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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2010
Venket S. Kandanala, Highland Village, TX (US);
Karthik Srinivasan, Flower Mound, TX (US);
Nicky Pinakin Joshi, Flower Mound, TX (US);
Varughese P. Mathew, Lewisville, TX (US);
Anand N. Sankaran, MGR Nagar, IN;
Siddhartha X. Gunda, Satavahana Nagar, IN;
Pankul X. Mahajan, Kathua, IN;
Jubish C. Parambath, Baliah Garden, IN;
Paranjothi X. Ramalingam, Maruthi Nagar, IN;
Lisa A. Caputo, Dade City, FL (US);
Sundarajan Varadharajan, Zamin Pallavaram, IN;
Venket S. Kandanala, Highland Village, TX (US);
Karthik Srinivasan, Flower Mound, TX (US);
Nicky Pinakin Joshi, Flower Mound, TX (US);
Varughese P. Mathew, Lewisville, TX (US);
Anand N. Sankaran, MGR Nagar, IN;
Siddhartha X. Gunda, Satavahana Nagar, IN;
Pankul X. Mahajan, Kathua, IN;
Jubish C. Parambath, Baliah Garden, IN;
Paranjothi X. Ramalingam, Maruthi Nagar, IN;
Lisa A. Caputo, Dade City, FL (US);
Sundarajan Varadharajan, Zamin Pallavaram, IN;
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method including providing at least one of a phone service, an Internet access service, or a television service to customers; identifying a customer when the customer uses the at least one of the phone service, the Internet access service, or the television service; selecting products or services for which the customer qualifies based on the identifying; gathering customer-specific data for the customer; generating recommendations that pertain to the at least one of the phone service, the Internet access service, or the television service for the customer based on the products or the services for which the customer qualifies, the customer-specific data, and other factors, wherein the other factors include at least one of a location of the customer or a time in which the recommendations is to be provided to the customer; and providing the recommendations to the customer via the at least service.