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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2010
T. Sahaya George, TamilNadu, IN;
Abhishek Malhotra, Saharanpur, IN;
Durga Devi Murthy, Chennai, IN;
Kaushik Khatua, Kolkata, IN;
Sankaran Raman, Chennai, IN;
Praveen Prabhaharan, Hosur, IN;
Naveen Rosario, Sathuvanchari, IN;
Tapan Bansal, Haryana, IN;
Naman Patel, Gujarat, IN;
Madankanth Lanka, Andhra Pradesh, IN;
Varaprasad Meka, Karnataka, IN;
Chaitanya Kumar Behara, Andhra Pradesh, IN;
Balamuralidhar Maddali, Chennai, IN;
Raju Ramakrishnan, Bangalore, IN;
Peter Joseph, Kerala, IN;
Ashish Phutela, Haryana, IN;
T. Sahaya George, TamilNadu, IN;
Abhishek Malhotra, Saharanpur, IN;
Durga Devi Murthy, Chennai, IN;
Kaushik Khatua, Kolkata, IN;
Sankaran Raman, Chennai, IN;
Praveen Prabhaharan, Hosur, IN;
Naveen Rosario, Sathuvanchari, IN;
Tapan Bansal, Haryana, IN;
Naman Patel, Gujarat, IN;
Madankanth Lanka, Andhra Pradesh, IN;
Varaprasad Meka, Karnataka, IN;
Chaitanya Kumar Behara, Andhra Pradesh, IN;
Balamuralidhar Maddali, Chennai, IN;
Raju Ramakrishnan, Bangalore, IN;
Peter Joseph, Kerala, IN;
Ashish Phutela, Haryana, IN;
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
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.