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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2010
Balamuralidhar Maddali, Chennai, IN;
T. Sahaya George, TamilNadu, IN;
Madan Kanth Lanka, Andhra Pradesh, IN;
Thalha Yasir Refaye, Chennai, IN;
Mahendra Nimishakavi, Hyderabad, IN;
Vasanthakumar Sarpasayanam, Pondicherry, IN;
Sivasankari S. Vekataramamoorthy, Chennai, IN;
Naman Patel, Gujarat, IN;
Balamuralidhar Maddali, Chennai, IN;
T. Sahaya George, TamilNadu, IN;
Madan Kanth Lanka, Andhra Pradesh, IN;
Thalha Yasir Refaye, Chennai, IN;
Mahendra Nimishakavi, Hyderabad, IN;
Vasanthakumar Sarpasayanam, Pondicherry, IN;
Sivasankari S. Vekataramamoorthy, Chennai, IN;
Naman Patel, Gujarat, IN;
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
An approach is provided for controlling a set top box on an ad hoc basis. A wireless device detects a mobile terminal that is configured to control one or more set top boxes via a wireless local area network. The wireless device controls, over an adhoc connection, the one or more set top boxes directly or via the mobile terminal based on the detection of the mobile terminal.