Patents by Inventor Venket S. Kandanala
Venket S. Kandanala 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: 9319618Abstract: A method and system that provides a television service; receives a customer input to access a graphical user interface that includes a main menu pertaining to the television service; retrieves the graphical user interface; and displays the graphical user interface via the customer device, wherein the graphical user interface includes a main menu body and an interactive masthead having an interactive element that permits a customer to access content via the interactive element.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2011Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Assignee: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.Inventors: Venket S. Kandanala, Nicky Pinakin Joshi, Anand N. Sankaran, Rajesh Narayanan, Lisa A. Caputo, Karthik Srinivasan, Mousumi Dasgupta, Jubish C. Parambath, Sudharsan Selvakumar, Sumithra Jayaraman
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Patent number: 9264778Abstract: A method may include receiving a user request to view a channel to which the user does not currently subscribe. Customer information regarding the user and marketing rules regarding a plurality of combination offers that include the channel may be obtained. A number of combination offers from the plurality of combination offers may be determined based on the customer information and the marketing rules. One or more of the determined combination offers may be provided to the user. A user request to purchase a selected one of the provided combination offers may be received. The channels included within the selected combination offer may be provisioned based on the user request.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2010Date of Patent: February 16, 2016Assignee: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.Inventors: Venket S. Kandanala, Nicky Pinakin Joshi, Lisa A. Caputo, Karthik Srinivasan, Mousumi Dasgupta, Anand N. Sankaran, Rajesh Narayanan, Jubish C. Parambath, Mareeswari Muthusamy, VijayPrabhu Baskaran
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Patent number: 9237365Abstract: A method and system that provides customers a pay-per-view portal, accessible via a television service, a mobile service, or an Internet service. The pay-per-view portal permits customers to search for pay-per-view programs and provide search results that include related content to pay-per-view programs including related videos, articles, biographical summaries, stats on players or fighters, and images. The pay-per-view portal provides personalized pay-per-view program recommendations, pay-per-view calendars, and sub-portals directed to categories or sub-categories of pay-per-view programs. The pay-per-view portal also provides the ordering and purchasing of pay-per-view programs days, weeks, or months in advance of the airing of the pay-per-view programs.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2011Date of Patent: January 12, 2016Assignee: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.Inventors: Venket S. Kandanala, Nicky Pinakin Joshi, Anand N. Sankaran, Rajesh Narayanan, Lisa A. Caputo, Karthik Srinivasan, Mousumi Dasgupta, Jubish C. Parambath, Sudharsan Selvakumar
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Publication number: 20140040007Abstract: A device may receive information that identifies a design item associated with a promotion, where the design item relates to an appearance of the promotion, may receive information that identifies a promotion characteristic associated with the promotion, where the promotion characteristic identifies at least one of a product or a service associated with the promotion, may receive distribution information associated with the promotion, where the distribution information identifies a customer device to which the promotion is to be sent, and may receive scheduling information associated with the promotion, where the scheduling information identifies a time period during which the promotion is active. The device may also provide the promotion to the customer device based on the design item, the promotion characteristic, the distribution information, and the scheduling information.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2012Publication date: February 6, 2014Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.Inventors: Donald H. RELYEA, JR., Venket S. KANDANALA, Nisheeth GUPTA, Nicky P. JOSHI
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Patent number: 8626587Abstract: A method including providing at least one of a phone service, an Internet access service, or a television service to customers; identifying a customer when the customer uses the at least one of the phone service, the Internet access service, or the television service; selecting products or services for which the customer qualifies based on the identifying; gathering customer-specific data for the customer; generating recommendations that pertain to the at least one of the phone service, the Internet access service, or the television service for the customer based on the products or the services for which the customer qualifies, the customer-specific data, and other factors, wherein the other factors include at least one of a location of the customer or a time in which the recommendations is to be provided to the customer; and providing the recommendations to the customer via the at least service.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2010Date of Patent: January 7, 2014Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Venket S. Kandanala, Karthik Srinivasan, Nicky Pinakin Joshi, Varughese P. Mathew, Anand N. Sankaran, Siddhartha X. Gunda, Pankul X. Mahajan, Jubish C. Parambath, Paranjothi X. Ramalingam, Lisa A. Caputo, Sundarajan Varadharajan
