公开(公告)号：US20220330385A1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-13

申请号：US17848080

申请日：2022-06-23

Applicant: Roku, Inc.

Inventor： Amalavoyal Narasimha CHARI ,  JIm FUNK ,  Sujatha JAGANNATHAN ,  Liang-Jong HUANG ,  Jason SCHMIDLAPP ,  Tito THOMAS ,  Ilya ASNIS

IPC: H04W88/18 ,  H04W74/00 ,  H04W24/02 ,  H04W88/04

Abstract: Some embodiments include assessing multimedia service in a particular environment, determining in real-time whether an extender device would improve the multimedia service in the particular environment, and communicating a recommendation via a graphical user interface (GUI). The assessing is based on physical layer and application layer measurements of the multimedia service in the particular environment. Some embodiments utilize an application on a mobile communications device that may be used in conjunction with a multimedia device to determine placement of an extender device among multimedia devices associated with a same multimedia service customer account for a desired performance and hence, a desired customer experience