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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2010
Naman Patel, Gujarat, IN;
T. Sahaya George, TamilNadu, IN;
Balamuralidhar Maddali, Chennai, IN;
Madankanth Lanka, Andra Pradesh, IN;
Thalha Yasir Refaye, Chennai, IN;
Vasanthakumar Sarpasayanam, Pondicherry, IN;
Varaprasad Meka, Karnataka, IN;
Abhishek Malhotra, Saharanpur, IN;
Sampath Raman, Tamil Nadu, IN;
Sankaran Raman, Chennai, IN;
Praveen Prabhaharan, Andhra Pradesh, IN;
Raju Ramakrishnan, Hosur, IN;
Naman Patel, Gujarat, IN;
T. Sahaya George, TamilNadu, IN;
Balamuralidhar Maddali, Chennai, IN;
Madankanth Lanka, Andra Pradesh, IN;
Thalha Yasir Refaye, Chennai, IN;
Vasanthakumar Sarpasayanam, Pondicherry, IN;
Varaprasad Meka, Karnataka, IN;
Abhishek Malhotra, Saharanpur, IN;
Sampath Raman, Tamil Nadu, IN;
Sankaran Raman, Chennai, IN;
Praveen Prabhaharan, Andhra Pradesh, IN;
Raju Ramakrishnan, Hosur, IN;
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
An approach is provided for controlling a set-top box based on sensor triggered events on a user device. A set-top box receives a control message from a user device, wherein the control message specifies an event corresponding to one or more sensors of the user device. The set-top box maps the event to an activity associated with an application that is executed by the set-top box. Also, the set-top box presents media content provided by the application according to the mapped activity.