent number: 8429707Abstract: An approach is provided for controlling a set-top box based on sensor triggered events on a user device. A set-top box receives a control message from a user device, wherein the control message specifies an event corresponding to one or more sensors of the user device. The set-top box maps the event to an activity associated with an application that is executed by the set-top box. Also, the set-top box presents media content provided by the application according to the mapped activity.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2010Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Naman Patel, T. Sahaya George, Balamuralidhar Maddali, Madankanth Lanka, Thalha Yasir Refaye, Vasanthakumar Sarpasayanam, Varaprasad Meka, Abhishek Malhotra, Sampath Raman, Sankaran Raman, Praveen Prabhaharan, Raju Ramakrishnan
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Patent number: 8402498Abstract: An approach is provided for controlling a set-top box based on a device event. A set-top box detects a wireless device. A communication channel is established with the wireless device configured to initiate a voice call. A command message is received, by the set-top box, over the communication channel. The command corresponds to a device event experienced by the wireless device.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2010Date of Patent: March 19, 2013Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: T. Sahaya George, Abhishek Malhotra, Durga Devi Murthy, Kaushik Khatua, Sankaran Raman, Praveen Prabhaharan, Naveen Rosario, Tapan Bansal, Naman Patel, Madankanth Lanka, Varaprasad Meka, Chaitanya Kumar Behara, Balamuralidhar Maddali, Raju Ramakrishnan, Peter Joseph, Ashish Phutela
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Publication number: 20120236788Abstract: An approach for enabling wireless communication devices to mount and/or unmount one or more storage devices to facilitate data sharing is described. A processor of a user device generates a request message according to a storage access protocol that is operating system agnostic. The processor then initiates transmission of the request message over a wireless link of an ad-hoc network to a system that includes one or more storage devices, wherein the request message requests storage device information relating to the one or more storage devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2011Publication date: September 20, 2012Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.Inventors: Balamuralidhar Maddali, T. Sahaya George, Madan Kanth Lanka, Thalha Yasir Refaye, Mahendra Nimishakavi, Vasanthakumar Sarpasayanam, Sivasankari Venkataramamoorthy, Naman Patel
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Publication number: 20120166655Abstract: An approach is provided for controlling a user device native function via a web-based application at a user device (e.g., a mobile terminal). The mobile terminal executes a web-based application and a shell application, wherein the shell application provides communication between the web-based application and a native function of the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal registers the web-based application with the shell application for the communication. The mobile terminal invokes the native function of the mobile terminal via the communication based upon a communication protocol that specifies a command of a native function associated with a set top box.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2010Publication date: June 28, 2012Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.Inventors: Balamuralidhar Maddali, T. Sahaya George, Madan Kanth Lanka, Thalha Yasir Refaye, Mahendra Nimishakavi, Ravikiran Tummala, Vasanthakumar Sarpasayanam, Sivasankari S. Vekataramamoorthy, Shivakrishna Kanike, Gourgopal Nandi, Vikaskumar Gupta, Naman Patel
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Publication number: 20120162537Abstract: An approach is provided for controlling a set top box on an ad hoc basis. A wireless device detects a mobile terminal that is configured to control one or more set top boxes via a wireless local area network. The wireless device controls, over an adhoc connection, the one or more set top boxes directly or via the mobile terminal based on the detection of the mobile terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2010Publication date: June 28, 2012Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.Inventors: Balamuralidhar Maddali, T. Sahaya George, Madan Kanth Lanka, Thalha Yasir Refaye, Mahendra Nimishakavi, Vasanthakumar Sarpasayanam, Sivasankari S. Vekataramamoorthy, Naman Patel
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Publication number: 20120036549Abstract: An approach is provided for controlling a set-top box based on sensor triggered events on a user device. A set-top box receives a control message from a user device, wherein the control message specifies an event corresponding to one or more sensors of the user device. The set-top box maps the event to an activity associated with an application that is executed by the set-top box. Also, the set-top box presents media content provided by the application according to the mapped activity.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2010Publication date: February 9, 2012Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Naman Patel, T. Sahaya George, Balamuralidhar Maddali, Madankanth Lanka, Thalha Yasir Refaye, Vasanthakumar Sarpasayanam, Varaprasad Meka, Abhishek Malhotra, Sampath Raman, Sankaran Raman, Praveen Prabhaharan, Raju Ramakrishnan
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Publication number: 20120036543Abstract: An approach is provided for controlling a set-top box based on a device event. A set-top box detects a wireless device. A communication channel is established with the wireless device configured to initiate a voice call. A command message is received, by the set-top box, over the communication channel. The command corresponds to a device event experienced by the wireless device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2010Publication date: February 9, 2012Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.Inventors: T. Sahaya George, Abhishek Malhotra, Durga Devi Murthy, Kaushik Khatua, Sankaran Raman, Praveen Prabhaharan, Naveen Rosario, Tapan Bansal, Naman Patel, Madankanth Lanka, Varaprasad Meka, Chaitanya Kumar Behara, Balamuralidhar Maddali, Raju Ramakrishnan, Peter Joseph, Ashish Phutela
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Publication number: 20120011558Abstract: An approach is provided for presenting media via a set-top box. A set-top box detects a wireless device according to a predetermined communication protocol. A communication channel is established with the wireless device according to the communication protocol. A command message is received, according to the communication protocol, from the wireless device over the communication channel, wherein the command message specifies playback of media resident on the wireless device via the set-top box.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2010Publication date: January 12, 2012Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.Inventors: Balamuralidhar Maddali, T. Sahaya George, Madankanth Lanka, Chaitanya Kumar Behara, Venkatasrinivas Namburi, Abhishek Malhotra, Anil Kumar Yanamandra
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Publication number: 20120011553Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2010Publication date: January 12, 2012Applicant: 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
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Publication number: 20110145581Abstract: A method may include displaying media items via a network, wherein the network includes a mobile device, a personal computer, and a set-top box connected to a television. A first communication session may be established with the personal computer via the network. A media item may be identified for display on the television. A request may be transmitted to the personal computer to output the identified media item for display on the television.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2009Publication date: June 16, 2011Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING, INC.Inventors: Abhishek Malhotra, T. Sahaya George, Balamuralidhar Maddali, Raju Ramakrishnan
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Publication number: 20110086619Abstract: An exemplary method includes a media content access device detecting a request provided by a mobile phone device to register the mobile phone device with the media content access device, registering the mobile phone device with the media content access device in response to the detected request, and automatically registering the mobile phone device with one or more additional media content access devices within the local area network. Corresponding methods and systems are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2010Publication date: April 14, 2011Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING, INC.Inventors: T. Sahaya George, Balamuralidhar Maddali, Sampath Raman, Naman Patel, Sankaran Raman, Praveen Prabhaharan