Sangchai Tirasirikul from Flowermound, TX, age 58

Method And Apparatus For Providing Control Of Set-Top Boxes
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US Patent:

20120017250, Jan 19, 2012
Filed:

Jul 15, 2010
Appl. No.:

12/836736
Inventors:

Sangchai Tirasirikul - Flower Mound TX, US
Rajesh Gopal - Flower Mound TX, US
Assignee:

VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC. - Basking Ridge NJ
International Classification:

H04N 7/18
G06F 15/16
US Classification:

725 85, 709228, 709206
Abstract:

An approach is provided for controlling one or more set-top boxes. Communications is established among a plurality of set-top boxes. One of the set-top boxes is designated as a master set-top box that is configured to control one or more of remaining ones of the set-top boxes. A control message is generated to configure the remaining ones of the set-top boxes as child set-top boxes.

Sangchai Tirasirikul