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Publication number: 20130246155Abstract: A network device receives details of a purchase offer for digital content, where the purchase offer includes a price for the digital content at a required customer purchasing participation threshold, and where the required customer purchasing participation threshold includes a number of customers that must agree to purchase the digital content at the price for the purchase offer to be fulfilled. The network device targets multiple customers based on customer profile data, and presents the purchase offer to the multiple customers, via multiple different devices associated with respective ones of the multiple customers, during the offer period. The network device charges participating customers the purchase offer price, if the purchasing participation threshold is reached by expiration of the offer period; and notifies the participating customers of expiration of the purchase offer, if the purchasing participation threshold is not reached by the expiration of the offer period.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2012Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.Inventors: Venket S. Kandanala, Nicky Pinakin Joshi, Sudharsan Selvakumar, Lisa A. Caputo, Mousumi Dasgupta, Nisheeth Gupta, Karthik Srinivasan, Rajesh Narayanan, Anand N. Sankaran, Jubish C. Parambath
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Publication number: 20130042284Abstract: A method and system that provides customers a pay-per-view portal, accessible via a television service, a mobile service, or an Internet service. The pay-per-view portal permits customers to search for pay-per-view programs and provide search results that include related content to pay-per-view programs including related videos, articles, biographical summaries, stats on players or fighters, and images. The pay-per-view portal provides personalized pay-per-view program recommendations, pay-per-view calendars, and sub-portals directed to categories or sub-categories of pay-per-view programs. The pay-per-view portal also provides the ordering and purchasing of pay-per-view programs days, weeks, or months in advance of the airing of the pay-per-view programs.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2011Publication date: February 14, 2013Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.Inventors: Venket S. Kandanala, Nicky Pinakin Joshi, Anand N. Sankaran, Rajesh Narayanan, Lisa A. Caputo, Karthik Srinivasan, Mousumi Dasgupta, Jubish C. Parambath, Sudharsan Selvakumar
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Publication number: 20130042269Abstract: A method and system that provides a television service; receives a customer input to access a graphical user interface that includes a main menu pertaining to the television service; retrieves the graphical user interface; and displays the graphical user interface via the customer device, wherein the graphical user interface includes a main menu body and an interactive masthead having an interactive element that permits a customer to access content via the interactive element.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2011Publication date: February 14, 2013Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.Inventors: Venket S. Kandanala, Nicky Pinakin Joshi, Anand N. Sankaran, Rajesh Narayanan, Lisa A. Caputo, Karthik Srinivasan, Mousumi Dasgupta, Jubish C. Parambath, Sudharsan Selvakumar, Sumithra Jayaraman
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Publication number: 20130036443Abstract: A method and system that provides a television service via a customer device; receives a customer input to invoke an interactive mode pertaining to the television service; retrieves a graphical user interface that includes an interactive and program half-screen comprising an interactive half-screen and a program half-screen, wherein the interactive half-screen is substantially a same size as a program half-screen, and the interactive half-screen and the program half-screen occupy an entire size of the graphical user interface; and displays the graphical user interface via the customer device, wherein the interactive half-screen includes one or more interactive graphical elements and the program half-screen includes a program window to display a program.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2011Publication date: February 7, 2013Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.Inventors: Venket S. Kandanala, Nicky Pinakin Joshi, Anand N. Sankaran, Rajesh Narayanan, Lisa A. Caputo, Karthik Srinivasan, Mousumi Dasgupta, Jubish C. Parambath, Sudharsan Selvakumar