Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Cellco Partnership

Verizon Data Services Inc.

Anil Solleti

Syed Zafar Beyabani

Yuriy Bolyukh

Ramprasath Hariharan

Donald H Relyea

Shadman Zafar

Raul I Aldrey

Ruchir Rodrigues

Mahesh Rajagopalan

Aravind Perumandla

Laxmi Patel

Sudeep Dasgupta

Enrique Ruiz Velasco Fonseca

Shamik Basu

Abhishek Gupta

Pericharla Anjaneya

Scott Kozicki

Arthur W Lane, Iii

An approach is provided for remotely controlling set-top boxes. A command is received from a computing device for controlling a plurality of set-top boxes. The set-top boxes are configured according to the received command.

Method and apparatus for remote set-top box management

An exemplary method includes a chronic care solutions provider system 1) maintaining data representative of a chronic care plan for a patient with a chronic medical condition, 2) receiving data representative of a biometric reading acquired by a biometric device associated with the patient, 3) generating a plurality of actionable tasks based on the biometric reading and in accordance with the chronic care plan, and 4) concurrently presenting, within a patient portal accessible by the patient, a plurality of graphical task cards each representative of a distinct actionable task included in the plurality of actionable tasks. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.

Methods and systems for facilitating access by a patient to actionable tasks associated with a chronic care plan

A system includes a set-top box and a server for a subscription television service. The set-top box includes a processor to receive a video-on-demand (VOD) programming suggestion from a user and send, to the server, the VOD programming suggestion. The server includes a processor to receive the VOD programming suggestion, compile the VOD programming suggestion with other VOD programming suggestions from other set-top boxes, and send a notification to the set-top box that the VOD programming suggestion has been added to the list of available VOD programming for the subscription television service.

VOD offerings based on popular demand

A method performed by one or more computing devices includes determining a relevancy function of viewer tendencies based on set-top box data from a subscription television service and defining a cluster of set-top boxes based on the relevancy function. The method also includes building a tendency profile for the cluster, the tendency profile including predicted actions for viewers within the cluster. The method further includes assigning the set-top box to the cluster and directing a cluster-oriented presentation to a particular set-top box within the cluster.

Cluster analysis of viewer tendencies

Systems and methods are provided for performing contact management services. Systems and methods may maintain one or more address books. Contacts may be added to the address book from one or more sources. Systems and method may receive a command to add a party to the address book. Contact-related information associated with the party may obtained and added to the address book. A user may be notified of an incoming call placed by a calling party and destined to a communication device associated with the user. Systems and methods may receive a command, responsive to the notification, to add the calling party to an address book associated with the user. An address book may be updated to reflect changes in the contact-related information.

Methods and systems for contact management

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Anil Solleti