Patents by Inventor Thamilenthi Palanivelu
Thamilenthi Palanivelu 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: 9407964Abstract: A system and method are presented for navigating through image frames of video content to display particular frames of the video content while the video content continues to play. The system provides a viewer the ability to interact with and operate a device playing video content using touch input or input from a peripheral device to permit locating and displaying particular frames of video content concurrently with ongoing display of the video content.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2013Date of Patent: August 2, 2016Assignee: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.Inventors: Poothabalan Somasundaram, NarayanaDhoss Gopalakrishnan, Saravanan Vijayakumar, Arunkumar Surulinathan, Manjunathan Ramanathan, Thamilenthi Palanivelu, Maria M. Sagayaraj, Ravi Chandra Appasani, Rajeswaran Venugopal
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Patent number: 9201432Abstract: A system may include a set-top box, associated with a customer premises, configured to receive a television signal and provide the television signal to a television and a home monitoring device configured to obtain a weather forecast for a geographic area associated with the customer premises, determine a thermostat setting for the customer premises based on the obtained weather forecast, and provide a recommendation about the determined thermostat setting to the set-top box. The set-top box may be further configured to present the recommendation about the determined thermostat setting via the television; receive a selection of the determined thermostat setting; and provide an indication of the selection to the home monitoring device; and the home monitoring device may be further configured to apply the determined thermostat setting to a thermostat controller associated with the customer premises, in response to receiving the indication from the set-top box.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2011Date of Patent: December 1, 2015Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Poothabalan Somasundaram, Krishnakumar Sundaram, Ganesh Ramasamy, Thamilenthi Palanivelu, Arunkumar Surulinathan, Pradeep Felix, Sundar Sivaraman
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Publication number: 20150121225Abstract: A system and method are presented for navigating through image frames of video content to display particular frames of the video content while the video content continues to play. The system provides a viewer the ability to interact with and operate a device playing video content using touch input or input from a peripheral device to permit locating and displaying particular frames of video content concurrently with ongoing display of the video content.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2013Publication date: April 30, 2015Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Poothabalan Somasundaram, NarayanaDhoss Gopalakrishnan, Saravanan Vijayakumar, Arunkumar Surulinathan, Manjunathan Ramanathan, Thamilenthi Palanivelu, Maria M. Sagayaraj, Ravi Chandra Appasani, Rajeswaran Venugopal
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Patent number: 8976025Abstract: A system may include a set-top box configured to receive a television signal and provide the television signal to a media playing device, and a home monitoring device configured to obtain a video recording using a security camera, provide the video recording to a media manager device across a network, and provide information about the video recording to the set-top box. The set-top box may be further configured to provide the information about the video recording upon activation of the set-top box by a customer, receive a request to view the video recording from the customer, retrieve the video recording from the media manager device, and provide the video recording to a media playing device.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2011Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Poothabalan Somasundaram, Krishnakumar Sundaram, Ganesh Ramasamy, Thamilenthi Palanivelu, Arunkumar Surulinathan, Pradeep Felix, Sundar Sivaraman
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Publication number: 20130158721Abstract: A system may include a set-top box, associated with a customer premises, configured to receive a television signal and provide the television signal to a television and a home monitoring device configured to obtain a weather forecast for a geographic area associated with the customer premises, determine a thermostat setting for the customer premises based on the obtained weather forecast, and provide a recommendation about the determined thermostat setting to the set-top box. The set-top box may be further configured to present the recommendation about the determined thermostat setting via the television; receive a selection of the determined thermostat setting; and provide an indication of the selection to the home monitoring device; and the home monitoring device may be further configured to apply the determined thermostat setting to a thermostat controller associated with the customer premises, in response to receiving the indication from the set-top box.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2011Publication date: June 20, 2013Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.Inventors: Poothabalan Somasundaram, Krishnakumar Sundaram, Ganesh Ramasamy, Thamilenthi Palanivelu, Arunkumar Surulinathan, Pradeep Felix, Sundar Sivaraman
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Publication number: 20130147623Abstract: A system may include a set-top box configured to receive a television signal and provide the television signal to a media playing device, and a home monitoring device configured to obtain a video recording using a security camera, provide the video recording to a media manager device across a network, and provide information about the video recording to the set-top box. The set-top box may be further configured to provide the information about the video recording upon activation of the set-top box by a customer, receive a request to view the video recording from the customer, retrieve the video recording from the media manager device, and provide the video recording to a media playing device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2011Publication date: June 13, 2013Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.Inventors: Poothabalan Somasundaram, Krishnakumar Sundaram, Ganesh Ramasamy, Thamilenthi Palanivelu, Arunkumar Surulinathan, Pradeep Felix, Sundar Sivaraman
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Publication number: 20130060393Abstract: An energy management device receives a first user-specified energy consumption limit associated with a first device, and receives a second user-specified energy consumption limit associated with a second device. The energy management device receives a first energy consumption report associated with the first device, and receives a second energy consumption report associated with the second device. The energy management device selectively switches off, or performs a graduated reduction of power consumption of, the first or second devices based on the received first and second energy consumption reports. The first and second devices include appliances resident in a household or business and the energy management device connects to each of the first and second devices via a network or link.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2011Publication date: March 7, 2013Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.Inventors: Poothabalan Somasundaram, Thamilenthi Palanivelu, Ganesh Ramasamy, Arunkumar Surulinathan, Krishnakumar Sundaram