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Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2013

Filed:

Aug. 04, 2010
Applicants:

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;

Inventors:

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;

Assignee:

Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/16 (2011.01); H04N 7/173 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
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.


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