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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2014

Filed:

Oct. 14, 2009
Applicants:

Raju Ramakrishnan, Bangalore, IN;

Peter Joseph, Pathanamthitta, IN;

Sampath Raman, Tirunelveli, IN;

Balamuralidhar Maddali, Chennai, IN;

Ruchir Rodrigues, Dallas, TX (US);

Ashish Phutela, Panipat, IN;

Shafiq Kassam, Lewisville, TX (US);

Inventors:

Raju Ramakrishnan, Bangalore, IN;

Peter Joseph, Pathanamthitta, IN;

Sampath Raman, Tirunelveli, IN;

Balamuralidhar Maddali, Chennai, IN;

Ruchir Rodrigues, Dallas, TX (US);

Ashish Phutela, Panipat, IN;

Shafiq Kassam, Lewisville, TX (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2009.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 15/177 (2006.01); G06F 15/173 (2006.01); H04N 7/16 (2011.01); G06F 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An exemplary method includes establishing, by a mobile phone device, a wireless local area network communication channel between the mobile phone device and a set-top box device, providing, by the mobile phone device, a graphical user interface for display on a display screen of the mobile phone device, the graphical user interface configured to facilitate inputting of one or more control commands by a user of the mobile phone device, and controlling, by the mobile phone device, at least one operation of the set-top box device via the wireless local area network communication channel in accordance with the one or more control commands. Corresponding methods and systems are also described.


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