Patents by Inventor VijayPrabhu Baskaran

VijayPrabhu Baskaran 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).

  • Patent number: 9264778
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: 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
  • Publication number: 20120151514
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: Venket Kandanala, Nicky Pinakin Joshi, Lisa A. Caputo, Karthik Srinivasan, Mousumi Dasgupta, Anand N. Sankaran, Rajesh Narayan, Jubish C. Parambath, Mareeswari Muthusamy, VijayPrabhu Baskaran