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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2009
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);
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);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
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.