Systems and methods for wireless local area network based control of a set-top box device

US8634390B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. · US

Inventors

• Raju Ramakrishnan · Bengaluru, IN
• Peter Joseph · Pathanamthitta, IN
• Sampath Raman · Tirunelveli, IN
• Balamuralidhar Maddali · Chennai, IN
• Ruchir Rodrigues · London, GB
• Ashish Phutela · Panipat, IN
• Shafiq Kassam · Lewisville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 14, 2009
• Grant date: Jan 21, 2014
• Expiry date: Oct 6, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04M2250/06
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

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.